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The Ocean of the Quran

Chapter 99 of 114

Al-Zilzāl · The Quake

8 versesMedinanPublished · 8 of 8 verses

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سُورَةُ الزلزلة

About this chapter

Sūrat al-Zilzāl is the ninety-ninth chapter of the Quran. There is a difference of opinion regarding whether it was revealed in Mecca or Medina. The suggestion in favour of its Meccan origin is based on the words of early exegetes, al-Ḍaḥḥāk and ʿAṭāʾ.

The introduction sets out when the chapter came and what it addresses; the merits gather what the narrations say of reading it. Both are written as units of the tafsir, with their own footnotes.

IntroductionWhat the chapter is about, and when it cameMeritsWhat the narrations say of reading it

The verses

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  1. 1 When the earth is rocked with a terrible quake.
  2. 2 And the earth discharges her burdens.
  3. 3 And man says: ‘What is the matter with her?’
  4. 4 On that day she will relate her chronicles.
  5. 5 For your Lord will have inspired her.
  6. 6 On that day, mankind will issue forth in various groups to be shown their deeds.
  7. 7–8 So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it,

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