Medinan · 8 verses الزلزلة

Az-Zalzalah 99

The Earthquake · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Medinan sura, it opens with a scene of the end: the earth is shaken with its final earthquake and throws out its burdens. When a person asks in alarm what is wrong with it, the sura answers that on that Day the earth will report its news, because the Lord has inspired it to do so. People will then come forth in scattered groups to be shown what they have done. The last two verses state the principle behind the whole scene: whoever has done an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever has done an atom's weight of evil will see it. In eight verses the sura moves from the shaking of the earth, to the earth telling what it holds, to a judgement in which even the smallest deed is brought into view.

• The final earthquake
• The earth tells its news
• Being shown one's deeds
• An atom's weight

The name It is named after the earthquake (zalzalah) in verse 1, 'When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake.'

Start with 99:4 · 99:7 · 99:8

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   إِذَا이^ð다 زُلْزِلَتِ줄질라틸 الْأَرْضُ아^r르두 زِلْزَالَهَا질잘라하

   When웬 the^ð디 earth얼^θ스 is이즈 shaken셰이큰 with위^ð드 its잇츠 [final]^f파이늘 earthquake,얼^θ스퀘이크

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2. 2

   وَأَخْرَجَتِ와아흐^r라자틸 الْأَرْضُ아^r르두 أَثْقَالَهَا아^θ스깔라하

   and앤드 the^ð디 earth얼^θ스 brings브^r링즈 forth^f포^θ스 its잇츠 burdens,버든즈

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3. 3

   وَقَالَ와깔랄 الْإِنْسَانُ인사누 مَا마 لَهَا라하

   and앤드 man맨 says,세즈 "What왓 is이즈 wrong^r롱 with위^ð드 it?"잇 —

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4. 4

   يَوْمَئِذٍ야우마이^ð딘 تُحَدِّثُ투핫디^θ수 أَخْبَارَهَا아흐바^r라하

   that^ð댓 Day데이 it잇 will윌 report^r리포트 its잇츠 news,누즈

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5. 5

   بِأَنَّ비안나 رَبَّكَ^r랍바카 أَوْحَىٰ아우하 لَهَا라하

   because비코즈 your요 Lord로드 has해즈 inspired인스파이어드 it.잇

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6. 6

   يَوْمَئِذٍ야우마이^ð딘 يَصْدُرُ야스두^r룬 النَّاسُ나수 أَشْتَاتًا아시타탈 لِيُرَوْا리유^r라우 أَعْمَالَهُمْ아으말라훔

   That^ð댓 Day데이 people피플 will윌 come컴 forth^f포^θ스 in인 scattered스캐터드 groups그^r루프스 to투 be비 shown숀 their^ð데어 deeds.디즈

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7. 7

   فَمَنْ^f파만 يَعْمَلْ야으말 مِثْقَالَ미^θ스깔라 ذَرَّةٍ^ð다르^r라틴 خَيْرًا카이^r란 يَرَهُ야^r라흐

   So소우 whoever후에^v버 does더즈 an앤 atom's애텀즈 weight웨잇 of어^v브 good굿 will윌 see시 it,잇

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8. 8

   وَمَنْ와만 يَعْمَلْ야으말 مِثْقَالَ미^θ스깔라 ذَرَّةٍ^ð다르^r라틴 شَرًّا샤르^r란 يَرَهُ야^r라흐

   and앤드 whoever후에^v버 does더즈 an앤 atom's애텀즈 weight웨잇 of어^v브 evil이^v블 will윌 see시 it.잇

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