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Surah Az-Zalzalah, Verse 1

سورة الزلزلة، الآية ١

99:1 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 599 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 99:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ۝١

Transliteration

idhā zul'zilati l-arḍu zil'zālahā

Translation

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

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Verse 1 of Surah Az-Zalzalah (99:1), a Medinan surah, is in juz 30, on page 599 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

Al-Mukhtasar

When the earth will be shaken vigorously, which will happen to it on the Day of Judgement.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Az-Zalzalah

Other translations of verse 1

When the earth is shaken with a mighty quake,

When the earth is shaken with its (final) earthquake.

When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,

When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,

When the earth is quaked with its (final) earthquake,

Verse 1 word by word

إِذَا idhā When
زُلْزِلَتِ zul'zilati is shaken ز ل ز ل
ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu the earth أ ر ض
زِلْزَالَهَا zil'zālahā (with) its earthquake ز ل ز ل

Hadiths that cite this verse

Good (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 816

A man of Juhaynah told him that he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting "When the earth is shaken" (Surah 99) in both rak'ahs of the morning prayer. But I do not know whether he had forgotten, or whether he recited it on purpose.

يَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ ‏‏{‏ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الأَرْضُ ‏}‏ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 1399

A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Teach me to read the Qur'an, Messenger of Allah. He said: Read three surahs which begin with A.L.R. He said: My age is advanced, my mind has become dull (i.e. memory has grown weak), and my tongue has grown heavy). So he said: Then read three…

أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ أَقْرِئْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اقْرَأْ ثَلاَثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الرَّاءِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي وَاشْتَدَّ قَلْبِي وَغَلُظَ لِسَانِي ‏.‏…

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Verses related to verse 1

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

Al-Hajj 22:1
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ

O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.
Al-Insan 76:8
وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive,

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