إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ١
idhā zul'zilati l-arḍu zil'zālahā
1. When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake
Surah Az-Zalzalah transliteration
سورة الزلزلة
Here is Surah Az-Zalzalah (“The Earthquake”) in transliteration: each of its 8 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا ٢
wa-akhrajati l-arḍu athqālahā
2. And the earth discharges its burdens1962
Notes
[1962] See verse 84:4.
وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣
waqāla l-insānu mā lahā
3. And man says,1963 "What is [wrong] with it?" -
Notes
[1963] In terror and amazement.
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا ٤
yawma-idhin tuḥaddithu akhbārahā
4. That Day, it will report its news
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا ٥
bi-anna rabbaka awḥā lahā
5. Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ ٦
yawma-idhin yaṣduru l-nāsu ashtātan liyuraw aʿmālahum
6. That Day, the people will depart1964 separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.
Notes
[1964] From the place of Judgement to their final abode. Another interpretation is "emerge separately" (from the graves) .
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ ٧
faman yaʿmal mith'qāla dharratin khayran yarahu
7. So whoever does an atom's weight1965 of good will see it,
Notes
[1965] Or "the weight of a small ant."
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ ٨
waman yaʿmal mith'qāla dharratin sharran yarahu
8. And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.
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