إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken with its appointed tremor.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Allah - beginning with the name of - the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken with its appointed tremor.
وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
And the earth throws out its burdens.
وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا
And man says, “What has happened to it?”
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا
On that day earth will narrate its news,
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا
Because your Lord sent a command to it.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ
On that day men will return towards their Lord, in different groups, in order to be shown their deeds.
فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ
So whoever does a good deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it.
وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
And whoever does an evil deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it.