Surah 099

Az-Zalzala

الزلزلة

8 verses · Medinan

Key structural observations

The surah is structured around a reversal of silence: the earth is not neutral ground but a recording medium whose testimony is deferred, not absent.
Its movement turns hidden action into stored imprint: the silence beneath the feet is presented as archive rather than cover.
The surah's decisive law is that great burdens are built from atoms: what seems negligible accumulates into speaking weight.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ

فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ

وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ