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SURAH AL-ZILZAAL (THE EARTHQUAKE)
This surah was revealed in Madinah and it has 8 verses. It is narrated from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) that whoever recites this surah in his nawafil (recommended) prayers will not die as a result of an earthquake and will be saved from all the natural calamities.
The experience of death is made easy for the one who recites this surah and he sees the light of Paradise as he is about to die. Then, seventy thousand angels accompany his soul to the heavens. Keeping this surah in one’s possession is a safety from tyrant rulers.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
اِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ۙ(1)
(1) When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,
وَاَخْرَجَتِ الْاَرْضُ اَثْقَالَهَا ۙ(2)
(2) And the earth brings forth her burdens,
وَقَالَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا ۚ(3)
(3) And man says: What has befallen her?
يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ اَخْبَارَهَا ۙ(4)
(4) On that day she shall tell her news,
بِاَنَّ رَبَّكَ اَوْحٰى لَهَا ؕ(5)
(5) Because your Lord had inspired her.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَّصْدُرُ النَّاسُ اَشْتَاتًا ۙ لِّيُرَوْا اَعْمَالَهُمْؕ(6)
(6) On that day men shall come forth in sundry bodies that they may be shown their works.
فَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَّرَهٗ ؕ(7)
(7) So. he who has done an atom's weight of good shall see it
وَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَّرَهٗ(8)
(8) And he who has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it.