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Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا﴿١

Translation (Sahih International)

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

Word-by-word meaning

إِذَاidhāWhen
زُلْزِلَتِzul'zilatiis shaken
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
زِلْزَالَهَاzil'zālahā(with) its earthquake

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MadinaThe Virtues of Surat Az-ZalzalahImam Ahmad recorded from `Abdullah bin `Amr that he said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, `Teach me what to recite, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet said,«اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنْ ذَوَاتِ الر»(Recite three from those which begin with the letters Alif, Lam, Ra') The man then said to him, `I have become old in age, my heart has hardened and my tongue has become harsh.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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