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The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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99. THE EARTHQUAKE<br />

A Medinan sura, one of a series of suras that deal with scenes from the Day of<br />

Judgement. Compare Suras 81, 82, 101, and others.<br />

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy<br />

1 When the earth is shaken violently in its [last] quaking, 2 when the<br />

earth throws out its burdens, a 3 when man cries, ‘What is happening<br />

to it?’; 4 on that Day, it will tell all 5 because your Lord will inspire it<br />

[to do so]. 6 On that Day, people will come forward in separate<br />

groups to be shown their deeds: 7 whoever has done an atom’s-weight<br />

of good will see it, 8 but whoever has done an atom’s-weight of evil<br />

will see that.<br />

a This refers to the dead being thrown out of their graves.

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