Surah # 99 - Az Zalzalah

(Arabic: سورة الزلزلة‎; "The Quake")

This is the 99th surah of the Qur'an, composed of 8 Aayaah.

                 THEME AND SUBJECT MATTER 

Its theme is the second life after death and presentation in it before man, of the full record of the deeds done by him in the world. The surah begins by describing how, on the Day of Judgment, the Earth will give off a terrible earthquake and "throw up her burdens".

Through the inspiration of Allah, the Earth will bear witness to the actions of men it has witnessed. In the first three sentences it has been told briefly how the second life after death will take place and how confounding it will be for man.

In the next two sentences it has been said that this very earth on which man has lived and performed all kinds of deeds thoughtlessly, and about which he never could fancy that this lifeless thing would at some time in the future bear witness to his deeds, will speak out on that Day, by Allah's command and will state in respect of each individual person what act he had committed at a particular time and place.

Then, it has been said that men on that Day, rising from their graves, will come out in their varied groups from all corners of the earth, to be shown their deeds and works, and their presentation of the deeds will be so complete and detailed that not an atom's weight of any good or evil act will be left unnoticed or hidden from his eyes.

 May Allah protect us. Aameen.