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سُورَةُ الزَّلۡزَلَةِ · 99:6
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يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًۭا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

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That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

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Introduction

This is āyah 6 of Sūrat Az-Zalzala (The Earthquake), the 93rd sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
93 of 114
Surah
Az-Zalzala (99)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Virtues of Surat Az-Zalzalah Imam Ahmad recorded from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that he said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Teach me what to recite, O Messenger of Allah!' The Prophet ﷺ 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.' The Prophet ﷺ said, فَاقْرَأْ مِنْ ذَوَاتِ "حم" (Then recite from those [which begin] with the letters Ha-Mim.) The man said the same thing as he had said before, so the Prophet ﷺ said, اقْرَأْ ثَلَاثًا مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ (Recite three from the Musabbihat.) The man again said the same thing as he had said before. Then the man said, 'Rather give me something to recite that is comprehensive (of all of these), O Messenger of Allah.' So the Prophet ﷺ told him to…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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