Quran Ayah az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake, The Shaking) 99:2 - 70+ Translation Comparison

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Muhammad Asad

and [when] the earth yields up her burdens

Arthur John Arberry

and earth brings forth her burdens

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)

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Arabic

وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

Arabic

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

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wa-akhrajati l-arḍu athqālahā

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and the earth throws out (i.e., expels) its burdens (i.e., all its heavy inner contents)

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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more

And brings forth the earth its burdens,

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning

Muhammad Asad

and [when] the earth yields up her burdens

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)

M. M. Pickthall

And Earth yieldeth up her burdens

The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab

and when the earth throws out ˹all˺ its contents,

Wahiduddin Khan

when the earth shakes off her burdens

Safi Kaskas

and the Earth throws out its burdens

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

and the earth brought out its ladings

T.B.Irving

and earth throws forth her burdens,

Shakir

And the earth brings forth her burdens

Abdul Hye

and when the earth will throw out its inner burdens,

Saeed Malik

And the earth brings out her holdings

The Study Quran

and the earth yields up her burdens

Talal Itani (2012)

And the earth brings out its loads

Talal Itani & AI (2025)

The earth will throw out its burdens.

[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition)

And the earth brings out its load.

M. Farook Malik

and the earth shall bring out all her inner burdens

Dr. Kamal Omar

and the earth threw out its burdens

Dr. Munir Munshey

And the earth yields and disgorges (all) its burden

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the earth discharges its burden

Muhammad Sarwar

and it throws out its burden

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

and the earth will bring forth its burdens

Shabbir Ahmed

And the earth yields up her burdens. (Archaeology and mining will make long strides. The heavy tyrants will be thrown out of power)

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And the earth brings out its heavy (burdens)

Hamid S. Aziz

And the earth shall bring forth her burdens

Abdel Haleem

when the earth throws out its burdens

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And the earth bringeth forth her burthens

Ahmed Ali

And the earth throws out its burdens

Aisha Bewley

and the earth then disgorges its charges

Ali Ünal

And the earth yields up its burdens

Ali Quli Qara'i

and the earth discharges her burdens

A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)

And the earth throws up its burden

Musharraf Hussain

it will throw up its burden;

Ali Bakhtiari Nejad

and the earth unloads its heavy loads,

Maududi

and the earth will throw up all her burdens

Mohammad Shafi

And the earth brings out its burdens

Controversial or status undetermined works

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the earth throws out its burden.

Rashad Khalifa

And the earth ejects its loads

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

and when the earth brings forth its burden

Faridul Haque

And the earth throws out its burdens

Bijan Moeinian

… and explodes throwing out all its matter

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the earth brings forth her burdens

Muhammad Ahmed & Samira

And the earth/Planet Earth brought out its loads/weights

Sher Ali

And the earth throws up her burdens

Edip Yuksel

The earth brings out its mass.

Amatul Rahman Omar

And when the earth shall throw up all her treasures

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

And when the earth will throw out (all) her burdens

Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali

And when the earth throws out its burdens

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works

N J Dawood (2014)

when Earth shakes off her burden

Arthur John Arberry

and earth brings forth her burdens

Edward Henry Palmer

And the earth shall bring forth her burdens

George Sale

and the earth shall cast forth her burdens

John Medows Rodwell

And the Earth shall cast forth her burdens

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations

Shuaib Abdullahi

and (Wa) the earth (El'Ar'du) has emitted (Akh'rajati) its loads (Ath'qaala-haa),

Fode Drame

And the earth delivers up its burdens.

Munir Mezyed

And when the earth brings forth its burdens,

Sahib Mustaqim Bleher

And the earth expels its burden,

Linda “iLHam” Barto

And the earth spews its burdens!

Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation

and the earth brings out its heavy burdens,

Irving & Mohamed Hegab

and earth throws forth her burdens,

Samy Mahdy

And the earth exited out its heavinesses.

Sayyid Qutb

when the earth shakes off her burdens,

Ali Quli Qarai

and discharges its burdens,

Thomas Cleary

and the earth disgorges her burdens,

Ahmed Hulusi

And the earth discharges its burdens,

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

And when the earth throws out its burdens.

A. S. Mohamed

and the earth brings out its loads,

Torres Al Haneef (partial translation)

"and the earth releases her burdens,"

Mir Aneesuddin

and the earth brings out its weighty material,

Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim

And when it casts its burdensome contents of metals, corpses, bones and all that had been burned within

The Wise Quran Project

And the earth expels its burdens,

Obsolete and/or older editions

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And the earth throws up her burdens (from within)

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And the earth brings out its mass.

[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)

And the Earth brings out its loads

OLD Literal Word for Word

And brings forth the earth its burdens

OLD Transliteration

Waakhrajati al-ardu athqalaha

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