Az-Zalzalah

14 passages reference this surah

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Book 32: Patience and Gratitude

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "You know that when an earthquake strikes a town, it is said that their earth has quaked, even if the surrounding lands have not quaked. If just a person's house quaked, it would be their personal earthquake, for when all the earth quakes,"

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2. "The first terror is the terror of the minor resurrection, and for all the terrors of the major resurrection, there is an equivalent in the minor resurrection. For instance, the earthquake of the earth, for your personal earth [body] quakes at death."

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Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "the people of Midian. The second point is that their punishment is described as the day of the shadow, whereas for others it is described with the earthquake or the blast. The answer to the first point is that brotherhood is not mentioned after saying, The Companions"

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2. "return to their religion. So Allah said, So the earthquake seized them, and they lay in their homes prone. In Surah Hud, it is mentioned that they were seized by a blast. This was because they mockingly said to the Prophet, Does your prayer command you that"

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3. "In Surah Al-Araf, it is mentioned that they were seized by an earthquake, which shook their land violently, extracting their souls and rendering their bodies lifeless. Allah encompassed them with various forms of punishment due to their vile attributes."

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The Disease and The Cure

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "Later, during the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the earth quaked again. Umar addressed the people, saying, O people, this earthquake is only due to something you have innovated. By the one in whose hand is my soul, if it returns, I will not dwell among you again."

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2. "Anas noted that he had not heard a hadith after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that made him more joyful than this one. Ibn Abi al-Dunya also mentions a Mursal hadith about an earthquake during the time of the"

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Book 2: The Book of Belief

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "As Allah says in Surah Al-Zalzalah: "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it." The Hereafter motivates believers to live righteously, knowing that their deeds will be rewarded or punished."

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Book 33: Fear and Hope

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. ""If the disbeliever knew the vastness of Allah's mercy, no one would despair of His Paradise. This is agreed upon from the hadith of Abu Huraira. When he recited, "The Earthquake of the Hour is a tremendous thing," he said, "Do you know what day this is?"

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Hud, Salih & the Destroyed Nations

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "their belief, but the arrogant ones declared their disbelief. They hamstrung the she-camel and defied their Lord's command, challenging Salih to bring the punishment he promised if he was truly a messenger. Consequently, an earthquake"

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The Wholesome Rain of Good Words

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "the ground, the dwelling, the mountains, and the earth will testify for those who remember Allah. Allah, the Exalted, says, When the earth is shaken with its final earthquake and the earth discharges its burdens, and man says,"

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Book 29: Condemnation of Pride and Conceit

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Musa ibn al-Qasim recounted, "There was an earthquake and a red wind with us, so I went to Muhammad ibn Muqatil and said, 'O Abu Abdullah, you are our imam, so pray to Allah, glorified and exalted, for us."

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The Story of Musa

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "When they were seized by the earthquake, he said, My lord, if you had willed, you could have destroyed them long before, and me too. Will you destroy us for what the foolish among us have done?"

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Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "I witnessed him on one occasion delivering a sermon when a reader before him recited the verse, O mankind, fear your Lord. Surely the earthquake of the hour is a tremendous thing. On the"

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