当大地以其最后的震动被猛烈摇撼，当大地抛出它所负载的重物，人会问：“它怎么了？”那一天，大地将讲述它的消息，因为你的主已经启示了它。（第1至5节）
When the earth is rocked by her [final] earthquake, when the earth shakes off her burdens, and man asks: ‘What is the matter with her?’ On that day she will tell her news, for your Lord will have inspired her. (Verses 1-5)
这是审判日，坚实的大地剧烈震动、猛烈摇撼，将她长久背负的重担——尸骸、金属以及其他沉重压在她身上的东西——全部吐了出来。这一幕使听者脚下每一件坚实稳固的东西都颤抖摇晃。他们会以为自己在踉跄蹒跚地行走，而脚下的大地也在战栗摇撼。这一幕使人的心与世上他所依恋的一切割断——那些他原以为坚固而永恒的东西。《古兰经》赋予这些场景一种动感，几乎直抵聆听者的筋骨。这种直接的冲击之所以更加强烈，是因为人被描绘为面对这一切并作出反应：“人会问：‘大地怎么了？’”（第3节）
It is the Day of Judgement when the firm earth trembles and quakes violently and yields up her long-carried loads of bodies and metals and other matters which have weighed heavily on her. It is a scene that makes every firm and solid object under the feet of the listeners shake and totter. They think themselves to be staggering and toddling along and the earth beneath them shuddering and quaking. It is a scene which separates one’s heart from everything on earth it clings to, assuming it to be firm and everlasting. The Qur’ān imparts to these scenes a kind of movement which is transmitted almost to the very sinews of the listener. Such immediate impact is all the more forceful because man is portrayed as confronting and reacting to it all: “And man asks: ‘What is the matter with her?’“ (Verse 3)
这是一个困惑、惊愕、诧异、迷惑的人所提出的问题。他看到了陌生的景象，遭遇了无法察觉的事物，目睹了让他焦躁不安、惶恐激动的情形。于是他脱口而出：她怎么了？是什么让她如此剧烈地颤抖摇晃？他一边大声呼喊，一边踉踉跄跄，东倒西歪，竭力抓住任何可以支撑他、使他站稳的东西。然而他周围的一切也都在剧烈地摇摆、晃动。
It is the question advanced by one who is bewildered, astonished, surprised and puzzled, who sees something unfamiliar, encounters what is imperceptible, and beholds what makes him impatient and agitated. o he blurts out: What is the matter with her? What is quaking and shaking her so violently? He cries as he reels and staggers, trying to hold on to anything which may support or keep him upright. But all around him waver and totter violently.
人类曾经历地震和火山喷发，它们使人敬畏、恐惧，也给人带来毁灭与破坏。然而，当人目睹复活日的震动时，他将发现它与今世的地震和火山毫无相似之处。他既不知道其中的奥秘，也想不起任何与之相类的事情。这是一件可怕的事，是前所未有地发生的。
Man has experienced earthquakes and volcanoes which have filled him with awe and ,terror, and have brought to him ruin and destruction. But when man witnesses the quake of the Day of Resurrection he will see no similarity between it and the earthquakes and volcanoes of this world. He neither knows its secrets, nor does he remember anything similar to it. It is something dreadful, taking place for the very first time.
“在那一日”，当这场地震发生，使人完全惊恐战栗之时，“大地将讲述它的消息，因为你的主已经启示了它。”（第4-5节）那时，大地将讲述它的消息，描述它的状况以及它所遭遇的一切。这一切之所以发生，只因为“你的主已经启示了它”，命令它如此剧烈地震动、颤抖，并抖落它所承载的重负。它只服从主的命令，“完全顺从”！（84：5）大地将讲述它的消息，因为将要发生的事，是对其背后真主命令与启示大地的一种简单而清晰的陈述。
“On that day”, when this quake occurs, leaving man entirely shaken, “she will tell her news, for your Lord will have inspired her.” (Verses 4-5) This earth will then tell her news, describe her condition and what has happened to her. It will all have been brought about simply because ‘your Lord has inspired her,’ ordered her to shake and quake so fiercely and shake off her burdens. She obeys only the Lord’s orders ‘in true submission!’ (84: 5) She will relate her news because what will take place is a simple and clear account of what lies behind it of God’s orders and inspiration to the earth.
在这一刻，人正惊愕、困惑而呼喊，节奏也因恐惧与惊骇而喘息，因诧异与惊叹而颤抖、摇晃，呼喊道：她这是怎么了？她究竟发生了什么？——就在这一刻，他遭遇了复活、清算、称量与报应的场景。"那日，人们将分批出现，以便让他们看见自己的行为。谁作了一个蚂蚁重的善，必将看见它；谁作了一个蚂蚁重的恶，也必将看见它。"（第6至8节）
At this point when man is astonished, puzzled and crying out, and as the rhythm gasps with dread and terror, surprise and wonder, tottering and shuddering, crying out: What is the matter with her? What has happened to her? — at this point he encounters the scene of resurrection, reckoning, weighing and recompense. “On that day people will come forward, separated from one another, to be shown their deeds. Whoever does an atom’s weight of good shall see it then, and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil shall see it then also.” (Verses 6-8)
转眼之间,我们便看到人们从坟墓中站起。“在那一天,人们将分散而来。”(第6节)我们看到他们从世界各地涌出,“仿佛散乱的蝗虫”。(54:7)这一景象同样为人所未知,是前所未有的,是自然界中独一无二的。“在那一天,大地将裂开,他们将急速走出。”(50:44)无论你望向何处,都会看到一个个如幽灵般急匆匆赶路的人,他们漠不关心,从不回头,也不左顾右盼。他们都“奔赴召唤者”(54:8),低着头,双眼直视前方,“因为在那一天,每个人都有足以让他忙碌的事情。”(80:37)这是一幅无法用人类语言描述的景象,既可怖又令人惊异。所有这些形容词及其同义词和近义词,都无法将其描绘尽致。唯有在我们心智的界限与能力之内,借助一番想象与沉思,方能更好地想见它。
In the twinkling of an eye we behold people rising from their graves. “On that day people will come forward, separated from one another.” (Verse 6) We behold them issuing forth from all over the globe: “as if they were swarming locusts.” (54: 7) This scene is also unknown to man, it is something unprecedented, unique in nature. “On that day, the Earth will split asunder and they will come out in haste.” (50: 44) Wherever you look you behold a ghost hurrying away, caring for nothing and never looking back or turning his head left or right. They all are “rushing to the summoner,” (54: 8), with their heads down and their eyes staring forward, “for each one of them will on that day have enough preoccupations of his own.” (80: 37) It is a scene indescribable in human language. It is both ghastly and astonishing. All these adjectives and all their synonymous and analogous terms cannot describe it. It would be better conceived with a stretch of imagination and contemplation within the limits and capacity of our minds.
“在那一日，人们将分散地走上前来，以便被展示自己的行为。”（第6节）这更加可怕、更加令人恐惧。人们走向那被展示自己行为的地方。他们必须面对自己的行为，以及自己将获得的回报或承受的惩罚。
“On that day people will come forward, separated from one another, to be shown their deeds.” (Verse 6) This is far more terrible and dreadful. People go to where they will be shown their deeds. They have to face their deeds and their rewards or punishments.
有时，人遭遇自己所做的恶行，可能比任何其他惩罚都更为严厉。人有时会做一些事情，独处时连想都不愿去想。
Encountering one’s own deeds may, sometimes, be far more severe than any other punishment. Man sometimes does things which he avoids even thinking about when he is alone.
在悔罪和懊悔的时候，人甚至可能会别过脸去，不愿正视自己的某些行为，因为它们是如此可怕。啊，那一天，当他在所有人面前、在全能的真主面前面对自己的所作所为时，他将处于怎样的境地呢？这是一种可怕而骇人的惩罚，尽管它仅仅是让他们看见自己的所作所为，并不得不直面自己的劳碌。然而，在这种面对之后，还有精确的清算，它不会遗漏哪怕一个微尘重量的善或恶。"凡行一个微尘重量之善者，必将见之；凡行一个微尘重量之恶者，必将见之。"（经文7-8节）
In a spell of repentance and remorse, man may even turn his face from some of his deeds because they are so ghastly. o, in what condition will he be on that day when he faces his deeds in front of all mankind and in the presence of God Almighty? It is a terrible and frightful punishment, although it is only that they are shown their deeds and have to confront their labours. However, following this confrontation comes the accurate reckoning which does not leave out an atom’s weight of good or evil. “Whoever does an atom’s weight of good shall see it then, and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil shall see it then also.” (Verses 7-8)
“一个原子的重量！”早期的《古兰经》注释家将这一短语解释为“一只蚊子”或“一粒尘埃”，这些只有在阳光照射下才能看见。
“An atom’s weight!” Early commentators on the Qur’ān explain this phrase as “a mosquito” or “a particle of dust” which can only be seen when exposed to sunlight.
这些是他们所能想到的最小的东西，可以被称为原子。但如今我们知道，"原子"一词指的是一种确定的事物，它比阳光中所见的一粒尘埃要小得多。因为尘埃颗粒可以被人眼看到，而原子即使借助现代实验室中最强大的显微镜也无法看到。它只是科学家们的一种设想。他们中没有一个人曾亲眼见过它，也没有一个人通过显微镜见过它。
These were the smallest things they could think of, and which may be referred to as an atom. But now we know that the word ‘atom’ refers to a definite thing which is much smaller than a particle of dust seen in sunlight. For the particle of dust can be seen by the human eye while it is impossible to see the atom, even with the help of the most powerful microscopes in modern laboratories. It is only conceived by scientists. None of them has seen it either with his own eyes or with his microscope.
他们所看到的，只是它的种种效果。
All that they have seen is its effects.
这粒原子，或与其重量相当的东西，无论善恶，都将被带出来，展示给行此事之人，他将因此获得相应的回报。那时，人不会轻视自己的任何言行，无论善恶。他不会说：“哦，这不过是件微不足道、无足轻重的小事。”相反，他的良心对自己所做的一切都将极为敏感，就像一杆精确的秤，哪怕是一个原子的重量，也能准确地记录下来，无论是有利还是不利。在今世，没有任何与这种衡量相同或相似的东西，除了信士的心。这样的心，即使对一个原子重量的善或恶，也十分敏感。
This atom, or what is similar to it in weight, whether good or bad, will be brought forth and shown to its doer, who will then receive its reward. At that time man does not undervalue any of his actions and deeds, whether good or bad. He does not say, “Oh, this is a trivial thing which has no weight or consideration.” On the contrary, his conscience will be as sensitive to everything he has done as an accurate scale registering even the weight of an atom favourably or unfavourably. There is nothing parallel or similar to this measure in this world, except the heart of a believer. Such a heart is sensitive to even an atom’s weight of either good or evil.
然而在这个世界上，有些心即使面对如山的罪恶与过犯，也毫不动容；它们对如山岳般坚定的善行之泉视而不见，依然无动于衷。这些心在今世自高自大，但在审判之日，它们将被自身的重担压垮。
But there are some hearts in this world which are unmoved even by mountains of sin and crime. They remain unaffected while suppressing fountains of goodness which are far firmer than mountains. These hearts are conceited on this earth but on the Day of Judgement they are crushed under their own burdens.