Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
زلزل
Parts of Speech
Verb (3×), Noun (3×)
Qur'an Occurrences
6 times across 4 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root زلزل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: z-l-z-l
Listen: زُلْزِلَتِ 99:1
Root letters: ز — ل — ز — ل

Word Family Tree (5 forms)

All word forms derived from the root زلزل as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Verb Noun

Concordance — 6 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root زلزل appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Verb (3) · Noun (3)

Verb (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Cow 2:214 Verb
أَمۡ حَسِبۡتُمۡ أَن تَدۡخُلُوا۟ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا یَأۡتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِینَ خَلَوۡا۟ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۖ مَّسَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَأۡسَاۤءُ وَٱلضَّرَّاۤءُ وَزُلۡزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ یَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصۡرُ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَاۤ إِنَّ نَصۡرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِیبࣱ ۝٢١٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said,"When is the help of Allah ?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near
The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces, The Allies 33:11 Verb
هُنَالِكَ ٱبۡتُلِیَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَزُلۡزِلُوا۟ زِلۡزَالࣰا شَدِیدࣰا ۝١١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking
The Earthquake, The Shaking 99:1 Verb
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquak

Derived Forms (5)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ wazulziluwā Verb
زُلْزِلَتِ zulzilati Verb
زِلْزَالَهَا zilzaālahaā Noun
زِلْزَالًا zilzaālanā Noun
زَلْزَلَةَ zalzalaha Noun