زلزل
z-l-z-l
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root زلزل across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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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
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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 3×
Noun 3×
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
هُنَالِكَ ٱبۡتُلِیَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَزُلۡزِلُوا۟ زِلۡزَالࣰا شَدِیدࣰا ١١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
There the believers were tested and shaken with a severe shaking
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 | 2× | |
| زُلْزِلَتِ | zulzilati | Verb | 1× | |
| زِلْزَالَهَا | zilzaālahaā | Noun | 1× | |
| زِلْزَالًا | zilzaālanā | Noun | 1× | |
| زَلْزَلَةَ | zalzalaha | Noun | 1× |