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زلزل

z-l-z-l

The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

Root

ز-ل-ز-ل

6

Total uses

4

Verses

4

Surahs

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Forms

Root

ز-ل-ز-ل

Root Meaning

The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

Derived forms

وَزُلۡزِلُواْ2زَلۡزَلَةَ1زِلۡزَالࣰ1زُلۡزِلَتِ1زِلۡزَالَهَا1

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📖 Ayaths where this word appears (4)

Al-Baqarah 2:214

وَزُلْزِلُوا۟Meaning here: The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

Or think ye that ye will enter paradise while yet there hath not come unto you the like of (that which came to) those who passed away before you? Affliction and adversity befell them, they were shaken as with earthquake, till the messenger (of Allah) and those who believed along with him said: When cometh Allah's help? Now surely Allah's help is nigh

Al-Hajj 22:1

زَلْزَلَةَMeaning here: The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

O mankind! Fear your Lord. Lo! the earthquake of the Hour (of Doom) is a tremendous thing

Al-Ahzab 33:11

وَزُلْزِلُوا۟Meaning here: The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

There were the believers sorely tried, and shaken with a mighty shock

Az-Zalzalah 99:1

زُلْزِلَتِMeaning here: The root زلزل primarily means to shake, quake, or cause to tremble repeatedly and violently.

When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake