# Ra-Cim-Fe — رجف (rjf)

> Occurs in 8 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/rjf

- **Meaning:** to quake/tremble, be in violent motion, shake violently, ramble, prepare for war, be restless, stir, spread alarming/false news, engage, make commotion, in a state of agitation, convulsion, tumult, or disturbance. rajfatun - earthquake, mighty blast. murjifun - scandal-mongers, one who makes a commotion, one who spreads false alarming news/rumours or evil tales.
- **Derived forms:** تَرْجُفُ (2) · رَّاجِفَة (1) · رَّجْفَة (4) · مُرْجِفُون (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 78

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّجْفَةُ — l-rajfatu · "the earthquake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-78.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 91

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّجْفَةُ — l-rajfatu · "the earthquake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۚۛ

Faakhathat-humu arrajfatu faasbahoofee darihim jathimeen

So the earthquake seized them; and morning found them lying prone in their home,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-91.md_

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 155

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّجْفَةُ — l-rajfatu · "the earthquake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَاخْتَارَ مُوسٰى قَوْمَهُ سَبْع۪ينَ رَجُلاً لِم۪يقَاتِنَاۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ قَالَ رَبِّ لَوْ شِئْتَ اَهْلَكْتَهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَاِيَّايَۜ اَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَـهَٓاءُ مِنَّاۚ اِنْ هِيَ اِلَّا فِتْنَتُكَۜ تُضِلُّ بِهَا مَنْ تَشَٓاءُ وَتَهْد۪ي مَنْ تَشَٓاءُۜ  اَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَاَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِر۪ينَ

Wakhtara moosaqawmahu sabAAeena rajulan limeeqatina falammaakhathat-humu arrajfatu qala rabbi lawshi/ta ahlaktahum min qablu wa-iyyaya atuhlikunabima faAAala assufahao minna in hiyailla fitnatuka tudillu biha man tashaowatahdee man tashao anta waliyyuna faghfirlana warhamna waanta khayru alghafireen

And Moses chose of his people seventy men for Our appointed time; then when the earthquake seized them, he said: “My Lord: if Thou hadst willed, Thou wouldst have destroyed them before, and me. Wilt Thou destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? It is but Thy means of denial: Thou sendest whom Thou wilt astray thereby, and guidest whom Thou wilt. Thou art our ally, so forgive Thou us, and have Thou mercy on us; and Thou art the best of those who forgive.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-155.md_

### 29. Surah Al-'Ankabut, Verse 37

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّجْفَةُ — l-rajfatu · "the earthquake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الرَّجْفَةُ فَاَصْبَحُوا ف۪ي دَارِهِمْ جَاثِم۪ينَۘ

Fakaththaboohu faakhathat-humuarrajfatu faasbahoo fee darihim jathimeen

Then they denied him, and the earthquake seized them, and morning found them lying prone in their home.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ankabut/verse-37.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 60

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْمُرْجِفُونَ — wal-mur'jifūna · "and those who spread rumors"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of if'al · active · masculine, plural · nominative case

لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذ۪ينَ ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ وَالْمُرْجِفُونَ فِي الْمَد۪ينَةِ لَنُغْرِيَنَّكَ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِرُونَكَ ف۪يهَٓا اِلَّا قَل۪يلاًۚۛ

La-in lam yantahi almunafiqoona wallatheenafee quloobihim maradun walmurjifoona feealmadeenati lanughriyannaka bihim thumma la yujawiroonakafeeha illa qaleela

If the waverers desist not, and those in whose hearts is disease, and the spreaders of lies in the city, We will impel thee against them; then will they not be your neighbours therein save a little,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-60.md_

### 73. Surah Al-Muzzammil, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْجُفُ — tarjufu · "will quake"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الْاَرْضُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ كَث۪يباً مَه۪يلاً

Yawma tarjufu al-ardu waljibaluwakanati aljibalu katheeban maheela

The day the earth and the mountains convulse and the mountains become a sliding sandhill.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muzzammil/verse-14.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** تَرْجُفُ — tarjufu · "will quake"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

On the day the convulsion convulses

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-6.md_

### 79. Surah An-Nazi'at, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلرَّاجِفَةُ — l-rājifatu · "the quaking one"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · feminine · nominative case

يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ الرَّاجِفَةُۙ

Yawma tarjufu arrajifa

On the day the convulsion convulses

_https://quran.so/surah-an-naziat/verse-6.md_

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