# Za-Lam-Za-Lam — زلزل (zlzl)

> Occurs in 6 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to set in motion/commotion, agitation, convulsion, earthquake
- **Derived forms:** زِلْزَال (2) · زُلْزِلُ (3) · زَلْزَلَة (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 214

- **Form in this verse:** وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ — wazul'zilū · "and they were shaken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ اَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُمْ مَثَلُ الَّذ۪ينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْۜ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَٓاءُ وَالضَّرَّٓاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتّٰى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتٰى نَصْرُ اللّٰهِۜ اَلَٓا اِنَّ نَصْرَ اللّٰهِ قَر۪يبٌ

Am hasibtum an tadkhuloo aljannatawalamma ya/tikum mathalu allatheena khalaw minqablikum massat-humu alba/sao waddarraowazulziloo hatta yaqoola arrasoolu wallatheenaamanoo maAAahu mata nasru Allahi alainna nasra Allahi qareeb

If you think that you will enter the Garden when there has not come to you the like of those who passed away before you: affliction and adversity touched them, and they were shaken until the Messenger and those who heeded warning with him said: “When is the help of God?” In truth, the help of God is near.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-214.md_

### 22. Surah Al-Hajj, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** زَلْزَلَةَ — zalzalata · "(the) convulsion"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

يَٓا اَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمْۚ اِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظ۪يمٌ

Ya ayyuha annasuittaqoo rabbakum inna zalzalata assaAAati shay-onAAatheem

O mankind: be in prudent fear of your Lord! The convulsion of the Hour is a tremendous thing.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hajj/verse-1.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ — wazul'zilū · "and shaken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, plural · past tense

هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالاً شَد۪يداً

Hunalika ibtuliya almu-minoonawazulziloo zilzalan shadeeda

Thereupon the believers were tested and shaken with severe shaking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-11.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 11

- **Form in this verse:** زِلْزَالًۭا — zil'zālan · "(with a) shake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

هُنَالِكَ ابْتُلِيَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَزُلْزِلُوا زِلْزَالاً شَد۪يداً

Hunalika ibtuliya almu-minoonawazulziloo zilzalan shadeeda

Thereupon the believers were tested and shaken with severe shaking.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-11.md_

### 99. Surah Az-Zalzalah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** زُلْزِلَتِ — zul'zilati · "is shaken"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, feminine, singular · past tense

اِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَاۙ

Itha zulzilati al-ardu zilzalaha

When the earth is shaken with great shaking,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zalzalah/verse-1.md_

### 99. Surah Az-Zalzalah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** زِلْزَالَهَا — zil'zālahā · "(with) its earthquake"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

اِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَاۙ

Itha zulzilati al-ardu zilzalaha

When the earth is shaken with great shaking,

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zalzalah/verse-1.md_

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