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رَجْفَة

the earthquake

ভূমিকম্প

Root letters: ر ج فAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,535 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 154

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ر ج ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلرَّجْفَةُ4 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ر ج ف — know one root, recognise many words.

  • تَرْجُفُwill quakeকাঁপবে
  • راجِفَةthe quaking oneপ্রথম শিংগাধ্বনি
  • مُرْجِفand those who spread rumorsএবং গুজব রটনাকারীরা

Examples from the Qur'an

So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Surah 7:78 — Read full ayah

But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

Surah 29:37 — Read full ayah

And Moses chose from his people seventy men for Our appointment. And when the earthquake seized them, he said, "My Lord, if You had willed, You could have destroyed them before and me [as well]. Would You destroy us for what the foolish among us have done? This is not but Your trial by which You send astray whom You will and guide whom You will. You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon us; and You are the best of forgivers.

Surah 7:155 — Read full ayah