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Surah Al-Waqi’ah, Verse 4

سورة الواقعة، الآية ٤

56:4 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 534 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 56:4

إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّا ۝٤

Transliteration

idhā rujjati l-arḍu rajjan

Translation

When the earth is shaken with convulsion

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Verse 4 of Surah Al-Waqi’ah (56:4), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 534 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 4

Al-Mukhtasar

When the earth is shaken violently.

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Other translations of verse 4

When the earth is shaken violently,

When the earth will be shaken with a terrible shake.

When the earth is shaken with a shock

When the earth shall be shaken to its depths,

When the earth shall be shaken with a (severe) shaking,

When the earth will be convulsed with a (severe) convulsion,

Verse 4 word by word

  1. إِذَا idhā When
  2. رُجَّتِ rujjati will be shaken ر ج ج
  3. ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu the earth أ ر ض
  4. رَجًّا rajjan (with) a shaking ر ج ج

Verses related to verse 4

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Az-Zalzalah 99:1

    إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

    When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

  • Al-Hajj 22:1

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَىْءٌ عَظِيمٌ

    O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

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