i. q.
زَلْزَلَةٌ (
S,
K) [meaning
Commotion, agitation, or
convulsion; or
violent commotion &c.; and particularly
an earthquake; or]
a violent earthquake: and
a vehement cry from heaven: (Jel in vii. 76:) or it signifies, in the Qur'an,
any punishment that befalls a people. (
Lth,
O.)