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رسول

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ARABIC LIGATURE RASOUL ISOLATED FORM

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Arabic

Etymology

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Compare أَرْسَلَ (ʔarsala, to send).

Pronunciation

Noun

رَسُول (rasūl) m (plural رُسُل (rusul))

  1. messenger; emissary; envoy; delegate
    Synonyms: مُرْسَل (mursal), قَيْنَاب (qaynāb), قَانِب (qānib), فَيْج (fayj), فُرَانِق (furāniq)
  2. (religion) messenger, apostle
    1. (Islam) a prophet who is sent by God with a mission (precise definitions vary)
      Synonym: مُرْسَل (mursal)
      رَسُولُ اللّٰهِrasūlu llāhiMessenger of God (Muhammad)
      اَلرَّسُولar-rasūlthe Messenger (Muhammad)
    2. (Christianity) an apostle (leading disciple of Jesus)
      بُولُسُ الرَسُولbūlusu r-rasūlPaul the Apostle
      أَعْمَالُ الرُّسُلʔaʕmālu r-rusulActs of the Apostles
  3. angel
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:51:
      وَمَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْيًا أَوْ مِن وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ
      wamā kāna libašarin ʔan yukallimahu l-lahu ʔillā waḥyan ʔaw min warāʔi ḥijābin ʔaw yursila rasūlan fayūḥiya biʔiḏnihi mā yašāʔu ʔinnahu ʕaliyyun ḥakīmun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindustani
    Hindi: रसूल (rasūl)
    Urdu: رسول
  • Malay: rasul
  • Maranao: rasol
  • Ottoman Turkish: رسول (resul)
  • Rohingya: rosúl
  • Swahili: rasuli

See also

Proper noun

اَلرَّسُول (ar-rasūl) m

  1. (Islam) Muhammad (the Messenger)
    • Qur'an 4:170
      يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الرَّسُولُ بِالْحَقِّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَآمِنُوا خَيْرًا لَّكُمْ
      yā ʔayyuhā n-nāsu qad jāʔakumu ar-rasūlu bi-l-ḥaqqi min rabbikum faʔāminū ḵayran lakum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “رسل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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Malay

Noun

رسول (plural رسول-رسول or رسول٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of rasul.‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl, messenger, apostle).

Noun

رسول (resul) (definite accusative رسولی (resulı), plural رسل (rüsül) or رسلا (rüselâ))

  1. messenger, emissary, envoy, a person appointed to bring messages
    Synonyms: ایلچی (elçi), خبرجی (haberci)
  2. (Islam) prophet, messenger, someone who speaks by divine inspiration
    Synonyms: پیغامبر (peygamber), نبی (nebi), یالاواج (yalavac)
  3. (Christianity) Apostle, any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus
    Synonyms: پیغامبر (peygamber), یالاواج (yalavac)

Derived terms

  • رسولی (resuli, quality or function of an envoy)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl).

Pronunciation

 

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Noun

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رسول (rasul) (plural رسل (rosol), or رسولان)

  1. messenger
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