رسول
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root ر س ل (r-s-l); compare أَرْسَلَ (ʾarsala, “to send”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra.suːl/
Noun
رَسُول • (rasūl) m (plural رُسُل (rusul))
- messenger; emissary; envoy; delegate
- Synonyms: مُرْسَل (mursal), قَيْنَاب (qaynāb), قَانِب (qānib), فَيْج (fayj), فُرَانِق (furāniq)
- (religion) messenger, apostle
- (Islam) a prophet who is sent by God with a mission (precise definitions vary)
- Synonym: مُرْسَل (mursal)
- رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ ― rasūlu llāhi ― Messenger of God (Muhammad)
- اَلرَّسُول ― ar-rasūl ― the Messenger (Muhammad)
- (Christianity) an apostle (leading disciple of Jesus)
- بُولُسُ الرَسُول ― būlusu r-rasūl ― Paul the Apostle
- أَعْمَالُ الرُّسُل ― ʾaʿmālu r-rusul ― Acts of the Apostles
- (Islam) a prophet who is sent by God with a mission (precise definitions vary)
- 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
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Declension
Declension of noun رَسُول (rasūl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | رَسُول rasūl | الرَّسُول ar-rasūl | رَسُول rasūl |
Nominative | رَسُولٌ rasūlun | الرَّسُولُ ar-rasūlu | رَسُولُ rasūlu |
Accusative | رَسُولًا rasūlan | الرَّسُولَ ar-rasūla | رَسُولَ rasūla |
Genitive | رَسُولٍ rasūlin | الرَّسُولِ ar-rasūli | رَسُولِ rasūli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | رَسُولَيْن rasūlayn | الرَّسُولَيْن ar-rasūlayn | رَسُولَيْ rasūlay |
Nominative | رَسُولَانِ rasūlāni | الرَّسُولَانِ ar-rasūlāni | رَسُولَا rasūlā |
Accusative | رَسُولَيْنِ rasūlayni | الرَّسُولَيْنِ ar-rasūlayni | رَسُولَيْ rasūlay |
Genitive | رَسُولَيْنِ rasūlayni | الرَّسُولَيْنِ ar-rasūlayni | رَسُولَيْ rasūlay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | رُسُل rusul | الرُّسُل ar-rusul | رُسُل rusul |
Nominative | رُسُلٌ rusulun | الرُّسُلُ ar-rusulu | رُسُلُ rusulu |
Accusative | رُسُلًا rusulan | الرُّسُلَ ar-rusula | رُسُلَ rusula |
Genitive | رُسُلٍ rusulin | الرُّسُلِ ar-rusuli | رُسُلِ rusuli |
Derived terms
- لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰه مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰه (lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh)
Descendants
- Hindustani
- Hindi: रसूल (rasūl)
- Urdu: رسول
- Maranao: rasol
- Rohingya: rosúl
- → Swahili: rasuli
See also
- نَبِيّ (nabiyy)
Proper noun
اَلرَّسُول • (ar-rasūl) m
- (Islam) Muhammad (the Messenger)
- Qur'an 4:170
- يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُمُ الرَّسُولُ بِالْحَقِّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَآمِنُوا خَيْرًا لَّكُمْ
- yā ʾayyuhā n-nāsu qad jāʾakumu ar-rasūlu bi-l-ḥaqqi min rrabbikum faʾāminū ḵayran llakum
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- Qur'an 4:170
Declension
Declension of noun الرَّسُول (ar-rasūl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | الرَّسُول ar-rasūl | — |
Nominative | — | الرَّسُولُ ar-rasūlu | — |
Accusative | — | الرَّسُولَ ar-rasūla | — |
Genitive | — | الرَّسُولِ ar-rasūli | — |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “رسل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Persian
Etymology
Dari | رسول |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | расул (rasul) |
From Arabic رَسُول (rasūl).
Noun
رسول • (rasul) (plural رسل (rosol) or رسولان (rasulân))
- messenger
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian رسول (rasūl), from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɾə.suːl/
- Rhymes: -uːl
Noun
رَسُوْل • (rasūl) m (plural رسل, Hindi spelling रसूल)
- (Islam) prophet
- رسول اللہ ﷺ
- rasūl ullāh (SAW)
- Prophet of God (PBUH)
- Synonyms: پیغمبر (paigambar), نبی (nabī)
- (Christianity) Apostle
- یوحنا رسول
- yūhannā rasūl
- John the Apostle
Declension
Declension of رسول | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | رسول (rasūl) | رسول (rasūl) |
oblique | رسول (rasūl) | رسولوں (rasūlō̃) |
vocative | رسول (rasūl) | رسولو (rasūlō) |
References
- “رسول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “رسول”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.