Etymology
More information Root ...
Close
Compare أَرْسَلَ (ʔarsala, “to send”).
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 ― ʔaʕmālu r-rusul ― Acts of the Apostles
- 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
More information Singular, basic singular triptote ...
Singular |
basic singular triptote |
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 |
Close
Declension of noun
رَسُول (
rasūl)
Descendants
- Hindustani
- → Hindi: रसूल (rasūl)
- → Urdu: رسول
- → Malay: rasul
- → Maranao: rasol
- → Ottoman Turkish: رسول (resul)
- → Rohingya: rosúl
- → Swahili: rasuli
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 ʔayyuhā n-nāsu qad jāʔakumu ar-rasūlu bi-l-ḥaqqi min rabbikum faʔāminū ḵayran lakum
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
More information Singular, basic singular triptote ...
Singular |
basic singular triptote |
Indefinite |
Definite |
Construct |
Informal |
— |
الرَّسُول ar-rasūl |
— |
Nominative |
— |
الرَّسُولُ ar-rasūlu |
— |
Accusative |
— |
الرَّسُولَ ar-rasūla |
— |
Genitive |
— |
الرَّسُولِ ar-rasūli |
— |
Close
Declension of noun الرَّسُول (ar-rasūl)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “رسل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Noun
رسول • (resul) (definite accusative رسولی (resulı), plural رسل (rüsül) or رسلا (rüselâ))
- messenger, emissary, envoy, a person appointed to bring messages
- Synonyms: ایلچی (elçi), خبرجی (haberci)
- (Islam) prophet, messenger, someone who speaks by divine inspiration
- Synonyms: پیغامبر (peygamber), نبی (nebi), یالاواج (yalavac)
- (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”)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “resul”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3960b
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “resûl”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1064
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رسول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 621b
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Propheta”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1383
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رسول”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2315
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “resul”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رسول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 974b
Pronunciation
More information Readings, Classical reading? ...
Readings |
Classical reading? |
rasūl |
Dari reading? |
rasūl |
Iranian reading? |
rasul |
Tajik reading? |
rasul |
Close
Noun
More information Dari, Iranian Persian ...
Close
رسول • (rasul) (plural رسل (rosol) or رسولان (rasulân))
- messenger
Noun
رَسُوْل • (rasuvl) m (formal plural رسل, Hindi spelling रसूल)
- (Islam) prophet
- Synonyms: پیغمبر (paigambar), نبی (nabī)
رسول اللہ ﷺ- rasūl ullāh (SAW)
- Prophet of God (PBUH)
- (Christianity) Apostle
یوحنا رسول- yūhannā rasūl
- John the Apostle
Declension
More information Declension of رسول, singular ...
Declension of رسول |
|
singular |
plural |
direct |
رسول (rasūl) |
رسول (rasūl) |
oblique |
رسول (rasūl) |
رسولوں (rasūlõ) |
vocative |
رسول (rasūl) |
رسولو (rasūlo) |
Close
References
- “رسول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “رسول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.