Arabic root

ر-س-ل

Ra-Sin-Lam

4 words from this root family

About this root

Ra-Sin-Lam (ر-س-ل) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: rasūl (messenger), arsala (to send), risāla (message / letter), murāsil (correspondent).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 513 times in 429 verses, across 69 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:87. The form رَسُولٌ (messenger) accounts for 332 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Verbs, Communication, Work, Advanced Verbs, Technology Media, Media Politics

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
رَسُولٌ rasūl	messenger	noun, A2	332×	Guidance and Knowledge
أَرْسَلَ arsala	to send	verb, A1	130×	Action Verbs - Making & Creating
رِسَالَة risāla	message / letter	noun, B1	10×	News & Information
مُرَاسِل murāsil	correspondent	noun, B2		Media & Journalism

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.

Quran 2:98

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُ عَنْ أَصْحَـٰبِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Lo! We have sent thee (O Muhammad) with the truth, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And thou wilt not be asked about the owners of hell-fire.

Quran 2:119

أُبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّى وَأَنصَحُ لَكُمْ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

I convey unto you the messages of my Lord and give good counsel unto you, and know from Allah that which ye know not.

Quran 7:62

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun

رَسُولٌ

rasūl

messenger

Example

مَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ

mā muḥammadun illā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihī ar-rusul

Muhammad is not but a messenger; messengers have passed before him (3:144)

Root: ر-س-ل Quranic

Grammar

Masculine noun. Plural: رُسُلٌ (rusul). Distinguished from نَبِيّ (prophet): a rasūl brings a new scripture or law, while a nabī confirms an existing message.

Culture

Belief in all messengers is a pillar of Islamic faith. The Quran names 25 messengers and states there were many more sent to every nation.

A1verb

أَرْسَلَ

arsala