رسول

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر س ل (r-s-l); compare أَرْسَلَ (ʔarsala, “to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra.suːl/

Noun

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

1. messenger; emissary; envoy; delegate

   Synonyms: قَيْنَاب (qaynāb), قَانِب (qānib), فَيْج (fayj), فُرَانِق (furāniq)

2. (religion) messenger; apostle

   رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ (rasūlu llāhi)— Messenger of God (Muhammad)

   اَلرَّسُول (ar-rasūl)— the Messenger (Muhammad)

   أَعْمَال الرُّسُل (ʔaʕmāl ar-rusul)— Acts of the Apostles

Declension

Declension of noun رَسُول (rasūl)

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

Derived terms

• لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰه مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰه (lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh)

See also

• نَبِيّ (nabiyy)

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 rrabbikum faʔāminū ḵayran llakum

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun الرَّسُول (ar-rasūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رَسُول (rasūl).

Noun

رسول • (rasul) (plural رسل (rosol) or رسولان (rasulân))

1. messenger

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian رسول (rasul), from Arabic رَسُول (rasūl).

Noun

رسول • (rasūl) m (formal plural رسل)

1. (Islam) prophet

   رسول محمد

   rasūl muhammad

   prophet Muhammad

   Synonyms: پیغمبر, نبی (nabī)

2. (Christianity) Apostle

   یوحنا رسول

   yūhannā rasūl

   John the Apostle