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513 times in the Quran · 7 word forms · rank 13
The Quran root ر س ل r-s-l
Words built from the root ر س ل ([r-s-l]) appear 513 times in the Quran. The most common is رَسُول, “Messenger”, which comes 332 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| رَسُول | rasuul | Messenger · Messengers | 332 | |
| أَرْسَلَ | arsala | We sent · send | 130 | |
| مُرْسَل | mursal | Messengers · O messengers | 35 | |
| رِسالَة | risaala | Messages · Message | 10 | |
| مُرْسِل | mursil | sending · Senders | 4 | |
| مُرْسِلَة | mursila | going to send | 1 | |
| مُرْسَلَة | mursala | ones sent forth | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰ أَنفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ ٨٧
بِالرُّسُلِ bil-rusuli · with [the] Messengers
And We did certainly give Moses the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel]. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:87)
مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِّلْكَافِرِينَ ٩٨
وَرُسُلِهِ warusulihi · and His Messengers
Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:98)
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَلَا تُسْأَلُ عَنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَحِيمِ ١١٩
أَرْسَلْنَاكَ arsalnāka · [We] have sent you
Indeed, We have sent you, [O Muḥammad], with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner, and you will not be asked about the companions of Hellfire. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:119)
تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ٢٥٢
الْمُرْسَلِينَ l-mur'salīna · the Messengers
These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you, [O Muḥammad], in truth. And indeed, you are from among the messengers. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:252)
يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ ٦٧
رِسَالَتَهُ risālatahu · His Message
O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people. (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:67)
وَلَٰكِنَّا أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِي أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ ٤٥
مُرْسِلِينَ mur'silīna · the Senders
But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message]. (Surah Al-Qasas, 28:45)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah At-Tawbah · 35×
- Surah An-Nisa · 31×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 30×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 23×
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 18×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 18×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.