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أَرْسَلَ

أرسل in the Quran

Meaning: We sent

أرسل occurs 130 times in 127 verses across 47 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
130
Verses
127
Surahs
47

أَرْسَلَ

Verb · 130 times

Meaning: We sent · Also translated as: [We] have sent you, And We have sent you, We send, and He sends

Forms in the Quran

  • أَرْسَلْنَا ×51
  • أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ ×12
  • أُرْسِلَ ×10
  • يُرْسِلُ ×10
  • فَأَرْسَلْنَا ×7
  • أُرْسِلْتُ ×6
  • فَأَرْسِلْ ×5
  • نُرْسِلُ ×4

Its root in the classical dictionaries

أصل الرسل: الانبعاث على التؤدة ويقال:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

الرسل: الإنبعاث على تؤدة. ومنه: ناقة رسلة: أي سهلة الانقياد، وإبل مراسيل، ومنه قول كعب: [من البسيط]

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ر س ل

Verses with أرسل

Verses 81–100 of 127

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    We did indeed send, Before thee, apostles To their (respective) peoples, And they came to them With Clear Signs: then, To those who transgressed, We meted out Retribution: And it was due from us To aid those who believed.

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:47
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who sends The Winds, and they raise The Clouds: then does He Spread them in the sky As He wills, and break them Into fragments, until thou seest Rain-drops issue from the midst Thereof: then when He has Made them reach such His servants as He wills, Behold, they do rejoice!—

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:48
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    And if We (but) send A Wind from which They see (their tilth) Turn yellow,—behold, They become, thereafter, Ungrateful (Unbelievers)!

    Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:51
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of God, (Bestowed) on you, when There came down on you Hosts (to overwhelm you): But We sent against them A hurricane and forces That ye saw not: But God sees (clearly) All that ye do.

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:9
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    O Prophet! Truly We Have sent thee as A Witness, a Bearer Of Glad Tidings, And a Warner,—

    Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 33:45
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    But they turned away (From God), and We sent Against them the flood (Released) from the Dams, And We converted their two Garden (rows) into "gardens" Producing bitter fruit, And tamarisks, and some few (Stunted) Lote-trees.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:16
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    We have not sent thee But as a universal (Messenger) To men, giving them Glad tidings, and warning them (Against sin), but most men Understand not.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:28
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    Never did We send A Warner to a population, But the wealthy ones among them Said: "We believe not In the (Message) with which Ye have been sent."

    Surah Saba, verse 34:34
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    But We had not given Them Books which they could Study, nor sent apostles To them before thee As Warners.

    Surah Saba, verse 34:44
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God Who sends Forth the Winds, so that They raise up the Clouds, And We drive them To a land that is dead, And revive the earth therewith After its death: even so (Will be) the Resurrection!

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:9
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Verily We have sent thee In truth, as a bearer Of glad tidings, And as a warner: And there never was A people, without a warner Having lived among them (In the past).

    Surah Fatir, verse 35:24
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    When We (first) sent To them two apostles, They rejected them: But We strengthened them With a third: they said, "Truly, we have been sent On a mission to you."

    Surah Ya-Sin, verse 36:14
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    But We sent aforetime, Among them, (apostles) To admonish them;—

    Surah As-Saffat, verse 37:72
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    And We sent him (On a mission) To a hundred thousand (Men) or more.

    Surah As-Saffat, verse 37:147
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is God that takes The souls (of men) at death; And those that die not (He takes) during their sleep: Those on whom He Has passed the decree Of death, He keeps back (From returning to life), But the rest He sends (To their bodies) For a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs For those who reflect.

    Surah Az-Zumar, verse 39:42
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    Of old We sent Moses, With Our Signs And an Authority manifest,

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:23
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who reject the Book And the (revelations) with which We sent Our apostles: But soon shall they know,—

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:70
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    We did aforetime send Apostles before thee: of them There are some whose story We have related to thee, And some whose story We have not related To thee. It was not (Possible) for any apostle To bring a Sign except By the leave of God: But when the Command Of God issued, The matter was decided In truth and justice, And there perished, There and then, those Who stood on Falsehoods.

    Surah Ghafir, verse 40:78
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Behold, the apostles came To them, from before them And behind them, (preaching): "Serve none but God." They said, "If our Lord Had so pleased, He would Certainly have sent down angels (To preach): now we reject Your mission (altogether)."

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:14
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    So We sent against them A furious Wind through days Of disaster, that We might Give them a taste Of a Penalty of humiliation In this Life; but the Penalty Of a Hereafter will be More humiliating still: And they will find No help.

    Surah Fussilat, verse 41:16