Arabic vocabulary
رَسَلَrelease in Arabic
رَسَلَ is how you say “release” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root ر س ل (r-s-l)verb (form I)Pronounced rasala
Meaning of release in Arabic
- to release, set loose or free — e.g. letting a bird go from the hand
- to send, send forth (a message) — the sense behind رسول 'messenger' and رسالة 'message'
- to leave, forsake, neglect — figurative use, as in withdrawing one's aid from someone
The root is central to Islamic vocabulary: إرسال describes God's sending of His prophets and messengers (as in the Qur'an), and the same root gives رسول 'messenger' and رسالة 'message, epistle'.
Words from the same root
- رَسُولٌa messenger, apostle
- رِسَالَةٌa letter, a message
- إِرْسَالٌsending, dispatching
- مُرْسَلٌsent; a messenger
- رَاسَلَto exchange letters, correspond
Common questions
- How do you say "release" in Arabic?
- رَسَلَ (rasala) — from the root ر س ل, covering both setting something loose or free and sending it forth.
- How is رَسَلَ related to رَسُولٌ (messenger)?
- Both share the root ر س ل: the underlying idea of sending or letting go connects رَسَلَ 'to release/send' with رَسُولٌ, one who is sent with a message.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
ثم دخل به فقال ﵇ أرسله يا عمر، ادن يا عمير
Then he brought him in, and the Prophet ﷺ said: Release him, Umar, come closer, Umair.
أَرْسِلْهُ — release him. A command 'let him go, release!' to 'you'; the ending '-hu' adds 'him' — 'release him'.
From: Early Converts to Islam →وَكَانَ يُرْسِلُ أَشْعَارًا كَثِيرَةً إِلَى بَغْدَادِ
He would send many poems to Baghdad.
يُرْسِلُ — he would send. A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in. On its own it would be 'he sends', but standing under the preceding kana it becomes the repeated-past 'he would send'. This kana-plus-present pairing is Arabic's standard way of expressing an ongoing habit in the past.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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