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أَرْسَلَ send in Arabic

أَرْسَلَ is how you say “send” in Arabic.

Root ر س ل r-s-l. verb (form IV). arsala.

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Meaning of send in Arabic

  1. to send (a person, message, or letter) the core sense, e.g. ارسل إليه, 'he sent a message or a messenger to him'
  2. to let loose, set free, release e.g. letting a bird go from the hand, discharging an arrow, or launching a boat to take its course
  3. to let down, let hang loose used of hair let down or lowered
  4. to give power or dominion (over someone) a Qur'anic extension, e.g. of devils being given dominion over unbelievers

Example sentence

ويرسلها مع أنفاس الأسف حتى جاءه توقيع فتاب عليه

And he sent them with sighs of regret until a decree came to him, and He accepted his repentance.

وَيُرْسِلُهَا and he sends them

wa- = 'and'; present-tense verb 'sends', 'he' form; the ending '-ha' adds 'them/it' (the lines) — 'and he sends them'.

From Adam's Descent

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How it is used

إِرْسَالٌ, 'the act of sending,' is the verbal noun behind this verb, and the same root gives رَسُولٌ 'messenger' and رِسَالَةٌ 'message' — the vocabulary of prophets bringing revelation. Beyond sending messages, the verb also covers letting something go or hang loose, as with releasing a bird from the hand or letting hair fall down.

Words from the same root

More example sentences

وَيُرْسل الرُّسُل وَينزل الْكتب

And He sends messengers and reveals scriptures,

وَيُرْسِلُ And He sends

'And' plus a present-tense causative (form IV) verb 'sends / dispatches', subject 'He' inside. It sets up its object, the messengers.

From God's Majesty

وَأرْسل حَمَامَتَيْنِ فاتخذتا هُنَاكَ عشا جعل على أبصار الطالبين غشاوة

And He sent two doves that made a nest there, creating a veil over the seekers' eyes.

وَأَرْسَلَ and He sent

'And' plus a past-tense causative (form IV) verb 'sent / dispatched', subject 'He' (God) inside. He sent the doves.

From The Night of the Migration

تلقى قلبه فقد أَرْسلتهُ عجلا إِلَى لقائك والأشواق تقدمه

You will find his heart as he has sent it hurriedly to meet you, and longing precedes it.

أَرْسَلَهُ sent it

A past-tense (form IV) verb 'sent / dispatched' with '-hu' (it) attached as object, subject 'he' inside. The lover has sent his heart ahead.

From Stages of the Seeker

أرسل إليه ملك من ملوك اليونان بقناطير من الذهب حتى يسير إليه فأبى،

A king from among the kings of Greece sent to him loads of gold so that he would come to him, but he refused.

أَرْسَلَ he sent

A past-tense verb 'sent' with its subject 'he' built in, placed before the named sender in the usual verb-first order. The one who sends is identified a few words later.

From Moderation in Medicine

الحمد لله الذي أرسل السحائب بالمطر،

Praise be to Allah who sent the clouds with rain,

أَرْسَلَ he sent

A past-tense verb meaning 'sent', with its 'he' subject built into the form and pointing back to Allah through the relative pronoun. It opens the description and governs the object that follows, so it names the act of dispatching the clouds.

From Rain and God's Decree

أرسل طوفان الفتن فغطى البحار الزخر،

He sent a flood of trials that covered the roaring seas,

أَرْسَلَ He sent

A past-tense verb carrying its own 'he' subject; the doer is God from the surrounding praise, not stated separately. It reports a single completed sending, the masculine singular form agreeing with that understood divine subject.

From Rain and God's Decree

وَبِهَا أرسل الرُّسُل وَأنزل الْكتب

And it was for this that He sent the messengers and revealed the books.

أَرْسَلَ He sent

A past-tense verb carrying its own 'He' subject, in a pattern that adds a causing or sending-out sense to the root. It opens the clause with God as the unstated doer, and its object is named next.

From Worship and Repentance

فَأَرْسَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِأَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ،

So the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent to Abu Bakr asking him to lead the people in prayer.

فَأَرْسَلَ so he sent

The fa- is a consequence 'so/then' moving the story forward to the sending. The completed past verb 'he sent' carries 'he' within it, with the named subject following.

From Prayer During Illness

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ

Then he sent me and said, "Read."

أَرْسَلَنِي he sent me

A past verb with 'me' attached at its end as the object, so one word carries both the action and who it was done to. Its own 'he' subject is folded in, pointing to the angel.

From The Night of Revelation and Consolation

ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي فَقَالَ اِقْرَأْ

Then he released me and said, 'Read.'

أَرْسَلَنِي released me

A past verb with 'me' attached as its object, so one word holds both the action and who it touched; its 'he' subject is folded in, pointing to the angel.

From The Night of Revelation and Consolation

وَإِذَا أَتَتْهُ هَدِيَّةٌ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ،

And whenever a gift came to him, he would send it to them.

أَرْسَلَ would send

A past verb 'sent' in an added-letter pattern that builds 'send' from a simpler root, with 'he' built in; here read as a habit ('would send') because of the recurring 'whenever' frame. Arabic shows the repeated past act with a plain past verb inside a habitual frame. The subject is inside the verb.

From Generosity to the Poor

فَقُمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْسَلَكَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ

I stood up among them, and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me, "Did Abu Talhah send you?"

أَرْسَلَكَ sent you

A past verb 'sent' with '-ka' (you) attached as object, forming a yes/no question by tone -- 'did (he) send YOU?'. The suffix names the one sent; the doer is supplied by the name that follows.

From The Barley Loaf That Fed Eighty

الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ بِهِ رُسُلَهُ، وَأَنْزَلَ بِهِ كُتُبَهُ،

by which He sent His messengers and revealed His books.

أَرْسَلَ he sent

A past-tense verb ('He sent') whose subject 'He', understood as God, is carried inside the form with no separate pronoun. It opens the description of what God did through the path. The verb pattern is the causative shape that gives 'send/dispatch'.

From The Bridge to Paradise

فَأَرْسَلَتْنِي دَسِيسًا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَعَ مِنَ الشَّامِ،

So she sent me as a schemer to Muhammad after he returned from Syria.

فَأَرْسَلَتْنِي so she sent me

The connector fa- ('so') fused to a past-tense verb with the suffix '-ni' ('me') as object, so 'so she sent me' is one word. The verb is feminine (the '-t' before the object), marking a 'she' doer, and the fa- chains this onto the previous events.

From The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah

فَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعُرَمِ

So He sent upon them the devastating torrent Aram.

فَأَرْسَلَ so he sent

A 'fa-' fused to a past 'he' verb, 'so he sent'. The 'fa-' marks consequence, 'and so', making the sending the punishment that follows their ingratitude. The verb's 'he' subject is built in and refers to God, and it governs the noun after it as what was sent.

From Sheba's Garden and Destruction

وَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى بُنَيِّهِ

And he sent to his little son.

وَأرْسل and he sent

Past-tense verb for a completed act, with the doer 'he' baked into the word rather than spelled out as a separate pronoun. The leading wa- is a coordinator stringing this clause onto the running narrative, so the story moves forward one event at a time without a fresh subject.

From Sheba's Garden and Destruction

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فَسَأَلَهَا

So he sent to the woman and asked her.

فَأرْسل so he sent

A 'so' is fused to a past-tense verb whose 'he' subject is built in. The 'so' frames this sending as the king's next move. The verb then uses the preposition after it to mark whom he sent to.

From Stories of Prophetic Judgments

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الشَّرِيكِ فَاعْتَرَفَ أَنَّهُ قَتَلَهُ

So he sent to the partner, and he admitted that he had killed him.

فَأرْسل so he sent

A 'so' is fused to a past-tense verb whose 'he' subject is built in. The 'so' frames this sending as the next consequence in the chain. The verb then uses the preposition after it to mark whom he sent to.

From Stories of Prophetic Judgments

Common questions

How do you say "send" in Arabic?
أَرْسَلَ (arsala).
What is the root of أَرْسَلَ and what does it mean?
Its root is ر س ل (r-s-l), a family of words centered on sending messages and letting something loose or hang down — it also produces رَسُولٌ 'messenger' and رِسَالَةٌ 'message.'

Related words

Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).