Arabic

Noun

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

1. messenger; emissary; envoy; delegate
2. (Islam) messenger; apostle; prophet

   • رَسُولُ اللّٰهِ ‎(rasūlu llāhi)— Messenger of God (Muhammad)
   • اَلرَّسُول ‎(ar-rasūl)— the Messenger (Muhammad)

3. (Christianity) apostle

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

Declension

Derived terms

• لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰه مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللّٰه ‎(lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh)

See also

• نَبِي ‎(nabī)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic رَسُول ‎(rasūl).

Noun

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

1. messenger