The triliteral root hamza ṣād lām (أ ص ل) occurs 10 times in the Quran, in two derived forms:
- three times as the noun aṣl (أَصْل)
- seven times as the nominal aṣīl (أَصِيل)
The translations below are brief glosses intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click ona word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Noun -root, bottom
| (14:24:11) aṣluhā | its root | كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ |
| (37:64:5) aṣli | (the) bottom | إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ |
| (59:5:9) uṣūlihā | their roots | مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ لِينَةٍ أَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَائِمَةً عَلَىٰ أُصُولِهَا |
Nominal -evening, afternoon
(1)Time adverb
| (25:5:9) wa-aṣīlan | and evening | اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا |
| (33:42:3) wa-aṣīlan | and evening | وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا |
| (48:9:8) wa-aṣīlan | and evening | وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا |
| (76:25:5) wa-aṣīlan | and evening | وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا |
(2)Noun
| (7:205:12) wal-āṣāli | and (in) the evenings | وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ |
| (13:15:11) wal-āṣāli | and in the afternoons | طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَالُهُمْ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ |
| (24:36:14) wal-āṣāli | and (in) the evenings | وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary
