Rizwan Zubair

Root ع س ل ʿ-s-l

Quranic citations in this entry: 1 · اردو

ع س لʿ-s-l

— عَسَلʿasal pl. أَعْسَال وَعُسُوْلaʿsāl wa-ʿusūl: honey. Only once in the Quran, in the description of the four rivers of Paradise: ﴿وَأَنْهَارٌ مِّنْ عَسَلٍ مُّصَفًّي﴾ (Muḥammad 47:15) — the qualification "مُصَفًّيmuṣaffany" is because the honey of this world is never free of wax and impurities.

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