Rizwan Zubair

Root ب س ل b-s-l

Quranic citations in this entry: 2 · اردو

ب س لb-s-l

(ن) بَسَلَ يَبْسُلُ بَسْلًاbasala yabsulu baslan: to hold someone back from his need. The lexicographers say the original sense is to restrain and to forbid (بَاسِلbāsil: stern, forbidden; hence بَسَالَةbasālah, i.e. bravery).

Form IV (ifʿāl) أَبْسَلَ يُبْسِلُ اِبْسَالًاabsala yubsilu ibsālan: to give someone over to destruction or seizure, to pledge as security. Twice in the Quran, both times in the passive voice: ﴿أَنْ تُبْسَلَ نَفْسٌ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:70); ﴿أُوْلٰئِكَ الَّذِيْنَ أُبْسِلُوْا بِمَا كَسَبُوْا﴾ (Al-Anʿām 6:70)

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