ل س نl-s-n
— لِسَانlisān pl. أَلْسِنَة وَأَلْسُنal-sinah wa-ʾalsun: tongue (the organ), and from this, tongue in the sense of language; also report and mention ("لِسَانَ صِدْقٍlisāna ṣidq", i.e. a true good name). The word is used as both masculine and feminine, and the two plurals are based on this very distinction. 25 times in the Quran: ﴿وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:22), ﴿بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِيْنٍ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:195), ﴿وَاجْعَلْ لِّيْ لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِيْنَ﴾ (Ash-Shuʿarāʾ 26:84).