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س أ ل

Overview

Computed

Occurrences: 129
Distinct forms: 70
First: سَأَلْتُمْ2:61:36
Last: لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ102:8:2

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root سأل. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

سَأَلَهُ (S, M, K) with كَذَا following it, and سَأَلَهُ عَنْ كَذَا and بِكَذَا , (S, * K,) aor. يَسْأَلُ , (M,) inf. n. سُوءَالٌ and مَسْأَلَةٌ , (S, M, K,) which latter is also pronounced مَسَلَةٌ , without the hemzeh, (TA,) and تَسْا=لٌ and سَا=لَةٌ , (M, K,) and سَأَلَةٌ or سَأْلَةٌ , (accord. to different copies of the K, the former of these two accord. to the TA, [and it appears from a statement that will be found below, voce سُوءْلٌ , that one of these is correct, but in an excel-lent copy of the M, in the place thereof, I find, and ↓ سَا=ءَلَهُ , as a verb, doubly trans., first thus by itself, and secondly by means of عَنْ , as shown by an ex. in a verse cited below, (see 3,) and this also is correct,]) all [sometimes] signify the same, (S, * K,) i. e. He asked him such a thing; or asked him, interrogated him, questioned him, or inquired of him, respecting such a thing: but عن كذا is more common than بكذا : when سَأَلَ means the asking, or demanding, of property, it is trans. [only] by itself or by means of مِنْ [so that you say سَأَلَهُ كَذَا and سَأَلَ مِنْهُ كَذَا meaning he asked, or demanded, of him such a thing]: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and one says also سَالَ , aor. يَسَالُ , (Akh, S, M, Msb, K,) like خَافَ , aor. يَخَافُ ; (Msb, K;) which is of the dial. of Hudheyl; the medial letter of this being originally و , as is shown by the phrase, mentioned by AZ, هُمَا يَتَسَاوَلَانِ : (TA:) [respecting this dial. var., see what follows:] the imperative (S, Msb, K, TA;) of سَأَلَ (S, Msb, TA) is اِسْأَلْ ; (S, M, Msb, K, TA;) and (S, K, &c.) that of سَالَ , (S, Msb, TA,) سَلْ , (S, Msb, K, TA,) dual. سَلَا , and pl. سَلُوا , [these two being] irregular; (Msb;) and AAF mentions that Aboo-'Othmán heard one say اِسَلْ , [a form omitted in some copies of the K, but mentioned in the CK,] meaning اِسْأَلْ , suppressing the ء , and transferring its vowel to the preceding letter, like as some of the Arabs said لَحْمَرُ for الأَحْمَرُ [as many do in the present day]: (M:) accord. to ISd, (TA,) the Arabs universally suppress the ء in the imperative except when they prefix to it فَ or وَ ; (M, TA;) saying فَا@سْأَلْ and وَا@سْأَلْ : (TA:) or when وَ [or فَ ] is prefixed, it is allowable to pronounce the ء and also to suppress it, as in saying وَا@سْأَلُوا and وَسَلُوا : (Msb:) and for the pass. سُيءِلَ , one may say سِيلَ , and سُيِلَ , in this instance making the kesreh to partake of the sound of dammeh, and سُولَ ; and also سُيِلَ , in which the middle letter is pronounced with a sound between that of ء and that of ى , or resembling that of و . (IJ, TA.) As Er-Rághib says, سُوءَالٌ signifies The asking, or demanding, knowledge, or information, or what leads thereto: and the asking, or demanding, property, or what leads thereto. (TA.) سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ means I asked of him information respecting the thing: (IB, TA: [and the like is said in the Msb:]) and سَأَلْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ [is sometimes used in the same sense, as has been shown above, but generally] means I asked him to give me the thing: (IB, TA:) you say, سَأَلَهُ مَالًا He asked, demanded, or begged, of him property, and in like manner, سَأَلَ مِنْهُ and سَأَلَ اـِلَيْهِ [followed by مَالًا ]: (MA:) and سَأَلْتُ ا@للّٰهَ العَافِيَةَ , inf. n. سُوءَالٌ and مَسْأَلَةٌ , I begged, or sought, of God health, or freedom from disease, &c. (Msb.) The saying in the Kur [lxx. 1], سَأَلَ سَايءِلٌ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ means عَنْ عَذَابٍ [i. e. An asker asked respecting a falling punishment]: (S:) [for] one says, خَرَجْنَا نَسْأَلُ عَنْ فُلَانٍ and بِفُلَانٍ [meaning We went forth asking respecting such a one]: (Akh, S:) or the phrase in the Kur means a caller called [for a falling punishment]: (TA:) and some read سَالَ سَايءِلٌ بعذاب واقع , (Bd, TA,) [likewise] from السُّوءَالُ : (Bd:) or this means سَالَ وَادٍ بعذاب واقع [i. e. a valley flowed with a falling punishment]; (Bd, TA;) so some say; (TA;) from السَّيَلَانُ . (Bd.) The saying, in a trad., نَهَى عَنْ كَثْرَةِ السَّوءَالِ [He (Mohammad) forbade much questioning or inquiring] is said to relate to subtile questions or inquiries, that are needless; like another trad., mentioned below, voce, مَسْأَلَةٌ : or to the begging, of men, their property needlessly. (TA.)

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سَا=ءَلَهُ , (M, TA,) inf. n. مُسَا=ءَلَةٌ : (TA:) see 1, first sentence. Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, أَسَا=ءَلْتَ رَسْمَ الدَّارِ أَمْ لَمْ تُسَايءِلِ عَنِ السَّكْنِ أَمْ عَنْ عَهْدِهِ بِالأَوَايءِلِ [Didst thou ask the remains of the dwelling, or didst thou not ask, respecting the inhabitants, or respecting their knowledge of the former occupants?]. (M, TA.) ― -b2- In the saying of Bilál Ibn-Jereer, وَجَدْتَ بِهِمْ عِلَّةً حَاضِرَهْ اـِذَا ضِفْتَهُمْ أَوْ سَا=يَلْتَهُمْ [When thou becomest their guest, or askest of them, thou findest with them a ready excuse], سَا=يَلْتَهُمْ is a combination of two dial. vars.; the ء being in the original phrase سَا=ءَلْتُ زَيْدًا , and the ى being a substitute in the phrase سَايَلْتُ زَيْدًا ; the measure of سَا=يَلْتَهُمْ being فَعَايَلْتَهُمْ : (M, K: *) so said Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà, [i. e. Th,] who had at first ignored the expression: (M:) and it is an instance of which we know not a parallel in the language. (M, K. *) ― -b3- [Accord. to analogy, سَا=ءَلَهَ also signifies He asked him, &c., being asked by him, &c. ― -b4- And Freytag states that Reiske has explained سَا=ءَلَ as meaning He always demanded that another should express wishes for his health: but I know not any instance of its being used in this sense.]

أَسْاَءَ ↓ أَسْأَلَهُ سُوءْلَهُ , (K,) or ↓ سُوءْلَتَهُ , (S,) and ↓ مَسْأَلَتَهُ , (S, K,) He accomplished for him his want. (S, K.)

تسأّل , in the modern language, signifies He begged, or asked alms; as also تَسَوَّلَ : both probably post-classical.]

تَسَا=ءَلُوا They asked, or begged, one another. (S, Msb, K.) You say, هُمَا يَتَسَا=ءَلَانِ , (M,) and also يَتَسَاوَلَانِ , (M, Msb, K,) and يَتَسَايَلَانِ . (TA.) In the Kur [iv. 1], some read وَا@تَّقُوا ا@للّٰهَ ا@لَّذِى تَسَّا=ءَلُونَ بِهِ ; and others, تَسَا=ءَلُونَ بِهِ : in each case, originally تَتَسَا=ءَلُونَ : the meaning is, [And fear ye God,] by Whom ye demand [one of another] your rights, or dues: (M:) or by Whom ye ask, or demand, one of another; (Bd, Jel;) saying, I ask thee, or beg thee, by God; and I beseech thee, or adjure thee, by God. (Jel.) ― -b2- One says also تَسَا=ءَلُوا القَوْمَ , meaning They [together] asked, or begged, the people. (Mgh in art. نقض .)

سُوءْلٌ , (S, M, K;) also pronounced سُولٌ , without ء , (S, K,) [A petition; or a request; meaning] a thing that people ask or beg; (S;) or a thing that one has asked or begged; (M, K;) as also ↓ سُوءْلَةٌ , (IJ, M, K,) which is likewise pronounced سُولَةٌ , without ء ; (K;) and ↓ سُوءُولٌ ; (Har p. 422; [or this is app. pl. of سُوءْلٌ , like as بُرُوجٌ is of بُرْجٌ , and بُرُودٌ of بُرْدٌ , &c.;]) [and ↓ سَأْلَةٌ or سَأَلَةٌ , as will be shown by what follows;] and ↓ مَسْوءُولٌ ; (Msb;) [and ↓ مَسْأَلَةٌ :] see 4: the first of these said by Z to be of the measure فُعْلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ ; like عُرْفٌ and نُكْرٌ . (TA.) Thus in the Kur [xx. 36], قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُوءْلَكَ يَا مُوسَى Thou hast been granted thy petition, or the thing that thou hast asked, O Moses. (S, M, TA.) In the saying ↓ اَللّٰهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا سَأَلَاتِنَا [O God, grant Thou us our petitions], mentioned by Aboo- 'Alee on the authority of AZ, the inf. n. is used as a subst., properly so termed, and is therefore pluralized. (M.)

سَأْلَةٌ or سَأَلَةٌ ; pl. سَأَلَاتٌ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

سُوءْلَةٌ : see 4: and see also سْوءْلٌ .

سُوءَلَةٌ , (S, K,) also pronounced سُوَلَةٌ , (TA,) A man (S) who asks, or begs, much; (S, K;) as also ↓ سَأّ=لٌ , and ↓ سَوءُولٌ : (TA:) such is improperly termed ↓ سَايءِلٌ . (Durrat el-Ghowwás, in De Sacy's Anthol. Gramm. Ar., p. 47 of the Ar. text.)

سُوءَالٌ an inf. n. of 1. (S, M, K, &c.) ― -b2- [It is often used as a subst. properly so called; like مَسْأَلَةٌ ; meaning A question; an interrogation; correlative of جَوَابٌ : and a demand, or petition: and as such has a pl., سُوءَالَاتٌ ; perhaps postclassical.]

سَوءُولٌ : see سُوءَلَةٌ .

سُوءُولٌ : see سُوءْلٌ [of which it is app. pl.].

سَأّ=لٌ : see سُوءَلَةٌ .

سَايءِلٌ [i. e. Asking; meaning interrogating, questioning, or inquiring; and demanding, or begging;] has for its pl. سَأَلَةٌ and سُوءَّالٌ . (TA.) See سُوءَلَةٌ . ― -b2- It also means [A beggar; i. e.] a poor man asking, or begging, a thing. (Er-Rághib, TA.) So it has been expl. as used in the Kur [xciii. 10], where it is said, وَأَمَّا ا@لسَّايءِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ [And as for the beggar, thou shalt not chide him, or address him with rough speech]: or, accord. to El-Hasan, it here means the seeker of knowledge. (TA.)

مَسْأَلَةٌ , an inf. n. of 1, is tropically used in the sense of a pass. part. n. [with the noun qualified by it understood; meaning (tropical:) A thing asked; i. e. a question; a problem, or proposition; a matter, or an affair, proposed for decision or determination]: (TA:) and the pl. is مَسَايءِلُ . (Msb, TA.) So in the saying, تَعَلَّمْتُ مَسْأَلَةً (tropical:) [I learned a question, or problem, &c.]. (TA.) The saying, in a trad., كَرِهَ المَسَايءِلَ وَعَابَهَا means (assumed tropical:) [He (Mohammad) disliked and discommended] subtile questions, such as are needless. (TA.) ― -b2- See also سُوءْلٌ : ― -b3- and see 4.

مَسْوءُولٌ [pass. part. n. of 1: and used as a subst.]: see سُوءْلٌ .

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