سُؤْلٌ

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سُؤْلٌ , also pronounced سُولٌ, without ء, [A petition; or a request; meaning] a thing that people ask or beg; or a thing that one has asked or begged; as also سُؤْلَةٌ , which is likewise pronounced سُولَةٌ, without ء; and سُؤُولٌ ; (Har p. 422; [or this is app. pl. of سُؤْلٌ, like as بُرُوجٌ is of بُرْجٌ, and بُرُودٌ of بُرْدٌ, &c.;]) [and سَأْلَةٌ or سَأَلَةٌ, as will be shown by what follows;] and مَسْؤُولٌ ; [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. Thus in the Kur [xx. 36], قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَا مُوسَى Thou hast been granted thy petition, or the thing that thou hast asked, O Moses. In the saying اَللّٰهُمَّ أَعْطِنَا [O God, grant Thou us our petitions], mentioned by Aboo- 'Alee on the authority of AZ, the Verbal.Noun is used as a subst., properly so termed, and is therefore pluralized.

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