سُؤْلٌ
Root: سأل
Full Definition
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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