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Rasūl

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Rasūl (Arab., rasala, ‘send’). One whom God sends, a messenger or apostle, and supremely, in Islam, the Prophet Muḥammad (cf. nabī). Each ʾumma has received its rasūl (Qurʾān 10. 47; 16. 36), but Muḥammad was sent to a people who had not yet received a rasūl. Previous rasūls (rusul) in Qurʾān are Nūḥ (Noah), Lūt (Lot), Ismāʿīl (Ishmael), Mūsa (Moses), Shuʿaib, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, and ʿĪsā (Jesus). They are regarded as being free from sin.

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