# Elif-Sad-Lam — اصل (ASl)

> Occurs in 10 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/ASl

- **Meaning:** To be rooted. Asiilan - evening, time before sunset.
- **Derived forms:** أَصْل (3) · أَصِيل (7)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 205

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ — wal-āṣāli · "and (in) the evenings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ ف۪ي نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعاً وَخ۪يفَةً وَدُونَ الْجَهْرِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ وَلَا تَكُنْ مِنَ الْغَافِل۪ينَ

Wathkur rabbaka fee nafsikatadarruAAan wakheefatan wadoona aljahri mina alqawli bilghuduwwiwal-asali wala takun mina alghafileen

And remember thou thy Lord within thy soul in humility and fear; and without publicity of speech, morning and evening; and be thou not among the heedless.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-205.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ ۩ — wal-āṣāli · "and in the afternoons"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَلِلّٰهِ يَسْجُدُ مَنْ فِي السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ طَوْعاً وَكَرْهاً وَظِلَالُهُمْ بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِ

Walillahi yasjudu man fee assamawatiwal-ardi tawAAan wakarhan wathilaluhumbilghuduwwi wal-asal

And to God submits whoso is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the mornings and the evenings.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-15.md_

### 14. Surah Ibrahim, Verse 24

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْلُهَا — aṣluhā · "its root"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰهُ مَثَلاً كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ اَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَٓاءِۙ

Alam tara kayfa daraba Allahumathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin tayyibatinasluha thabitun wafarAAuha fee assama/-

Hast thou not considered how God struck a similitude? A good word is like a good tree: its root firm, and its branches in the sky.

_https://quran.so/surah-ibrahim/verse-24.md_

### 24. Surah An-Nur, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ — wal-āṣāli · "and (in) the evenings"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

ف۪ي بُيُوتٍ اَذِنَ اللّٰهُ اَنْ تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ ف۪يهَا اسْمُهُۙ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ف۪يهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْاٰصَالِۙ

Fee buyootin athina Allahu anturfaAAa wayuthkara feeha ismuhu yusabbihulahu feeha bilghuduwwi wal-asal

In houses God has given leave to be raised, and His name to be remembered therein, there give Him glory therein in the mornings and the evenings

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nur/verse-36.md_

### 25. Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَصِيلًۭا — wa-aṣīlan · "and evening"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُٓوا اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِيَ تُمْلٰى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Waqaloo asateeru al-awwaleenaiktatabaha fahiya tumla AAalayhi bukratan waaseela

And they say: “Legends of the former peoples he has written, and they are dictated to him morning and evening.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-furqan/verse-5.md_

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَصِيلًا — wa-aṣīlan · "and evening"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Wasabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

And give glory to Him morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-42.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 64

- **Form in this verse:** أَصْلِ — aṣli · "(the) bottom"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

اِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ ف۪ٓي اَصْلِ الْجَح۪يمِۙ

Innaha shajaratun takhruju fee aslialjaheem

It is a tree that comes forth in the root of Hell,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-64.md_

### 48. Surah Al-Fath, Verse 9

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَصِيلًا — wa-aṣīlan · "and evening"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

لِتُؤْمِنُوا بِاللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِه۪ وَتُعَزِّرُوهُ وَتُوَقِّرُوهُۜ وَتُسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاً

Litu/minoo billahi warasoolihiwatuAAazziroohu watuwaqqiroohu watusabbihoohu bukratan waaseela

That you might believe in God and His messenger, and support him and honour him — and give glory to Him morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fath/verse-9.md_

### 59. Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 5

- **Form in this verse:** أُصُولِهَا — uṣūlihā · "their roots"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

مَا قَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ ل۪ينَةٍ اَوْ تَرَكْتُمُوهَا قَٓائِمَةً عَلٰٓى اُصُولِهَا فَبِاِذْنِ اللّٰهِ وَلِيُخْزِيَ الْفَاسِق۪ينَ

Ma qataAAtum min leenatin awtaraktumooha qa-imatan AAala osoolihafabi-ithni Allahi waliyukhziya alfasiqeen

What you cut down of palm-trees or left standing on its roots: it was by the leave of God, and that He might disgrace the perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-hashr/verse-5.md_

### 76. Surah Al-Insan, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** وَأَصِيلًۭا — wa-aṣīlan · "and evening"
  - **Grammar:** adverb of time · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَاَص۪يلاًۚ

Wathkuri isma rabbikabukratan waaseela

And remember thou the name of thy Lord morning and evening.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-insan/verse-25.md_

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