# Vav-Sad-Lam — وصل (wSl)

> Occurs in 12 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To attain, reach, connect, apply, make close, to come/deliver/convey, to continue, union (between companions/friends/lovers).
- **Derived forms:** وَصَّلْ (1) · وَصِيلَة (1) · يَصِلُ (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 27

- **Form in this verse:** يُوصَلَ — yūṣala · "be joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

اَلَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ۖ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahdaAllahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona maamara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee al-ardiola-ika humu alkhasiroon

Those who break the covenant with God after its agreement, and sever what God commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land; it is they who are the losers.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-27.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُونَ — yaṣilūna · "join"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

اِلَّا الَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ اِلٰى قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ م۪يثَاقٌ اَوْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ اَنْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ اَوْ يُقَاتِلُوا قَوْمَهُمْۜ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ اللّٰهُ لَسَلَّطَهُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَقَاتَلُوكُمْۚ فَاِنِ اعْتَزَلُوكُمْ فَلَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ وَاَلْقَوْا اِلَيْكُمُ السَّلَمَۙ فَمَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ سَب۪يلاً

Illa allatheena yasiloonaila qawmin baynakum wabaynahum meethaqun aw jaookumhasirat sudooruhum an yuqatilookum awyuqatiloo qawmahum walaw shaa Allahu lasallatahumAAalaykum falaqatalookum fa-ini iAAtazalookum falam yuqatilookumwaalqaw ilaykumu assalama fama jaAAala Allahulakum AAalayhim sabeela

Save those who join a people between whom and you is an agreement, or they come to you, their hearts restraining them from fighting you or fighting their people. And had God willed, He would have given them power over you; then would they have fought you. And if they withdraw from you and fight you not and extend to you peace, then has God made no path for you against them.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-90.md_

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** وَصِيلَةٍۢ — waṣīlatin · "a Wasilah"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

مَا جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ مِنْ بَح۪يرَةٍ وَلَا سَٓائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَص۪يلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍۙ وَلٰكِنَّ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللّٰهِ الْكَذِبَۜ وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Ma jaAAala Allahu min baheeratinwala sa-ibatin wala waseelatin walahamin walakinna allatheena kafarooyaftaroona AAala Allahi alkathibawaaktharuhum la yaAAqiloon

God appointed not any baḥīrah or sā’ibah or waṣīlah or ḥām — but those who ignore warning invent lies about God; and most of them do not reason.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-103.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 136

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُ — yaṣilu · "reach"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَجَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ مِمَّا ذَرَاَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ نَص۪يباً فَقَالُوا هٰذَا لِلّٰهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهٰذَا لِشُرَكَٓائِنَاۚ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَٓائِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِلُ اِلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ اِلٰى شُرَكَٓائِهِمْۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

WajaAAaloo lillahi mimma tharaamina alharthi wal-anAAami naseebanfaqaloo hatha lillahi bizaAAmihim wahathalishuraka-ina fama kana lishuraka-ihimfala yasilu ila Allahi wama kanalillahi fahuwa yasilu ila shuraka-ihimsaa ma yahkumoon

And they make for God, of what He creates of tilth and cattle, a portion; they say: “This is for God,” — according to their claim — “and this is for our partners”. And what is for their partners, it does not reach God; and what is for God, it reaches their partners. Evil is what they judge.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-136.md_

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 136

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُ — yaṣilu · "reaches"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَجَعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ مِمَّا ذَرَاَ مِنَ الْحَرْثِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ نَص۪يباً فَقَالُوا هٰذَا لِلّٰهِ بِزَعْمِهِمْ وَهٰذَا لِشُرَكَٓائِنَاۚ فَمَا كَانَ لِشُرَكَٓائِهِمْ فَلَا يَصِلُ اِلَى اللّٰهِۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِلّٰهِ فَهُوَ يَصِلُ اِلٰى شُرَكَٓائِهِمْۜ سَٓاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

WajaAAaloo lillahi mimma tharaamina alharthi wal-anAAami naseebanfaqaloo hatha lillahi bizaAAmihim wahathalishuraka-ina fama kana lishuraka-ihimfala yasilu ila Allahi wama kanalillahi fahuwa yasilu ila shuraka-ihimsaa ma yahkumoon

And they make for God, of what He creates of tilth and cattle, a portion; they say: “This is for God,” — according to their claim — “and this is for our partners”. And what is for their partners, it does not reach God; and what is for God, it reaches their partners. Evil is what they judge.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-136.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 70

- **Form in this verse:** تَصِلُ — taṣilu · "reaching"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, feminine, singular · present tense

فَلَمَّا رَآٰ اَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ اِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَاَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خ۪يفَةًۜ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ اِنَّٓا اُرْسِلْـنَٓا اِلٰى قَوْمِ لُوطٍۜ

Falamma raa aydiyahum latasilu ilayhi nakirahum waawjasa minhum kheefatan qaloola takhaf inna orsilna ila qawmi loot

And when he saw their hands reaching not towards it, he was suspicious of them, and conceived a fear from them. They said: “Fear thou not; we have been sent to the people of Lot.”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-70.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 81

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُوٓا۟ — yaṣilū · "they will reach"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالُوا يَا لُوطُ اِنَّا رُسُلُ رَبِّكَ لَنْ يَصِلُٓوا اِلَيْكَ فَاَسْرِ بِاَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ الَّيْلِ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ اَحَدٌ اِلَّا امْرَاَتَكَۜ اِنَّهُ مُص۪يبُهَا مَٓا اَصَابَهُمْۜ اِنَّ مَوْعِدَهُمُ الصُّبْحُۜ اَلَيْسَ الصُّبْحُ بِقَر۪يبٍ

Qaloo ya lootu innarusulu rabbika lan yasiloo ilayka faasri bi-ahlika biqitAAinmina allayli wala yaltafit minkum ahadun illaimraataka innahu museebuha ma asabahuminna mawAAidahumu assubhu alaysa assubhubiqareeb

Said they: “O Lot: we are messengers of thy Lord; they will not reach thee. And travel thou with thy household during a portion of the night; and let not any one of you turn around save thy wife — there will befall her what befalls them. Their appointment is the morning; is then the morning not near?”

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-81.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُونَ — yaṣilūna · "join"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُٓوءَ الْحِسَابِۜ

Wallatheena yasiloonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayakhshawnarabbahum wayakhafoona soo-a alhisab

And who join what God commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the evil of the reckoning,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-21.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يُوصَلَ — yūṣala · "be joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَصِلُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ وَيَخَافُونَ سُٓوءَ الْحِسَابِۜ

Wallatheena yasiloonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayakhshawnarabbahum wayakhafoona soo-a alhisab

And who join what God commanded to be joined, and fear their Lord, and dread the evil of the reckoning,

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-21.md_

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** يُوصَلَ — yūṣala · "be joined"
  - **Grammar:** verb · passive · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

وَالَّذ۪ينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللّٰهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ م۪يثَاقِه۪ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَٓا اَمَرَ اللّٰهُ بِه۪ٓ اَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْاَرْضِۙ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ لَهُمُ اللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُٓوءُ الدَّارِ

Wallatheena yanqudoonaAAahda Allahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoonama amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoonafee al-ardi ola-ika lahumu allaAAnatu walahum soo-oaddar

But those who break the covenant of God after its agreement, and sever what God has commanded to be joined, and work corruption in the land: those have the curse, and they have the evil abode.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-25.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 35

- **Form in this verse:** يَصِلُونَ — yaṣilūna · "they will reach"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

قَالَ سَنَشُدُّ عَضُدَكَ بِاَخ۪يكَ وَنَجْعَلُ لَكُمَا سُلْطَاناً فَلَا يَصِلُونَ اِلَيْكُمَا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ اَنْتُمَا وَمَنِ اتَّـبَعَكُمَا الْغَالِبُونَ

Qala sanashuddu AAadudakabi-akheeka wanajAAalu lakuma sultanan falayasiloona ilaykuma bi-ayatinaantuma wamani ittabaAAakuma alghaliboon

Said He: “We will strengthen thine arm by thy brother, and We will appoint for you authority so they reach you not. By Our proofs you and those who follow you will be the victors.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-35.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 51

- **Form in this verse:** وَصَّلْنَا — waṣṣalnā · "We have conveyed"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of tef'il · 1st person, plural · past tense

وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ الْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَۜ‌۟

Walaqad wassalna lahumualqawla laAAallahum yatathakkaroon

And We have caused the word to reach them, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-51.md_

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