Salsabil (Quran)

Salsabil (Arabic: سلسبيل, romanized as Salsabīl, Salsabiil, Salsabeel, Selsebil, Selsabil, Salsabiel) is an Arabic term referring to a spring or fountain in paradise, mentioned in the Qur'an and in some hadiths. The term is also used as a common and proper noun.

In the Quran

In the Quran, the word is used once, to refer to a spring or fountain in paradise (Jannah).[1] The sole quranic reference is in sura Al-Insan.[2] There is also mention in some hadith.[3]

وَيُسْقَوْنَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا كَانَ مِزَاجُهَا زَنجَبِيلًا (17) عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا (18)[4]

wayus'qawna fīhā kasan kāna mizājuhā zanjabīlan ʿaynan fīhā tusammā salsabīlan[5]

"And there they will be given a cup whose mixture is of Zanjabiil [ginger]. A fountain there, called Salsabiil." (notable alternate translations)

— Quran, sura 76 (Al-Insan), ayat 17-18

The verse may be in reference to the previous verse concerning the drink provided to those who enter paradise. "Salsabil" is usually but not always considered to be used as a proper noun, not a common noun, in this verse (that is, the capitalized name of one specific water source).[1] The common noun is used in Hindustani to mean "[r]unning limpid, sweet water",[6] and in Persian for a pleasant beverage.[3]

Derivations

The Qur'anic term is probably the source of the engineering use of "salsabil", to mean a device for aerating drinking water in a sebil.[7]: 63, 262 [8][9] The word is also used to refer to the same type of water feature used for evaporative cooling.[10]

Part of the Salsabil neighborhood in Tehran

Like many terms found in the Quran, it is used as a proper name given to people, as both a personal[11] or as a family name.[12] It is also the name of one of the old neighborhoods in Tehran, Iran.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Translations, Chapter (76) sūrat l-insān, verse 18". corpus.quran.com. The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Translation.
  2. "Salsabil - Ontology of Quranic Concepts from the Quranic Arabic Corpus". corpus.quran.com.
  3. "Salsabil". WikiShia.
  4. Quran 76:17–18
  5. "Chapter (76) sūrat l-insān, verse 18". The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran.
  6. Yates, William (1847). A dictionary, Hindustani and English. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press. OCLC 891595206.
  7. Williams, Caroline (2008). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (6th ed.). Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774162053.
  8. Sumner-Boyd, Hilary; Freely, John (2010). Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City (Revised ed.). Tauris Parke Paperbacks.
  9. Mostafa, Saleh Lamei (1989). "The Cairene Sabil: Form and Meaning". Muqarnas. 6: 33–42. doi:10.2307/1602278. JSTOR 1602278.
  10. Ford, Brian (September 2001). "Passive downdraught evaporative cooling: principles and practice" (PDF). Architectural Research Quarterly. 5 (3): 271–280. doi:10.1017/S1359135501001312.
  11. "What Does The Name Salsabil Mean?". The Meaning of Names.
  12. "Salsabil". forebears.io.
  13. "Iranians rebel over price of beloved pistachio". USA TODAY. Associated Press. 2013-04-01.
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