عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا ١٨
[From] a fountain within it [i.e., Paradise] named Salsabeel.
سَلْسَبِيل
Salsabil: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Salsabīl
In the QuranName of a spring of Paradise; “sweet water that flows easily”
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-Insan 76:18.
Salsabil in Islam
The word occurs once in the Quran, in the description of Paradise: the blessed are given a cup mixed with ginger, “from a spring there called Salsabil” (76:17-18).
Meaning of the name Salsabil
Salsabil is the name of a spring of Paradise. Lexicographers explain it as sweet, light water, so pleasant that it flows easily down the throat (from salsal, “to flow gently”). Some commentators read in it the phrase sal sabilan, “ask for a way [to it]”; others rejected this. A feminine name common in the Maghreb, South Asia and Turkey (Selsebil).
- In Arabic
- سَلْسَبِيل سلسبيل
- Transliteration
- Salsabīl
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Salsabil in the Quran?
Yes: Salsabil is named in the Quran once, in one surah.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Salsabil in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Salsabil in each language
- French
- Salsabil, Selsebil, Salsabile
- English
- Salsabil, Salsabeel
- Spanish
- Salsabil
- Turkish
- Selsebil
- Arabic
- سَلْسَبِيل