• Rislun is to move softly. Al-Rasl means soft pace.
• Naq'atun Raslatun is a she-camel that moves softly. Iblun-Maraseelo is also a camel that moves softly.
• Rasool is a person who is about to move (Raghib). Ibn-e-Faris says that its basic meaning is to start moving.
• Al-Irsal is to send something to someone.
• Ar-Rasool is a person who is sent by Allah towards the people. His message is also called Rasool, and is also used in the meaning of Risala andMursal (Taj), i.e., the message as well as the messenger.
• Tarseel-fil-Qirat means to recite slowly and nicely and, therefore, Rasool would also mean a person who delivers the message continuously, gently and softly. As mentioned under Nabi, a person who receives Wahi from Allah, so that it is conveyed to the mankind is called Nabi as well as Rasool. There is no difference between them. There cannot be Nubuwwat without Risalat. The concept that Rasool is with Shari'ah andNabi is without it is against the concept of the Quran. Every Nabi was given a book (2/213) and so was also every Rasool (57/25). Rasool has been used in the Quran 116 times. In other forms it has been used as Rasoolun (37), Rasoola (84), Rasoolan (23), Rasoolona (4), andRasoolokum (2).

The duty of Allah's Rasool does not end with the securing of Divine Guidance; in fact, this is but the beginning of his task. The root of the wordRasool means a messenger, or one who has a message to deliver. It is the duty of Allah's Rasool to deliver to mankind the message revealed to him by Allah, without the slightest change or modification. It is by virtue of this function that he is called a Rasool, but it does not end there. He is also responsible for setting up a social order in accordance with the principles enshrined in the Divine Message that he has delivered. In other words, he is entrusted with the establishment of "Allah's kingdom upon earth." He is charged with the revolutionary function of ending the sway of tyrannical, oppressive and self-seeking rulers and priests, and establishing a free society in which men will not be dependent upon other men, and will not be subject to anything except the Divine Law. The Rasool thus appears as a great revolutionary who does not content himself with sermons, but practically enforces by example the Divine Law and seeks to bring all men under its sway. This is the real function of the Rasool(Risalat).

Nubuwwat, or the reception of the revelation of Divine Guidance by Anbia or Rusul, ended with Muhammad Rasool-Allah (peace be upon him). The Guidance revealed to him is preserved and enshrined fully and exactly in the Holy Quran. But the function of Risalat, or the delivery of the Divine Message to all mankind and the establishment of a social order in accordance with its principles, has devolved upon the nation orUmmah that believes in the Holy Quran.