Salsabil

Salsabil ( Arabic. سلسبيل ), in Islamic eschatology - the name of the reservoir or one of the four rivers of paradise ( Jannat ). It is mentioned in the Quran once: “ And (also) they will be drunk there (in Paradise) from a cup in which (wine) mixed with ginger - from a source (located) there called Salsabil. ” ^[one]

"They will be drunk there from a bowl of wine mixed with ginger, from a source called Salsabil." Quran, Sura 76 (Al-Insaan) Man, ayat 17-18 [2]

Some interpreters have suggested that the term comes from salla , salis or salsal , which can be translated as "easy to swallow" or "delicious taste." These concepts are considered suitable for liquids used in paradise. Other interpreters believed that the word salsabil comes from two words sa'ila and sabil , that is, “ask for a way”. According to Ibn Kutaibe , some of the interpreters assumed that the reservoir would call: “Ask me on the way to it, O Muhammad!”. However, most interpreters did not agree with this kind of interpretation ^[3] .

Since the Quran speaks of the reservoir “under the name” Salsabil, this led to the possible conclusion that the reservoir was named after its attribute. On the other hand, most grammatists noted that the use of dvuhpadezhnyh and trekhzadezhechnyh nouns was found in ancient Arabic poetry, and thus the presence of this phenomenon in the Quran was not problematic. Other philologists, including az-Zadzhajad, believed that tanvin was required for rhyme ^[3] .