Quran glossary · draft

مَسْئُول

subject to questioning

The passive participle marks a person, faculty, covenant, or promise as standing under a future or present asking relation.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5

Roots: سأل

Lemmas: مسئول

Forms: مَسْـُٔولًا · مَّسْـُٔولًا · مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

Occurrence examples (5 of 5)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.

17:34

وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِٱلْعَهْدِ إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْـُٔولًا

17:36

وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًا

25:16

لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًا مَّسْـُٔولًا

33:15

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًا

37:24

وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُم مَّسْـُٔولُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

All 129 family occurrences were reviewed across two pages. Three protected occurrences remain untouched. Quran 70:1 directly pairs the verb with its active participant, while answer, provision, accountability, reciprocity, and result contexts sustain one directed-request core. Every canonical, branch, and rule rendering is singular.