Salsabil

Salsabil (Arabic: سلسبيل‎ Salsabīl) is an Arabic term, borrowed into many languages, with a variety of meanings. Salsabil can also be written as "salsabiil", "salasabil", or even "salsabeel", but "salsabil" is the most common spelling.

In the Qu'ran

In the Quran, the word is used once to refer to a spring in paradise (Jannah). It can also mean river or fountain in paradise. The sole Qur'anic reference is in sura Al-Insaan.

"And there they will be given a cup whose mixture is of Zanjabil (ginger). A fountain there, called Salsabil."
— Qur'an, sura 76 (Al-Insaan), ayat 17-18[1]

The verse may be in reference to the previous verse concerning the drink provided to those who enter paradise.

As a proper name

Part of the Salsabil neighborhood in Tehran

Salsabil is the name of one of the old neighborhoods in Tehran, Iran.

It is also a name given to people, as a personal or as a family name.

As a common noun

A salasabil (currently dry) in the Red Fort in Delhi, India.

The word is used in Hindustani to mean "[r]unning limpid, sweet water".[2]

It is also used to refer to a type of fountain used for evaporative cooling. The water flows in an thin sheet, often over a wavy surface with many little waterfalls, in a manner designed to maximize the surface area and thus evaporation. It may be a near-vertical marble waterfall mounted on a wall[3] or the sheet of water may flow down a slanted chute.[4]

Passive ventilation may be used to maximize the flow of unsaturated air over the water surface and carry the cooled air to where it is needed in the building. Salasabils are often used with windcatchers.[5]

Use extends from southern Spain to northern India. Salasabils were used in Moghul architecture from the 1200s to the 1600s. They were also used in recent centuries in Iran.[4]

A salasabil may also be used to aereate water for drinking in a sebil.[6]^{:63, 262}

References

Quran 76:17–18
Yates, William (1847). A dictionary, Hindustani and English. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press. OCLC 891595206. Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help).
Amro, Dana K.; Bahauddin, Azizi. Analysis of the architectural elements in traditional courtyard houses in Irbid, Jordan. - Free Online Library.
Ford, Brian (September 2001). "Passive downdraught evaporative cooling: principles and practice" (PDF). Architectural Research Quarterly. 5 (3): 271–280. doi:10.1017/S1359135501001312.
Niktash, Amirreza; Huynh, B. Phuoc (July 2–4, 2014). Simulation and Analysis of Ventilation Flow Through a Room Caused by a Two-sided Windcatcher Using a LES Method (PDF). Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering.
Williams, Caroline (2008). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (6th ed.). Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774162053.

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[1] Quran 76:17–18

[2] Yates, William (1847). A dictionary, Hindustani and English. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press. OCLC 891595206. Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help).

[3] Amro, Dana K.; Bahauddin, Azizi. Analysis of the architectural elements in traditional courtyard houses in Irbid, Jordan. - Free Online Library.

[PDEC-4] Ford, Brian (September 2001). "Passive downdraught evaporative cooling: principles and practice" (PDF). Architectural Research Quarterly. 5 (3): 271–280. doi:10.1017/S1359135501001312.

[5] Niktash, Amirreza; Huynh, B. Phuoc (July 2–4, 2014). Simulation and Analysis of Ventilation Flow Through a Room Caused by a Two-sided Windcatcher Using a LES Method (PDF). Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering.

[Cairo_guide-6] Williams, Caroline (2008). Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (6th ed.). Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 9789774162053.