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{{wiktionary|رسالة|ر_س_ل|risala|risalah}}
'''{{transliteration|ar|Risāla}}''' ({{Langx|ar|رِسالة}}), also spelled '''{{transliteration|ar|risalah}}''', '''{{transliteration|ar|risalat}}''', '''{{transliteration|ar|resala}}''', '''{{transliteration|ar|resalah}}''', or '''{{transliteration|ar|resalat}}''', plural: '''{{transliteration|ar|rasa'il}}''' ({{Lang|ar|رَسائِل}}), is an Arabic word meaning "letter", "epistle", "treatise", or "message".
It may refer to:
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== Literary genre ==

*{{transliteration|ar|[[Risalah (fiqh)]]}}, a summary of religious prescriptions in Islamic jurisprudence
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Risalah Ramadaniyya]]}}, treatise composed during the month of Ramadan by the Da'i al-Mutlaq (spiritual leader) in Tayyibi Isma'ilism 

== Writings ==<!-- These are in chronological order-->
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Risalat al-Huquq]]}} or ''Treatise of Rights'', a work attributed to the Shi'ite Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ({{circa|659|713}})
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah]]}} or ''The Golden Treatise'', a work on medicine attributed to the Shi'ite Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida (765–818)
*[[Al-Risala (al-Shafiʽi book)|{{transliteration|ar|Al-Risala}} (al-Shafiʽi book)]], a seminal work on {{transliteration|ar|fiqh}} (Islamic jurisprudence) by Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 820)
*{{transliteration|ar|Risala}}, a travelogue by [[Ahmad ibn Fadlan]] (10th century)
*[[Al-Risalah (Ibn Abi Zayd)|{{transliteration|ar|Al-Risalah}} (Ibn Abi Zayd)]], a book on Maliki {{transliteration|ar|fiqh}} by Ibn Abi Zayd (10th century)
*{{transliteration|ar|Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa}} or the ''[[Epistles of the Brethren of Purity]]'', an encyclopedic collection of philosophical treatises (10th century)
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Risalat al-Ghufran]]}} or ''The Epistle of Forgiveness'', a satirical work of Arabic poetry written by Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri around 1033
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya]]}}, a Sufi text by al-Qushayri (11th century)
*{{transliteration|ar|Rasa'il al-Hikma}} or the ''[[Epistles of Wisdom]]'', a corpus of sacred texts and pastoral letters in Druze tradition (11th century)
*{{transliteration|ar|Risālat Fādil ibn Nātiq}} ("The Treatise of Fādil ibn Nātiq"), better known as ''[[Theologus Autodidactus]]'', a theological novel written by Ibn al-Nafis between 1268 and 1277
*{{transliteration|fa|[[Resaleh-ye haqiqat-nameh]]}} ("Treatise on Revealing the Truth"), an 1823 Persian-language work by Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek, part of wider 19th-century eastern missionary activity
*{{transliteration|fa|[[Risale-i Nur]]}}, a {{transliteration|ar|tafsir}} (exegesis of the Quran) by Said Nursî written between the 1910s and the 1950s

==Media==
*{{transliteration|ar|[[Arrissalah]]}}, Arabic weekly cultural magazine for literature, science, and art, published in Cairo from 1933 to 1953
*[[Al-Resalah Satellite TV]], an Arabic Islamic television channel
*{{transliteration|ar|al-Risala}}, the original-language title of the Arabic film [[The Message (1976 film)|''The Message'' (1976 film)]]
*''[[Al-Watan (Palestine)|Al-Risala]]'', a defunct [[Hamas]] publication
*[[Resalat (newspaper)|{{transliteration|fa|Resalat}} (newspaper)]], a conservative daily newspaper in Iran
*''[[Risala Weekly]]'', a weekly Islamic magazine published since 1983 in Kozhikode, India

==Places==
*Ar-Risala, a populated place in [[Baghdad Governorate]], Iraq
*Resālat, another name for [[Qaleh Khan, North Khorasan]], a village in Iran
*[[Resalat (district)]], a neighborhood located in the eastern part of Tehran, Iran
*Resalat Expressway, the former name of [[Qasem Soleimani Expressway]], an east-west expressway in Tehran, Iran
*[[Risala Bazar]] or [[Risala Road]], commercial area in Hyderabad, India

==Organizations==
*[[Al-Resalah Party]], a Jordanian political party
*[[Resala Charity Organization]], a non-profit organization based in Egypt

== See also ==
*The "message" of Allah to mankind revealed via "messengers"; see {{transliteration|ar|[[rasūl]]}}
*Risala, Mughal-era term for a cavalry unit commanded by a [[Risaldar]] in the Indian and Pakistan armies


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