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Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
In Modern Hebrew, Sarah (שָׂרָה) is the feminine form of the word for "minister". In the United States, Sarah has been counted among the top 150 given names since 1880, when name popularity statistics were first recorded in the United States. Sarah was ranked among the top 10 names from 1978 to 2002, reaching a plateau of popularity ...
Imam ( / ɪˈmɑːm /, Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study the ...
Also, the name of the religion Islam and is primarily associated with Muslims. The name Islam is a diminutive of the name Aslam (أَسْلَم aslam), which both names stemming from the male noun-name Salaam. [citation needed] It may refer to:
Ummah ( / ˈʊmə /; [ 1] Arabic: أُمَّة [ˈʊm.mæ]) is an Arabic word meaning "nation". [citation needed] It is distinguished from shaʻb ( شَعْب [ˈʃæʕb], "people"), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, Ummah can be said to be a supra-national polity with a common history.
Its meaning is 'the good' or 'the handsome'. Its usual form in Classical Arabic is الحسن al-Ḥasan, incorporating the definite article al-, which may be omitted in modern Arabic names. The name حَسَّان Ḥassān, which comes from the same Arabic root, has a long vowel and a doubled /sː/. Its meaning is 'doer of good' or ...
Jacob is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. The English form is derived from the Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰάκωβος ( Iakobos ), ultimately from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב ( Yaʿaqōḇ ), the name of Jacob, biblical patriarch of the Israelites, and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. The name comes either from ...
Mohyeddin ( Persian: محیالدین, Arabic: محیی الدین ), originally, is an Arabic name. [ 6] It is a combination of two words: Mohy (Persian: محي) which means Reviver and Din (Persian: دین ), referring to the Islamic religion. Consequently, the name can be translated as Reviver of the Faith or Reviver of Religion. [ 7][ 8]