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Ibrahim (anglicized as Ibraheem) ( Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham and one of Allah's messengers in the Quran. It is a common male first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a cognate of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East.
Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic defines seyyid as a translation for master, chief, sovereign, or lord. [14] It also denotes someone respected and of high status. In the Arab world , sayyid is the equivalent of the English word " liege lord " or "master" when referring to a descendant of Muhammad, as for example in Sayyid Ali Sultan .
Etymology and meaning. The literal translation of the name Ismail is "heard by God" and according to Abrahamic tradition, it refers to the yearning of Abraham and his wife, Sarah, to have a child. Ismail's mother, however, was not Sarah, but Hagar, Sarah's maidservant, who Sarah gave to Abraham as a concubine because she was unable to have a child.
Muhammad ( Arabic: مُحَمَّد, romanized : Muḥammad ), also spelled Muhammed, Muhamad, Mohammad, Mohammed, Mahammad, Maxammed, Mehemmed, Mohamad, Mohamed, or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name meaning 'praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning ...
Khalil or Khaleel ( Arabic: خليل) means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans.
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 ...
Waki' ibn al-Jarrah. al-Shafi'i. all Hanafis. Abu Hanifa[ a] ( Arabic: أَبُو حَنِيفَة, romanized : Abū Ḥanīfa; September 699–767) [ 5] was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, ascetic, [ 3] and eponym of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence, which remains the most widely practiced to this day. [ 3]
The name Mohyeddin holds a special position for certain Muslims, [1] [2] assuming a dual identity as both a personal name and an honorific title within the Islamic tradition. [3] Throughout history, this appellation has been embraced by Islamic historical figures and scholars , encompassing sufi-mystics, philosophers , and theologians who ...