Meaning of names
Mu' meneen
Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be
upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
As salaam Aleikum Brother Burhan,
We are expecting a
child in late December and were searching for baby names. Do you have any
websites we can look into ??
Can u tell us the
meaning of "Adnan", "Ammaar" & "Alefiya"
Allah Hafiz.
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Answer:
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Among the
best Islamic names are Abd-Allah and Abd-ar-Rahmaan.
Also, any
name whereby one declares his subjugation to one of the many attributes of
Allah, like Abddus-Shukoor, Abdul-Maalik, Abdur-Razzaak, Abdul-Khaalik,
etc. are
considered good Islamic names.
Then
there are the names of any of the Prophets of Allah like Adam, Noah, Ibraheem, Moosa, Yahya, Isa, Idrees, Sulaimaan, Dawood,
Mohamed, etc. Any of these names are good names for boys.
And then
there are the hundreds if not thousands of names of the noble companions of the
Last Messenger of Allah (saws) like Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Bilaal, Salmaan, Hudhaifa, Khalid, Ammaar, Yaasir, etc. Any of these names will be considered good
Islamic names.
The deen of Islam is rich in history… from the times of Prophet
Adam (a.s.) to the present
day… And any good name of any of the
God-fearing and pious slaves of Allah would make for a good Islamic name for
the new born.
Ref: Adnaan
The name
‘Adnaan’ is derived from ‘adn’
or (English) Gardens of ‘
Ref: Ammar
‘Ammar’ means one who has gained a long age or a long
life. One of the closest and noblest
companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws) was Hadrat
Ammar bin Yassir (r.a.).
Ref: Alefiyah
Alif
is the first alphabet and Ya
is the last alphabet of the Arabic language. Hence Alifyah
would actually have no meaning. It would
be similar to the English statement of A to Z.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Wister