ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
عبد الرحمن
Say it abd-ur-rah-MAAN
Servant of the Most Merciful
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-b-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Abdurrahman, Abdul Rahman, Abdelrahman, Abdulrahman
Meaning & source
Servant of the Most Merciful. Lisān opens the root with al-ʿabd: the human being, owned by his Creator.
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عبد: الْعَبْدُ: الإِنسان، حُرًّا كَانَ أَو رَقِيقًا، يُذْهَبُ بِذَلِكَ إِلى أَنه مَرْبُوبٌ لِبَارِيهِ، جَلَّ وَعَزَّ.
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, one of the ten promised Paradise Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5195 (vol. 4, p. 290)
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5103 (vol. 4, p. 246)