Īlāf
إِيلَاف
Say it ee-LAAF
A familiar, binding bond
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʾ-l-f
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Ilaf, Eelaf
Meaning & source
Binding together, keeping familiar: in Qurʾān 106:1, Lisān explains, it means that Quraysh were kept bound to their two journeys so that they did not break off.
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لِتُؤْلَفَ قُريش الرِّحْلَتَيْن فَتَتَّصِلَا وَلَا تَنْقَطِعا، فَاللَّامُ مُتَّصِلَةٌ بِالسُّورَةِ الَّتِي قَبْلَهَا، أَي أَهلكَ اللَّهُ أَصحابَ الفِيلِ لِتُؤْلَفَ قريشٌ رِحْلَتَيْها آمِنِين
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.