Mujāhid
مُجَاهِد
Say it mu-JAA-hid
One who strives hard
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- j-h-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Mujahid, Mujahed
Meaning & source
One who strives: jihād is “fighting the enemy, and also striving to the utmost of one’s power in word or deed”.
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الْجِهَادُ مُحَارَبَةُ الأَعداء، وَهُوَ الْمُبَالَغَةُ وَاسْتِفْرَاغُ مَا فِي الْوُسْعِ وَالطَّاقَةِ مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَو فِعْلٍ، وَالْمُرَادُ بِالنِّيَّةِ إِخلاص الْعَمَلِ لِلَّهِ أَي أَنه لَمْ يَبْقَ بَعْدَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ هِجْرَةٌ لأَنها قَدْ صَارَتْ دَارَ إ
Who carried this name
- Mujāhid ibn Jabr, the Qurʾān commentator of Makkah al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 4, p. 449 (entry 175)