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Abd al-Ra'uf

ʻAbd al-Raʼūf (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Raʼūf, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means 'servant of the Lenient One'.

Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Ra'uf, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Ra'uf. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Raouf and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

People with the name include:

Arts

  • Abdurauf Fitrat (1886–1938), Uzbek, cultural modernist active in Soviet Central Asia
  • Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996), Bengali writer
  • Abdul-Rauf Khalid (1957–2011), Pakistani filmmaker

Politics and religion

  • Shah Abdur Rauf (1889–1969), Bengali politician
  • Abdul Rauf Azhar (1977–2025), Pakistani Islamic militant
  • Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, or just Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader
  • Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (1932–2025), Syrian politician
  • Abdool Raouf Bundhun (born 1937), Vice President of Mauritius
  • Abdelraouf Rawabdeh (born 1939), Jordanian politician
  • Munshi Abdur Rouf (1943–1971), soldier hero in the Bangladesh Liberation War
  • Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), Arab-American imam and author
  • Rana Abdul Rauf (born 1953), Pakistani politician
  • Mahmoud Abdel Rauf al-Mabhouh, or just Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (1960–2010), Palestinian, Hamas military commander
  • Abdul Rauff Hibathul Hakeem, or just Rauff Hakeem (born 1960), Sri Lankan politician
  • Abderraouf Jdey (born 1965), Tunisian-Canadian accused of terrorism
  • Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin (born 1965), Libyan held in Guantanamo
  • Abdul Rauf Khan (born 1969), Pakistani politician
  • Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban cleric), imam at the Herati Mosque in Kabul
  • "Mullah" Abdul Rauf Aliza (1981–2015), also known as Abdul Rauf Khadim, a Taliban commander, allegedly tied to ISIS at time of his death
  • Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi (born 1962), Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan
  • Abdur Rauf Danapuri (1874–1948), Indian Islamic scholar and political figure

Sports

  • Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (formerly Chris Wayne Jackson) (born 1969), American basketball player
  • Md Abdur Rouf (born 1974), Bangladeshi kabaddi player
  • Abdur Rauf (cricketer) (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
  • Abderraouf Zarabi (born 1979), Algerian footballer
  • Ahmed Abdel Raouf (born 1986), Egyptian footballer
  • Abdul Rauf (cricketer) (born 1998), Pakistani cricketer

References

References

  1. Salahuddin Ahmed. (1999). "A Dictionary of Muslim Names". Hurst & Company.
  2. S. A. Rahman. (2001). "A Dictionary of Muslim Names". Goodword Books.
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