ʻAbd al-Raʼūf (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الرؤوف) 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 Anjum (1930–1992), Pakistani writer, poet, philosopher and translator
- Abdul-Rauf Khalid, Pakistani filmmaker
Politics and religion
- Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, or just Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader
- Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (born 1932), 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, also known as Abdul Rauf Khadim, a Taliban commander, allegedly tied to ISIS at time of his death
- Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan
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
See also
References
- Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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