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Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatima as the most famous one. The literal meaning of the name is one who weans an infant or one who abstains. [3] [4]
The Tamils ( / ˈtæmɪlz, ˈtɑː -/ TAM-ilz, TAHM- ), [ 8] also known as the Tamilar, [ 9][ note 3] are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to India 's southern state of Tamil Nadu, to the union territory of Puducherry, and to Sri Lanka. The Tamil language is one of the world ...
Etymology and meaning. The literal translation of the name Ismail is "heard by God" and according to Abrahamic tradition, it refers to the yearning of Abraham and his wife, Sarah, to have a child. Ismail's mother, however, was not Sarah, but Hagar, Sarah's maidservant, who Sarah gave to Abraham as a concubine because she was unable to have a child.
Mappila Muslim, generally in recent times, is a member of the Muslim community of same name found predominantly in Kerala and Lakshadweep Islands in Southern India, and historically used to identify Muslims from Northern Kerala [ a]. [ 2][ 9] Muslims of Kerala make up 26.56% of the population of the state (2011), and as a religious group they ...
Noor (name) Noor (also spelt Nur, Nor, or Nour, Arabic: نور: Nūr IPA: [nuːr]) is a common Arabic feminine and masculine given name meaning "light", from the Arabic al-Nur ( النور ). Variants include Noora, Nora, Norah, Noura, and Nura [ 1] It is also used as a surname.
Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 6 million in India, primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 90% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. [1] [2] In Tamil Nadu, the majority of Tamil-speaking Muslims belong to the Rowthers Community while other Muslims live in coastal Tamil Nadu. There is a ...
In Arabic and Islamic tradition, it is the name of one of the gates of Jannah, Al-Rayyan, through which only those who fast a lot would enter on the Day of Resurrection. [3] [4] [5] This name also has a meaning in Persian. Rayan (Persian: رایان, romanized: raːjaːn , Rāyān), also spelled Ryan, is an Iranian given name of Persian origin.
Raja ( Arabic: رجاء) is an Arabic given name. The meaning of name Raja is "Hope" or Hopeful. Raja ibn Haywa, was a prominent early Muslim theological and political adviser of the Umayyad caliphs Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705), al-Walid I (r. 705–715), Sulayman (r. 715–717) and Umayyad caliph Umar (r. 717–720).