Abdul Hakim ( ar, عبد الحكيم, translit=ʻAbd al-Ḥakīm) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''

al- ( ar, ٱلْـ), also Romanized as ''el-'', ''il-,'' and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic, is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed def ...

'' and ''Hakim''. The name means "servant of the All-wise", ''Al-Hakīm'' being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hakim, Hakeem, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. Notable persons with the name Abdul Hakim or variants include: *

Abdul Hakim Sialkoti Abdul Hakim Sialkoti (1560–1657) (ملا عبدالحکیم سیالکوٹی) was a Muslim scholar. He was born in Sialkot during the era of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He was the son of Sheikh Shams-ud-Din. He was a scholar of Qur'an and a leading ph ...

(1561–1656), Punjabi Muslim scholar *

Abdul Hakim (poet) Abdul Hakim ( bn, আব্দুল হাকিম; c. 1620 – c. 1690) was a Bengali poet and translator who wrote several Bengali epics and also translated some Persian manuscripts. Early life Abdul Hakim was born in the village of Babupur ...

(1620–1690), Bengali poet * Abdul Hakim Sarkar, Bangladeshi professor and academician *

Abdul Hakeem (speaker) Abdul Hakeem (17 August 1901 – 13 January 1968) was a Bengali politician and speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life Hakeem was born on 17 August 1901 in Tona, Kalia Upazila, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, Briti ...

, Speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. *

Abdulhakim Arvasi Abdulhakim Arvasi or Sayyeed Abd al Haqeem-i Arvasi (1865–1943) was a Sunni Kurdish Islamic scholar. Life Arvasi was born in the village of Arvas (present-day Doğanyayla). Arvasi lived in the times of the late Ottoman Empire and the early ...

(1865–1943), Turkish Islamic scholar * Abdel Hakim Amer (1919–1967), Egyptian soldier and politician * Abdel Hakim Qasem (1934–1990), Egyptian novelist * Abdul Hakim Bukhary (born 1955), Saudi held in Guantanamo * Abdal Hakim Murad, name used by

Timothy Winter Abdal Hakim Murad (born: Timothy John Winter; 15 May 1960) is an English academic, theologian and Islamic scholar who is a proponent of Islamic neo-traditionalism. His work includes publications on Islamic theology, modernity, and Anglo-Muslim ...

(born 1960), British Muslim scholar *

Abdelhakim Serrar Abdelhakim Serrar (born 24 April 1961 in Sétif) is an Algerian former professional football player who won the African Nations Cup in 1990 and is one of a few that won the Afro-Asian Cup for both club and country. Serrar played as a central d ...

(born 1961), Algerian footballer * Abdul Hakim Murad (militant) (born 1968), Pakistani alleged terrorist *

Abdelhakim Bagy Abdelhakim Bagy (born 31 March 1968 in Hichaoua, Morocco) is a retired male long-distance runner from France who mainly competed in the marathon race during his career. He set his personal best (2:11:06) in the classic distance on 8 April 2001 at ...

(born 1968), Moroccan-French runner * Maulavi

Abdul Hakim Munib Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib ( ps, ﻣوﻟوﻯ عبدالحكيم ﻣﻮﻨﻴﺐ) (also written "Monib") is an Afghan politician, born about 1971. He was Governor of Oruzgan (also written "Uruzgan") province from March 18, 2006, through August 200 ...

(born ca. 1971), Afghan politician * Adel Abdulhehim (born 1974), Uighur-Chinese held in Guantanamo *

Abdul Hakim al-Mousa A total of 133 Saudi citizens have been held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps at its naval base in Cuba since January 2002. Most had been swept up in Afghanistan following the US invasion in the fall of 2001, and they were clas ...

(born 1976), Saudi held in Guantanmo * Abdihakem Abdirahman (born 1977), Somali-American long-distance runner *

Abdelhakim Elouaari Abdelhakim Elouaari (born 4 September 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Elouaari was born in Charleville-Mézières. He played on the professional level in Ligue 2 for Reims. He also played for ...

(born 1980), French footballer *

Abdelhakim Laref Abdelhakim Laref (born 12 January 1985) is a Belgian footballer of Algerian origin. He currently plays for SK Sint-Niklaas in Belgium.Abdelhakim Omrani Abdelhakim Omrani (born 18 February 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for RFCU Luxembourg. Club career Omrani began his career playing for Metz. He later left the club for Nancy, where he spent six ...

(born 1991), French footballer *

Abdul Hakeem Khan Abdul Hakeem Khan was a former governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court He belongs to Swati tribe of Baffa, the largest Union Council of Mansehra District. He was appointed as the G ...

, Pakistani politician *

Abdul Hakim Jan (Argandab tribal leader) Abdul Hakim Jan was an anti-Taliban militia leader in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was killed in a suicide bombing while at a dog fight, on February 17, 2008. The suicide attack that killed him was described as "the deadliest attack of its kind in ...

(died 2008), Afghan *

Abdel Hakim Tizegha An Algerian, Abdel Hakim Tizehga was an alleged member of the Millennium Plot who was arrested ten days after Ahmed Ressam, upon illegally entering the United States from Canada.Carter, Mike. Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily news ...

, Algerian alleged terrorist *

Abdel Hakim Shelmani Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Arabic: عبد الحكيم الشلمانى) is a soccer referee from Libya. He was selected as a referee for the CAF Champions League 2002 Final in Casablanca. He officiated several matches at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Ch ...

, Libyan football referee *

Abdelhakim Belhadj Abdelhakim Belhaj (or Belhadj; ar, عبد الحكيم بلحاج, nom de guerre: Abu Abdallah Assadaq) (born 1 May 1966) is a Libyan politician and military leader. He is the leader of the Islamist al-Watan Party and former head of the Trip ...

(born 1966), Libyan anti-Gaddafi military leader

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