ʻAbd al-Raʼūf (
ALA-LC romanization of ar, 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
In Arabic and Maltese, the consonants are divided into two groups, called the sun letters or solar letters ( ar, حروف شمسية ', mt, konsonanti xemxin) and moon letters or lunar letters (Arabic: ', mt, konsonanti qamrin), based on whe ...
, 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.
It may refer to:
Arts
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Abdurrauf Fitrat
Abdurauf Fitrat (sometimes spelled Abdulrauf Fitrat or Abdurrauf Fitrat, uz, Abdurauf Fitrat / Абдурауф Фитрат; 1886 – 4 October 1938) was an Uzbek author, journalist and politician in Central Asia under Russian and Soviet rule ...
(1886–1938), Uzbek, cultural modernist active in Soviet Central Asia
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Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996), Bengali writer
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Abdul Rauf Anjum Dr. Abdul Rauf (1931 – April 1992) was a Pakistani Muslim writer, poet, philosopher and a notable professor of Government College Lahore. He was the Head of the English department (1986-1992) at Government College Lahore. He has also served ...
(1930–1992), Pakistani writer, poet, philosopher and translator
*Abdul-
Rauf Khalid, Pakistani filmmaker
Politics / Religion
*Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, or just
Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader
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Abdul Rauf al-Kasm (born 1932), Syrian politician
*Abdool
Raouf Bundhun (born 1937), Vice President of Mauritius
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Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh (born 1939), Jordanian politician
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Munshi Abdur Rouf (1943–1971), soldier hero in the Bangladesh Liberation War
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Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), Arab-American imam and author
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Rana Abdul Rauf
Rana Abdul Rauf is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2008 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 11 March 1953.
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab a ...
(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
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Abderraouf Jdey (born 1965), Tunisian-Canadian accused of terrorism
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Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin (born 1965), Libyan held in Guantanamo
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Abdul Rauf Khan (born 1969), Pakistani politician
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Abdul Rauf (anti-Taliban cleric)
Mullah Abdul Rauf is a citizen of Afghanistan and an anti-Taliban cleric. Rauf was quoted by ''The Washington Post'' on December 7, 2001.
He is the imam at the Herati Mosque, a mosque in Kabul.
He is notable for preaching against Taliban excesse ...
, 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
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Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi is an Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan.
Biography
Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi was born in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz Province in 1962, and is a member of the Ibrahims Clan. He finished his primary ed ...
-- Speaker for Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga
Sports
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (formerly Chris Wayne Jackson) (born 1969), American basketball player
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Md Abdur Rouf
Md Abdur Rouf ( bn, মোঃ আব্দুর রউফ ; born 1 June 1974) is a Bangladeshi kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preced ...
(born 1974), Bangladeshi kabaddi player
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Abdur Rauf (cricketer)
Abdur Rauf Khan (born 9 December 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistani national cricket team between 2008 and 2009. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Khan made his first-class debut in October 1999.
He joined the nati ...
(born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
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Abderraouf Zarabi (born 1979), Algerian footballer
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Ahmed Abdel-Raouf (born 1986), Egyptian footballer
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Abdul Rauf (cricketer)
Abdul Rauf (born 1 June 1998) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his List A debut for Federally Administered Tribal Areas in the 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup on 8 October 2018. He made his first-class debut for Federally Administered Triba ...
(born 1998), Pakistani cricketer
Others
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Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Library and Museum, Bangladesh
References
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Arabic masculine given names