Abdul Hai ( ar, عبد الحي, translit=Abd al-Ḥayy) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, 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 de ...
'' and ''Hayy''. The name means "servant of the Living God", ''Al-Hayy'' being one of the
names of God in the Qur'an
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names.
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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 Hai, Hay, Hayy or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
Notable people with the name include:
*Saʿīd Abdul-Hay ibn Dhaḥḥāk ibn Maḥmūd Gardēzī, or just
Abu Saʿīd Gardēzī, (died ca. 1061), Persian historian
*Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui, known as
Bekhud Badayuni (1857-1912), Indian Urdu poet
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Saleh Abdel Hai (1896-1962), Egyptian singer
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Abdul Hai Habibi
Abdul Hai Habibi ( ps, عبدالحى حبيبي, fa, عبدالحی حبیبی) – ''ʿAbd' ul-Ḥay Ḥabībi'') (1910 – 9 May 1984) was a prominent Afghan historian for much of his lifetime as well as a member of the National Assembly of ...
(1910-1984), Afghan scholar and historian
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Abdel hay Mashhour (born 1923), Egyptian academic administrator
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Mohammed Abdul-Hayy
Mohammed Abdul-Hayy or Muhammad Abd al-Hayy (1 January 1944 – 23 August 1989, Ad-Damir, Sudan) was a member of the first generation of post-colonial Sudanese writers and academics. Together with Ali El-Mak and Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, he is rega ...
(1944-1989), Sudanese poet
*Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, known as
Daniel Moore (poet)
Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (July 30, 1940, Oakland, California – April 18, 2016, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a U.S. poet, essayist and librettist. In 1970 he converted to the Sufi tradition of Islam and changed his name to Abdal-Hayy (eventu ...
, (born 1940), American poet, essayist and librettist
*Asif Abdulhai Mulla, or just
Asif Mulla
Asif Abdulhai Mulla
(born 5 May 1980) is an Indian-born Canadian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a Wicket-keeper.
He made his One Day International debut for Canada in Potchefstroom against the Netherlands
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(born 1980), Indian-Canadian cricketer
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Abdul Hai Baloch
Abdul Hai Baloch ( ur, عبدالحئی بلوچ), also known as Abdul Hayee Baloch (1 February 1946 – 25 February 2022), was a Pakistani social and political activist from Balochistan.
Early life and education
Baloch was born on 1 February 1 ...
, Pakistani politician
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Abdul Hai Neamati, Afghan politician
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Abdul Hai (Delhi cricketer), active 1934–1936
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Abdul Hai (Hyderabad cricketer), Hyderabad cricketer
References
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Arabic masculine given names