ʻAbd al-Razzāq (

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of ar, عبد الرزاق) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Razzāq'', 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. It means "servant of the all-provider". 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-Razzaq'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd ar-Razzaq''. Alternative renderings include ''‘Abd ar-Razzaq'', ''Abdul Razzaq'', ''Abdur Razaq'', ''Abdul Razzak'' and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to:

Given name

Afghan

* Abdul Razaq (born 1971), Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 356) *

Abdul Razzaq ʻAbd al-Razzāq (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرزاق) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Razzāq'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...

, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 923) *

Abdul Razak ʻAbd al-Razzāq (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الرزاق) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Razzāq'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to ...

, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 1043) *

Abdur Razzaq (Taliban Interior Minister) Mullah Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada (born 1958), an ethnic Pashtun, is a former interior minister in the Afghan government who is believed to be a member of the Taliban leadership. He is rumoured to belong to the Achakzai tribe, from a family of Jal ...

* Abdul Razzaq (Taliban governor) * Abdul Razaq (cricketer)

Algerian

Abderrazak Bounour Abderrazak Bounour (born 11 January 1957), also known as Abdel Razzak Bounour, is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born in Annaba, and represented the club USSN. He reached the semi-final of the ...

(born 1957), Algerian runner

Arabian

* ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani (early), Sunni Islamic scholar of the Science of hadith *

Shaikh Syed Abdul Razzaq Jilani ʿAbd al-Razzāq b. ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (c. Dhu al-Qi'dah 528 AH – 6 Shawwal 603 AH/9 September 1134 – 7 May 1207),''The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah.'' also known as Abū Bakr al-Jīlī or ʿAb ...

, (1133–1207 CE), shaikh of Qadiriyya order after Abdul Qadir Jilani

Bangladeshi

* Abdur Razzaq (professor) (1914–1999), Bangladeshi politics and economics educator *

Abdur Razzak (actor) Abdur Razzak (23 January 1942 – 21 August 2017) (known as Razzak) was a Bangladeshi actor and film director. He was dubbed Nayak Raj Razzak (King of Heroes), a term introduced by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, editor of the magazine ''Chitrali''. Ra ...

(1942–2017), Bangladeshi film actor *

Abdur Razzaq (politician) Abdur Razzaq (1 August 1942 – 23 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Awami League Advisory Council. He was the Minister for Water Resources from 1996 to 2001 in the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet. He was the chairman ...

(1942–2011), Bangladeshi politician *

Abdur Razzaq (barrister) Abdur Razzaq (born 1949) is a Bangladeshi barrister and former Assistant Secretary General of political party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was the chief defence counsel at Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal until the end of 2013, when h ...

(born 1949), Bangladeshi politician and lawyer *

Abdur Razzak (politician) Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (born 1 February 1950) is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Minister of Agriculture. He is also the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing Tangail-1 constituency since 2001. He served as Minister of Food ...

(born 1950), Food Minister of Bangladesh *

Abdur Razzak (cricketer) Abdur Razzak ( bn, আব্দুর রাজ্জাক; born 15 June 1982) is a Bangladeshi former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Abdur is the first Bangladeshi to take 200 wickets in ODIs. He is also the first left arm ...

(born 1982), Bangladeshi cricketer *

Abdul Razzak Rajib Abdul Razzak Rajib is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his List A debut for Victoria Sporting Club in the 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League The 2016–17 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was the fourth edition of the Dhaka ...

, Bangladeshi cricketer

British

Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include ...

(born 1948), Tanzanian-British novelist

Chinese

Abdul Razakah Starting in 2002, the American government detained 22 Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The last 3 Uyghur detainees, Yusef Abbas, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur and Saidullah Khalik, were released from Guantanamo on December 29, 2013, and lat ...

, Chinese held in Guantanamo (ISN 219)

Egyptian

Abd El-Razzak El-Sanhuri Abd el-Razzak el-Sanhuri or ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Sanhūrī ( ar, عبد الرزاق السنهوري) (11 August 1895 – 21 July 1971) was an Egyptian jurist, law professor, judge and politician. He is best remembered as the primary author of t ...

(1895–1971), Egyptian legal scholar

Kuwaiti

Abdul-Razzak Al-Adwani Abdul Razzak Mishari Al Adwani (1927 – 5 July 1996) was a Kuwaiti medical doctor and held various positions, including the minister of public health. Biography Adwani was born on 14 February 1928. He was educated in Cairo. He studied medicine in ...

(1928–1996), Kuwaiti academic administrator

Libyan

Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa Abdul Razzaq as-Sawsa ( ar, عبد الرزاق الصوصاع ) (February 3, 1933 – March 10, 2016) was the General Secretary of the General People's Congress, and as such the head of state of Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), o ...

, Libyan politician *

Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding Libyan detainees in Guantanamo. A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 20 ...

, Libyan held in Guantanamo (ISN 685)

Ghanaian

Karim Abdul Razak Karim Abdul Razak Tanko (born 18 April 1956) is a Ghanaian football coach and former midfielder. He played for several clubs in the 1970s and 1980s, notably the local club Asante Kotoko and the New York Cosmos in the defunct North American Socc ...

(born 1956), Ghanaian footballer *

Ibrahim Abdul Razak Ibrahim Abdul Razak or Anglicised: Abdul Razak Ibrahim (born 18 April 1983) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Razak was born in Accra, Ghana. He began playing at the Mighty Jets yo ...

(born 1983), Ghanaian footballer

Indian

Abdool Razack Mohamed Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed ( ur, عبد الرزاق محمد; 1 August 1906 – 8 May 1978) was an Indian-born former senior Mauritian Minister in the pre and post-independence cabinet of Mauritius. Early life and family Abdool Razack Mohamed w ...

(1906–1978), Indian-Mauritian politician * Abdur Razzaque Ansari, Indian weavers revolution leader * K. M. Abdul Razack, Indian politician

Indonesian

* Abdul Razak (canoeist) (born 1964), Indonesian canoer

Iraqi

'Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani ( ar, عبد الرزاق الحسني) (1903–1997) was an Iraqi historian and politician.Orit Bashkin. The other Iraq: pluralism and culture in Hashemite Iraq. Stanford, California, USA: Stanford University Press, 2009. ...

(1903–1997), Iraqi historian * Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha (c. 1910 – c. 1998 ??), Iraqi chess player *

Arif Abd ar-Razzaq Arif Abd ar-Razzaq or Aref Abdel Razzak (1921 – 30 March 2007; ar, عارف عبد الرزاق) was Prime Minister of Iraq for 11 days in September 1965. On September 17 he fled to Egypt, after participating in a failed coup d'état against ...

(1921–2007), Prime Minister of Iraq *

Abd ar-Razzaq an-Naif Abd ar-Razzaq Said al-Naif ( ar, عبد الرزاق النايف; 1934 – 10 July 1978) was an Iraqi military officer and general and was briefly Prime Minister of Iraq during 1968 until he was deposed. Early life General Al-naif graduated fro ...

(1933–1978), Iraqi politician * Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi footballer * Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad, Iraqi politician *

Abdul Razak al-Hashimi Dr. Abdul Razak al-Hashimi ( ar, عبد الرزاق الهاشمي) is a former Iraqi diplomat, Minister of Higher Education, and senior advisor to Saddam Hussein. Dr. Hashimi graduated from Boston University in 1969. In 1974, he was part of a de ...

, Iraqi diplomat *

Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Ahmed Basheer ( ar, عبد الرزاق أحمد بشير , born 1 July 1944) is an Iraqi former football forward who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification and 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. He also played f ...

(born 1940), Iraqi footballer *Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi, known as

Abdul Hadi al Iraqi Nashwan Abdulrazaq Abdulbaqi al-Tamir (Arabic: نشوان عبدالرزاق عبدالباقي التامر), better known as Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi () is an Iraqi member of Al-Qaeda who is now in United States custody at Guantanamo Bay detention ...

(born 1961), Iraqi Kurd held in Guantanamo (ISN 10026)

Iranian

Abdur Razzaq (traveller) Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ( fa, کمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق بن اسحاق سمرقندی, ''Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi''; 1413–1482) was a Persian Timurid chronicler and Islamic scholar. He was for a while the ...

(1413–1482), Persian traveller to India

Ivorian

Abdou Razack Traoré Abdou Razack Traoré (born 28 December 1988) is an Ivorian-born Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Chinese club Nantong Zhiyun. Career Rosenborg Traoré was born in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast. He played for Raja Casablanca before ...

(born 1988), Ivorian footballer * Abdul Razak (footballer) (born 1992), Ivorian footballer

Malaysian

Abdul Razak Hussein Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia f ...

(1922–1976), Prime Minister of Malaysia *

Abdul Razak Baginda Abdul Razak Baginda (born 6 February 1960) is a former political analyst from Malaysia, and close associate of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. He became prominent in 2006 when he was charged with abetting the murder of a Mongolian ...

(born 1960), Malaysian political writer *

Abdul Razak Mohaideen Professor Dato' Dr. A. Razak Mohaideen (born 22 January 1965) is a Malaysian film director. He has directed around 40 titles since 1996. Early life He was born in Pulau Pinang on 22 January 1965. Razak obtained his Master of Art in Film and ...

(born 1965), Malaysian film director * Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak (born 1987), Malaysian footballer

Moroccan

Abderrazak Khairi Abderrazak Khairi (born 20 November 1962) is a Moroccan former association football, football player and coach who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Rabat, Khairi played for the local club FAR Rabat. He scored goals in the 1985 and 1986 Cou ...

(born 1962), Moroccan footballer * Abderrazzak Jadid (born 1983), Moroccan footballer

Myanma

U Razak U Razak (Urdu: ; ; my, ဦးရာဇတ်, ; also Abdul Razak; 20 January 1898 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician and an educationalist. He was a Bamar of Tamil ancestry and also was a cabinet minister in Aung San's pre-indepe ...

(Abdul Razak) (1898–1947), Burmese politician

Nigerian

* Abdulrazak Ekpoki (born 1982), Nigerian footballer

Pakistani

Abdul Razzak Yaqoob Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (7 May 1944 – 21 February 2014) was a Pakistani gold bullion trader who founded ARY Gold in the United Arab Emirates and later ARY Media Group. Early life He was born in Surat, British India to Memon family in 1944 which ...

(1944–2014), Pakistani businessman *

Abdur Razzaq Iskander Abdur Razzaq Iskander (1935 – 30 June 2021; ur, ) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer. He was the chancellor and senior hadith-professor of Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, emir of the Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwwat and the president o ...

(1935–2021), Pakistani Islamic scholar and writer *

Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) Abdul Razzaq (Punjabi, ur, ; born 2 December 1979) is a Pakistani former cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-handed batsman, who emerged in international cricket in 1996 with his ...

(born 1979), Pakistani cricketer *

Abdur Razzaq (cricketer) Kalat was a first-class cricket team from the Pakistani city of Kalat in the north of Baluchistan province, about 150 kilometres south of Quetta. They had one season of first-class cricket in 1969–70, playing two matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trop ...

, Pakistani cricketer, Kalat * Abdul Razzaq (field hockey) (born 1921), Pakistani Olympic hockey player

Palestinian

Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh Abdel-Razak al-Yehiyeh or Abdul-Razzaq Al-Yahya (March 15, 1929 – March 9, 2020) born in Tantura, near Haifa, then in the British Mandate of Palestine, also known as Abu Anas, was a Palestinian politician who served as Interior Minister of the ...

(born 1929), Palestinian politician *

Omar Abd al-Razaq Omar Abdul Razaq or Umar Abed al-Razek (عمر عبد الرزاق) was Finance Minister of the Palestinian National Authority for part of 2006. He represents the Hamas Hamas (, ; , ; an acronym of , "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a ...

, Palestinian politician *

Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar Abelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar ( ar, عبد الحليم الأشقر) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian Muslim activist who was, briefly, an assistant professor of business at Howard University. He was convicted of contempt and obstruct ...

, Palestinian business professor imprisoned in the US

Saudi Arabian

* Abd al Razaq Abdallah Hamid Ibrahim al Sharikh (born 1984), Saudi, former Guantanamo detainee ( ISN 67)

Somali

Abdirizak Haji Hussein Abdirizak Haji Hussein ( so, Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseen; ar, عبد الرزاق حاجي حسين‎; 24 December 192431 January 2014) was a Somali diplomat and politician. He was the Prime Minister of Somali Republic from 14 June 1964 to 15 Ju ...

(1924–2014), Prime Minister of Somalia * Abdirisak Omar Mohamed Minister of Internal Security * Abdirizak Bihi social activist

Syrian

* Abdelrazak al-Restom al-Dandachi (1899–1935), Syrian politician *

Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Abdelrazaq Al Hussain ( ar, عبد الرزاق الحسين; born 15 September 1986, in Aleppo) is a Syrian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Al-Ansar FC (Medina), Al-Ansar and the Syria national ...

(born 1986), Syrian footballer *

Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdi ( ar, عبد الزراق المهدي), is a Syrian Islamist cleric who is actively involved fighting in the Syrian Civil War against the Syrian government. He originates from Damascus's Al-Salihiyah district and was b ...

, Syrian

Ahrar ash-Sham Harakat Ahrar al-Sham al-Islamiyya ( ar-at, حركة أحرار الشام الإسلامية, Ḥarakat Aḥrāru š-Šām al-Islāmiyah, lit=Islamic Movement of the Freemen of the Levant), commonly referred to as Ahrar al-Sham, is a coalition ...

cleric * Abdul Razzak Al-Assad, (1940-2022),Syrian doctor in Anguillara Veneta Italy

South African

, South African cricketer

Tanzanian

(born 1948), Tanzanian-British novelist

Trinidadian

* Abdul Razack (cricketer) (1888-1946), Trinidadian cricketer

Yemeni

*Abdullah Abdul Razzaq Badhib, known as

Abdullah Badhib Abdullah Abdulrazzaq Badheeb (1931-1976) was a Yemeni socialist writer, theorist, journalist and politician, and one of the leaders of the Marxist faction the National Liberation Front in southern Yemen during the late 20th century that sought to ...

(1931–1975), political activist from Aden known as founder of Yemeni communism * Abdul Al Razzaq Muhammad Salih, Yemeni held in Guantanamo (ISN 233)

Surname

Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq Wafaa Abed Al Razzaq ( ar, وفاء عبد الرزاق) is an Iraqi poet and writer. She was born in 1952 in Basra, Iraq. She currently resides in London, UK, and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting. Awards *Mitropolite Nicholaous No'man P ...

(born 1952), Iraqi poet *

Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq Dana Hussain Abdul-Razak Al-Khafaji (born January 3, 1986) is a sprinter on Iraq's national track and field team, coached by Yousif Abdul-Rahman. Due to the International Olympic Committee ban on Iraq competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, there ...

(born 1986), Iraqi runner

Other

Bandar Tun Abdul Razak Bandar Tun Abdul Razak is a settlement town located in Rompin District, Pahang, Malaysia. This town located 27 kilometres from Bandar Muadzam Shah and 127 kilometres from Kuantan, the capital city of Pahang State. The town is strategically situate ...

(established 1979), town in Malaysia *

Universiti Tun Abdul Razak Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK) is a premier private university in Kuala Lumpur. The university was established on 18 December 1997 and is one of the earliest private universities in Malaysia, widely known as Kuala Lumpur's Premier Schoo ...

(established 1997), university in Malaysia *

Sekolah Datuk Abdul Razak This is a list of deities of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', including all of the 3.5 edition gods and powers of the "Core Setting" for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') roleplaying game. Religion is a key element of the D&D game, since it is require ...

(founded 1957), school in Malaysia * SMK Tun Abdul Razak (founded 1959), school in Malaysia * Masjid Al-Abdul Razak (built 1965), mosque in Singapore *

Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq The ''Musannaf'' of Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanʿani ( ar, مصنف عبد الرزاق الصنعاني, translit=Muṣannaf ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Sanʿānī) is an early hadith collection compiled by the eighth-century Yemeni scholar ʽAbd al-Razzaq al- ...

, book written by ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani

References

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