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, 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 (1886–1938), Uzbek, cultural modernist active in Soviet Central Asia
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Abdur Rouf Choudhury
Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1 March 1929 – 1996) was a Bengali writer.
Early life
Choudhury was born on 1 March 1929, in Mukimpur, Nabiganj, Habiganj District, Bangladesh (then part of Assam) where his father Azhar Choudhury, a land owner, and hi ...
(1929–1996), Bengali writer
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Abdul Rauf Anjum (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
Abdul Rauf al-Kasm ( ar, عبد الرؤوف الكسم, ʿAbd ar-Raʾūf al-Kasm) (born 1932) is a Syrian architect, academic and politician who served as prime minister of Syria during the 1980s.
Early life
Kasm was born in Damascus in 1932. Ab ...
(born 1932), Syrian politician
*Abdool
Raouf Bundhun
Abdool Raouf Bundhun (born 14 January 1937) who served as the third vice president of Mauritius from 2002 to 2007. He was elected by National Assembly of Mauritius on 25 February 2002 for a term of five years. Prior to assuming office he had been M ...
(born 1937), Vice President of Mauritius
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Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh
Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh ( ar, عبد الرؤوف الروابدة; born 18 February 1939 in Irbid) was the 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 March 1999 until 19 June 2000, a leading political figure from the north city of Irbid in Jordan.
Po ...
(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
Abderraouf bin Habib bin Yousef Jdey ( ar, عبد الرؤوف جدي, Abd ar-Rawūf Jday) (also known as Farouk al-Tunisi and Al-Rauf Al-Jiddi) (born May 30, 1965) is a Canadian citizen,Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Summary of the Secu ...
(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
Abdul Raouf Khan is the Haqparsat Taluka City Nazim (Mayor) of Nawabshah. Raouf Khan is a member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) of Pakistan.
Inclusion in MQM
Raouf Khan joined MQM in 1986 at the age of 17. He contested in the 1996’s Nat ...
(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
Abderraouf Zarabi (born 26 March 1979) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 22 appearances for the Algeria national team.
Club career
Hibernian
Zarabi was born in Algiers, Algeria. He signed with th ...
(born 1979), Algerian footballer
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Ahmed Abdel-Raouf
Ahmed Abdel-Raouf ( ar, أحمد عبد الرؤوف; born 12 April 1986) is an Egyptian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Telephonat Bani Sweif.
Career
Abdel-Raouf currently plays as a central midfielder. He is a g ...
(born 1986), Egyptian footballer
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Abdul Rauf (cricketer) (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