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عَبْد الْوَاحِد

Abdul Wahid: meaning of the name

Boy Arabic origin ʿAbd al-Wāḥid

Name of Allah

“Servant of the One”

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Abdul Wahid in Islam

The Prophet ﷺ said: “The most beloved of your names to Allah are ʿAbd Allah and ʿAbd al-Rahman” (Muslim 2132), and scholars add to them all names formed on a name of Allah. The name al-Wahid occurs 22 times in the Quran; its page in the 99 Names section gives its meaning and verses.

Meaning of the name Abdul Wahid

ʿAbd al-Wahid joins ʿabd with al-Wahid, from the root w-h-d of oneness, that of tawhid: the One without partner or equal. The Quran: “Your God is one God” (2:163). The name is written Abdelwahed in the Maghreb and Abdülvahit in Turkey.

In Arabic
عَبْد الْوَاحِد عبد الواحد
Transliteration
ʿAbd al-Wāḥid
Root
و ح د · 68 occurrences in the Quran
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic

Is Abdul Wahid in the Quran?

This name is built on a name of Allah found in the Quran; its verses are on the page of that name.

أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ ۝١٣٣

Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God. And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 133

وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝١٦٣

And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 163

All the words of the root و ح د in the Quran (68 occurrences)

In the hadiths

Is this name permissible?

No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Abdul Wahid in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.

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Writing Abdul Wahid in each language

French
Abdelouahed, Abdelwahed, Abdelwahid
English
Abdul Wahid, Abdul Waheed, Abdulwahid
Spanish
Abdul Wahid, Abdelwahid
Turkish
Abdülvahit, Abdülvahid
Arabic
عَبْد الْوَاحِد

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