إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ ١٠٧
Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.
أَمِين
Amin: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Amīn
Name of the Prophet ﷺIn the Quran“Trustworthy, faithful”; al-Amin, a title of the Prophet ﷺ
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ash-Shu’ara 26:107.
Amin in Islam
Even before the revelation, Quraysh called the Prophet ﷺ al-Amin, “the trustworthy one” (Ibn Hisham, al-Sira). The word occurs fourteen times in the Quran: in Surah al-Shuʿara, five prophets tell their people “I am a trustworthy messenger to you” (26:107), and Jibril is “the trustworthy Spirit” (26:193). The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do you not trust me, when I am the trustee of the One in the heaven?” (al-Bukhari 4351).
Meaning of the name Amin
Amin comes from the root ʾ-m-n of safety (amn), of the trust placed in someone (amana) and of faith (iman): the amin is the one to whom you can entrust property or a secret, sure to find it intact. It should not be confused with amin (āmīn), “amen”, said after a supplication. The name is spelled Amine in the Maghreb and France and Emin in Turkey, often in the compound Muhammed Emin.
- In Arabic
- أَمِين أمين
- Transliteration
- Amīn
- Root
- أ م ن · 879 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Amin in the Quran?
Yes: the word Amin appears in the Quran 14 times, in 8 surahs.
نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ ١٩٣
The Trustworthy Spirit [i.e., Gabriel] has brought it down
مُّطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ ٢١
Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
قَالَتْ إِحْدَىٰهُمَا يَٰٓأَبَتِ ٱسْتَـْٔجِرْهُ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ ٱسْتَـْٔجَرْتَ ٱلْقَوِىُّ ٱلْأَمِينُ ٢٦
One of the women said, "O my father, hire him. Indeed, the best one you can hire is the strong and the trustworthy."
10 other verses
- Al-A’raf 7:68
- Yusuf 12:54
- Ash-Shu’ara 26:125
- Ash-Shu’ara 26:143
- Ash-Shu’ara 26:162
- Ash-Shu’ara 26:178
- An-Naml 27:39
- Ad-Dukhan 44:18
- Ad-Dukhan 44:51
- At-Tin 95:3
All the words of the root أ م ن in the Quran (879 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4351
Do you not trust me, whereas I am the trustee of the One Who is in the heavens? News from the heavens comes to me morning and evening
‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib (may Allah be pleased with him) sent to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) from Yemen a piece of gold, that still had some of its dirt on it, in a tanned leather pouch. He said: He distributed it among four men: ‘Uyaynah ibn Badr, Aqra‘ ibn…
أَلاَ تَأْمَنُونِي وَأَنَا أَمِينُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ، يَأْتِينِي خَبَرُ السَّمَاءِ صَبَاحًا وَمَسَاءً ". قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ غَائِرُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، مُشْرِفُ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ، نَاشِزُ الْجَبْهَةِ، كَثُّ…
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3744
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, " Every nation has an extremely trustworthy man, and the trustworthy man of this (i.e. Muslim) nation is Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah."
" إِنَّ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَمِينًا، وَإِنَّ أَمِينَنَا أَيَّتُهَا الأُمَّةُ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ "
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Amin in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Amin in each language
- French
- Amine, Amin, Ameen
- English
- Amin, Ameen, Amine
- Spanish
- Amín, Amin
- Turkish
- Emin
- Arabic
- أَمِين
Similar names
Same root (أ م ن)
- Abdul Muminعَبْد الْمُؤْمِن “Servant of the Giver of security”
- Aminaآمِنَة “She who is safe, serene”
- Imanإِيمَان “Faith”, the firm belief of the heart
