وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا قَنَطُوا۟ وَيَنشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَلِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ ٢٨
And it is He who sends down the rain after they had despaired and spreads His mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy.
غَيْث
Ghaith: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Ghayth
In the Quran“Beneficial rain”, the rain that comes after drought
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ash-Shuraa 42:28.
Ghaith in Islam
The word occurs three times in the Quran: “It is He who sends down the rain (al-ghayth) after they have despaired, and spreads His mercy” (42:28); “With Allah is the knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain” (31:34). The Prophet ﷺ compared the guidance and knowledge he brought to “abundant rain falling on a land” (al-Bukhari 79).
Meaning of the name Ghaith
Ghayth is rain, above all the rain that falls after drought and brings the earth back to life; Arabs also called ghayth the grass it makes grow. The word is close to ghawth, “help”, and evokes relief after waiting: the Quran says of a year of plenty that in it “people will be given rain” (yughathu, 12:49). The name is given in Jordan, Syria, Iraq and the Gulf.
- In Arabic
- غَيْث غيث
- Transliteration
- Ghayth
- Root
- غ ي ث · 4 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Ghaith in the Quran?
Yes: the word Ghaith appears in the Quran 3 times, in 3 surahs.
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌ مَّاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِى نَفْسٌۢ بِأَىِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۢ ٣٤
Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.
ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌۢ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ٱلْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُۥ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَىٰهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَٰمًا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنٌ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ ٢٠
Know that the life of this world is but amusement and diversion and adornment and boasting to one another and competition in increase of wealth and children - like the example of a rain whose [resulting] plant growth pleases the tillers; then it dries and you see it turned yellow; then it becomes [scattered] debris. And in the Hereafter is severe punishment and forgiveness from Allāh and approval. And what is the worldly life except the enjoyment of delusion.
All the words of the root غ ي ث in the Quran (4 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 79
The guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me are like abundant rain that fell on some ground
"The guidance and knowledge with which Allah has sent me are like abundant rain that fell on some ground. A part of it was good, absorbing the water, so it brought forth abundant herbage and pasture; and there were some bare patches in it that retained the water by which Allah gave benefit to…
مَثَلُ مَا بَعَثَنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الْهُدَى وَالْعِلْمِ كَمَثَلِ الْغَيْثِ الْكَثِيرِ أَصَابَ أَرْضًا، فَكَانَ مِنْهَا نَقِيَّةٌ قَبِلَتِ الْمَاءَ، فَأَنْبَتَتِ الْكَلأَ وَالْعُشْبَ الْكَثِيرَ، وَكَانَتْ مِنْهَا…
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Ghaith in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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Writing Ghaith in each language
- French
- Ghaith, Ghaïth, Ghayth
- English
- Ghaith, Ghayth, Ghaieth
- Spanish
- Ghaith, Ghayth
- Turkish
- Gays, Ghaith
- Arabic
- غَيْث