ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ٦
Guide us to the straight path -
هِدَايَة
Hidaya: meaning of the name
Girl or boy Arabic origin Hidāya
Virtue“Guidance”, being set on the straight path
Hidaya in Islam
The noun hidaya is not in the Quran, but its root occurs there more than three hundred times: every prayer contains the request “Guide us (ihdina) to the straight path” (1:6), and the Quran says: “Whomever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam” (6:125).
Meaning of the name Hidaya
Hidaya is the verbal noun of hada, “to guide”, from the root h-d-y (that of huda and of the divine name al-Hadi): direction towards the good, and in religion Allah’s opening of the heart to faith. A feminine name in the Maghreb and Indonesia (Hidayah); in Turkey, Hidayet is mostly masculine.
- In Arabic
- هِدَايَة هداية
- Transliteration
- Hidāya
- Root
- ه د ي · 316 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl or boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Hidaya in the Quran?
The name Hidaya does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (ه د ي) occurs 316 times. Examples:
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ٢
This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allāh -
فَمَن يُرِدِ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَهْدِيَهُۥ يَشْرَحْ صَدْرَهُۥ لِلْإِسْلَٰمِ وَمَن يُرِدْ أَن يُضِلَّهُۥ يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُۥ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَذَٰلِكَ يَجْعَلُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرِّجْسَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ١٢٥
So whoever Allāh wants to guide - He expands his breast to [contain] Islām; and whoever He wants to send astray - He makes his breast tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky. Thus does Allāh place defilement upon those who do not believe.
All the words of the root ه د ي in the Quran (316 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Hidaya 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 Hidaya in each language
- French
- Hidaya, Hidaïa, Hidaya
- English
- Hidaya, Hidayah
- Spanish
- Hidaya
- Turkish
- Hidayet
- Arabic
- هِدَايَة
Similar names
Same root (ه د ي)
- Abdul Hadiعَبْد الْهَادِي “Servant of the Guide”
- Hadiهَادِي “The one who guides” to the right path
- Hudaهُدَى “Right guidance”