لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ ١
For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -
إِيلَاف
Ilaf: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Īlāf
In the Quran“The bond of habit, the pact” that brings close and reassures
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Quraysh 106:1.
Ilaf in Islam
The word opens Surah 106, Quraysh: “For the accustomed security of Quraysh, their security in the journeys of winter and summer, let them worship the Lord of this House, who fed them against hunger and secured them from fear” (106:1-4).
Meaning of the name Ilaf
Ilaf is the verbal noun of alafa, “to accustom, to bind by habit”, from the root ʾ-l-f of affection and harmony (ulfa). The commentators explain it as the habit formed and as the pacts that secured safe journeys for the caravans of Quraysh. The name is fashionable in Iraq, Syria and the Gulf, in the sense of “attachment, harmony”.
- In Arabic
- إِيلَاف إيلاف
- Transliteration
- Īlāf
- Root
- أ ل ف · 22 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Ilaf in the Quran?
Yes: the word Ilaf appears in the Quran 2 times, in one surah.
إِۦلَٰفِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ ٱلشِّتَآءِ وَٱلصَّيْفِ ٢
Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer -
All the words of the root أ ل ف in the Quran (22 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Ilaf in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Ilaf in each language
- French
- Ilaf, Ilef, Eylaf
- English
- Ilaf, Eilaf
- Spanish
- Ilaf
- Turkish
- İlaf
- Arabic
- إِيلَاف