إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّٰهٌ مُّنِيبٌ ٧٥
Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving and [frequently] returning [to Allāh].
مُنِيب
Munib: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Munīb
In the Quran“Penitent, turning to Allah”
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Hud 11:75.
Munib in Islam
The word occurs seven times in the Quran. It describes Ibrahim: “Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted and penitent (munib)” (11:75), and Paradise is promised to “whoever feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a penitent heart (qalbin munib)” (50:33).
Meaning of the name Munib
Munib is the active participle of anaba, “to turn to, to return” (root n-w-b of turn and return, nawba): one who returns to Allah with a repentant heart and entrusts himself to Him. The word is close to awwab, with which the Quran pairs it. A masculine name given in the Middle East and South Asia (Muneeb).
- In Arabic
- مُنِيب منيب
- Transliteration
- Munīb
- Root
- ن و ب · 18 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Munib in the Quran?
Yes: the word Munib appears in the Quran 7 times, in 5 surahs.
مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ ٣٣
Who feared the Most Merciful in the unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].
مُنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ٣١
[Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allāh
وَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلنَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا۟ رَبَّهُم مُّنِيبِينَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِذَآ أَذَاقَهُم مِّنْهُ رَحْمَةً إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ٣٣
And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord,
3 other verses
All the words of the root ن و ب in the Quran (18 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Munib in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
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Writing Munib in each language
- French
- Mounib, Munib
- English
- Munib, Muneeb
- Spanish
- Munib
- Turkish
- Münib
- Arabic
- مُنِيب