كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ٥٤
Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.
نُهَى
Nuha: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Nuhā
In the Quran“Intellect, reason” that restrains from evil
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Taha 20:54.
Nuha in Islam
The Quran twice uses the expression ulu al-nuha, “people of reason”, for whom the signs of creation are lessons: “Indeed in that are signs for people of reason” (20:54, 20:128).
Meaning of the name Nuha
Nuha is the plural of nuhya, “intellect, reason”: it is so called because it restrains (naha, “to forbid, to hold back”) from what is ugly and harmful. The name thus means “wisdom, a sound mind”. Common in Egypt (Noha) and the Levant.
- In Arabic
- نُهَى نهى
- Transliteration
- Nuhā
- Root
- ن ه ي · 56 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Nuha in the Quran?
Yes: the word Nuha appears in the Quran 2 times, in one surah.
أَفَلَمْ يَهْدِ لَهُمْ كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ يَمْشُونَ فِى مَسَٰكِنِهِمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ ١٢٨
Then, has it not become clear to them how many generations We destroyed before them as they walk among their dwellings? Indeed in that are signs for those of intelligence.
All the words of the root ن ه ي in the Quran (56 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Nuha 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 Nuha in each language
- French
- Nouha, Nuha, Noha
- English
- Nuha, Noha
- Spanish
- Nuha
- Turkish
- Nüha
- Arabic
- نُهَى