وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ ٢
And [by] the night when it covers with darkness,
سَجَى
Saja: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Sajā
In the Quran“The stillness of the night”: what grows calm and spreads
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ad-Duhaa 93:2.
Saja in Islam
The word comes from the opening of Surah al-Duha: “By the morning brightness, and by the night when it grows still (idha saja)!” (93:1-2).
Meaning of the name Saja
Saja comes from the verb saja, “to be calm, to grow still, to spread in silence”: said of the night whose darkness covers everything in peace, and of a sea without waves. The name evokes serenity. It is fashionable in Iraq and the Gulf.
- In Arabic
- سَجَى سجى
- Transliteration
- Sajā
- Root
- س ج و · 1 occurrence in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Saja in the Quran?
Yes: the word Saja appears in the Quran once, in one surah.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Saja 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 Saja in each language
- French
- Saja, Sadja
- English
- Saja
- Spanish
- Saya, Saja
- Turkish
- Seca
- Arabic
- سَجَى