The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ash-Shuโara 26:18.
Waleed in Islam
The word occurs seven times in the Quran: once in the singular, when Pharaoh says to Musa: โDid we not bring you up among us as a child (walidan)?โ (26:18), and six times in the plural wildan, โchildrenโ, notably for the ever-young servants of Paradise (56:17). The Companion al-Walid ibn al-Walid, Khalidโs brother, was held back in Mecca, and the Prophet ๏ทบ prayed for his deliverance (al-Bukhari 804).
Meaning of the name Waleed
Walid comes from walada, โto give birthโ (root w-l-d, that of walad, โchildโ, and mawlid, โbirthโ): the newborn, the little boy; in the old language the word was also used for a young servant. Borne before Islam, the name was carried by the Umayyad caliph al-Walid I (705โ715), who built the Great Mosque of Damascus and enlarged the Prophetโs ๏ทบ Mosque in Medina; the conquest of al-Andalus began in his reign (711).
And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allฤh and [for] the oppressed among men, women and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper"?