Amatullāh
أمة اللَّه
Say it a-ma-TUL-laah
Servant of God
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʾ-m-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Amatullah, Amat Allah, Amatullaah
Meaning & source
Servant of God: amah is a woman in service, the feminine counterpart of ʿabd, joined here to the name of God.
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أما: الأَمَةُ: المَمْلوكةُ خِلاف الحُرَّة.
Who carried this name
- Amatullāh bint ʿAbd Shams al-Laythiyyah, who brought her young son to the Prophet ﷺ to pledge allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 10838 (vol. 8, p. 27)