Muʿāfā
معافى
Say it mu-AA-faa
Granted well-being
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-f-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The early generations
- Also spelled
- Muafa, Mu’afa, Moafa
Meaning & source
Kept in well-being: Ibn Fāris says ʿāfiyah is God’s guarding His servant, and muʿāfāh is His granting it.
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ومن الباب العافية: دِفاع اللّه تعالى عن العبد، تقول عافاه اللّهُ تعالى من مكروهةٍ، وهو يعافيه معافاةً.
Who carried this name
- al-Muʿāfā ibn ʿImrān of Mosul al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ, no. 23 (vol. 9, p. 80)