Muʿawwidh
معوّذ
Say it mu-AW-widh
Seeking God’s protection
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-w-dh
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Muawwidh, Muawwiz, Moawez
Meaning & source
One who commends to God’s protection: ʿawwadha is to say “I seek protection for you in God and His names” (Lisān).
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يُقَالُ: عَوَّذْت فُلَانًا بِاللَّهِ وأَسمائه وبالمُعَوِّذتين إِذا قُلْتَ أُعيذك بِاللَّهِ وأَسْمائه مِنْ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ وَكُلِّ دَاءٍ وَحَاسِدٍ وحَيْنٍ.
Who carried this name
- Muʿawwidh ibn al-Ḥārith (Ibn ʿAfrāʾ), at Badr Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 8180 (vol. 6, p. 152)