Muḥammad
مُحَمَّد
Say it mu-HAM-mad
Praised again and again
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-m-d
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 3:144, 33:40, 47:2 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammed, Mohammad
Meaning & source
Arabic: one who is praised again and again, whose praiseworthy qualities are many.
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قَالَ الْجَوَالِيقِيُّ: أَسْمَاءُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كُلُّهَا أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً آدَمُ وَصَالِحٌ وَشُعَيْبٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ
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والمحمَّد: الَّذِي كَثُرَتْ خِصَالُهُ الْمَحْمُودَةُ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root ḥ-m-d, vol. 3, p. 157 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ Qurʾān 3:144