Ṣāliḥ
صَالِح
Say it SAA-lih
Righteous, good
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ṣ-l-ḥ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 7:73, 11:61, 26:142 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Salih, Saleh, Saaleh
Meaning & source
An Arabic name, as al-Jawālīqī says: “righteous, good”.
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قَالَ الْجَوَالِيقِيُّ: أَسْمَاءُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ كُلُّهَا أَعْجَمِيَّةٌ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةً آدَمُ وَصَالِحٌ وَشُعَيْبٌ وَمُحَمَّدٌ
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وَرَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ فِي نَفْسِهِ مِنْ قَوْمٍ صُلَحاء
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root ṣ-l-ḥ, vol. 2, p. 516 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Ṣāliḥ (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 7:73