Abdul Hai Explained

Abdul Hai (Arabic: عبد الحي|translit=Abd al-Ḥayy) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Hayy. The name means "servant of the Living God", Al-Hayy being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^{[1] [2]}

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hai, Hay, Hayy or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

Notable people with the name include:

• Saʿīd Abdul-Hay ibn Dhaḥḥāk ibn Maḥmūd Gardēzī, or just Abu Saʿīd Gardēzī, (died ca. 1061), Persian historian
• Muhammad Abdul-Hayy Siddiqui, known as Bekhud Badayuni (1857–1912), Indian Urdu poet
• Saleh Abdel Hai (1896–1962), Egyptian singer
• Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984), Afghan scholar and historian
• Abdel hay Mashhour (born 1923), Egyptian academic administrator
• Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989), Sudanese poet
• Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, known as Daniel Moore (poet), (born 1940), American poet, essayist and librettist
• Asif Abdulhai Mulla, or just Asif Mulla (born 1980), Indian-Canadian cricketer
• Abdul Hai Baloch, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Hai Neamati, Afghan politician
• Abdul Hai (Delhi cricketer), active 1934–1936
• Abdul Hai (Hyderabad cricketer), Hyderabad cricketer
• Muhammad Abdul Hye (1919–1969), Bengali litterateur and linguist

References

1. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
2. Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.