Abdul Wahhab Explained
Abdul Wahhab (Arabic: عبد الوهاب|translit=ʻAbd al-Wahhāb) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Wahhāb, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1] [2] It means "servant of the all-giver".
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. The last element may appear as Wahab, Wahhab, Vehhab, Ouahab, and others with the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
- Abd al-Wahhab ibn Rustam (784–832), the founder of the Wahhabism Ibadi Movement, in Tiaret, in Algeria
- Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab (973–1031), Iraqi Maliki scholar and jurist
- ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad aš-Šaʿrānī, known as just Shaʿrānī (1492–1565), Egyptian Sufi teacher
- Mohammed ibn abd al-Wahab al-Ghassani (died 1707), Moroccan diplomat and travel writer
- Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Wahhab (1702–1792), Arab Hanbali scholar, founder of modern Wahhabism
- Abdul Wahab, known as Sachal Sarmast (1739–1829), Sindhi Sufi poet
- Abdulvehhab Ilhamija (1773–1821), Bosnian Dervish and writer
- Kheireddine Abdul Wahab (1878–1944), Lebanese businessman
- Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
- Abdul Wahab Khan Tarzi (born 1903), Afghan civil servant
- Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1902–1991), Egyptian singer and composer
- Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (1909–1964), Iraqi politician
- Khaled Abdul-Wahab (1911–1997), Tunisian who helped Jews in World War II
- Fatin Abdel Wahab (1913–1972), Egyptian film director
- Abdolvahaab Shahidi (born 1914), Iranian singer and barbat player
- Abd al-Wahhab Hawmad (1915–2002), Syrian politician
- Afif Abdul Wahab (1915–2003), Lebanese doctor
- Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf (1916–1959), Iraqi revolutionary
- Abdul Wahab (journalist) (1916–1994), Bangladeshi journalist
- Shah Abd al-Wahhab (1894–1982), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and former principal of Darul Uloom Hathazari
- Abdul Wahhab Pirji (1890–1976), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
- Muhammad Abdulwahhab (born 1923), Indian Muslim religious teacher
- Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayati (1926–1999), Iraqi poet
- Abdel Wahab Elmessiri (1938–2008), Egyptian political philosopher
- Abdul Wahab Adam (1938–2014), Ghanaian Muslim Scholar and Ameer of the Ahmadiyya movement, Ghana
- Abdelwahab Abdallah (born 1940), Tunisian politician
- Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942–1994), Pakistani religious scholar and Sufi Master
- Abdulwahab Darawshe (born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician
- Tuan Haji Anuar bin Haji Abd. Wahab (1945–2009), Malaysian silat expert
- Abdelwahab Meddeb (born 1946), Tunisian-French poet and essayist
- Mounes Abdul Wahab (born 1947), Lebanese blind civil rights activist, author and pioneer of disabled rights movement
- AbdulWahab Raweh (born 1952), Yemeni politician
- Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (born 1962), Egyptian classical composer
- Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail (born 1976), Iraqi footballer
- Musa Abed Al Wahab (born 1977), Saudi held in Guantanamo
- AbdulWahab al-Awdi (born 1978), Yemeni poet
- Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983–2006), Egyptian footballer
- Ariffin Abdul Wahab, Bruneian military officer
- Abdul Wahab Khan (politician), speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
- Abdul Wahab Peevee (P. V. Abdul Wahab), Indian politician
- Zamzani Abdul Wahab (Chef Zam), Malaysian chef
- Abdul Wahab Dar, Pakistani cricketer
- Abdul Wahab (educationist), Pakistani educationist
- A. T. M. Abdul Wahab, Bangladeshi politician
- Abdulwahab Hussain, Bahraini political activist
- Abdul Wahab (Awami League politician)
- Abdul Wahab (Mughal historian)
- Abdul Wahab (Jhenaidah politician)
- Abdul wahab Khan Lodhi (2013-present) part of the Lodhi dynasty
As a female name, it may refer to:
- Sherine Abdel Wahhab (born 1980), Egyptian singer
See also
References
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. Salahuddin Ahmed. Hurst & Company. London. 1999.
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names. S. A. Rahman. Goodword Books. New Delhi. 2001.
