Manaf Explained

Manaf (Arabic: مناف|link=no ) may refer to:

• Manaf (deity), a pre-Islamic Arabian deity

Ancient Arab names based on the phrase Abd Manaf (lit. slave of Manaf):

• Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, great-great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Hashim ibn Abd Manaf great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf, one of the ancestors of the Sahaba (Muhammad's companions)

A modern male given name:

• Manaf Abushgeer (born 1980), Saudi Arabian football player
• Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi (died 2013), Iraqi jihadist
• Manaf Suleymanov (1912–2001), Azerbaijani writer
• Manaf Tlass (born 1964), Syrian general

See also

• Munaf (disambiguation)
• Munif