Rafiq Explained

Rafiq or Rafique (Arabic: رفیق ), meaning "intimate friend", "companion", and "comrade", is an Arabic masculine given name and surname also used in several other languages. Notable people with the name include:

Constituent of compound name

• Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation)
• Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation), several people

Given name

• Rafiq Uddin Ahmed (1926–1952), demonstrator killed during Bengali Language Movement
• Rafiquddin Ahmad (1932–2013), chairman of Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation
• Rafiq Azad (1941-2016), Bengali poet
• Rafiq Bhatia (born 1987), American musician
• Rafiq Sabir (born 1950), Kurdish poet
• Rafiq Shahadah (born 1956), Syrian military officer
• Rafiq Tağı (1950–2011), Azerbaijani journalist
• Rafiq Zakaria (1920–2005), Indian politician

Surname

• Azeem Rafiq (born 1991), English cricketer
• Bilal Rafiq (born 1985), Pakistani footballer

Other

• Rafiq or companion, a title in the hierarchy of the Nizari Ismailis of Alamut period