Muslim Name · Male · Arabic origin
Arafat Name Meaning in Islam
The plain of recognition, the holiest station of Hajj, where Allah boasts….
- Meaning
- The plain of recognition, the holiest station of Hajj, where Allah boasts…
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ع-ر-ف
- Urdu
- عرفات
- Pronunciation
- a-RA-fat
- Lucky number
- 4
Is Arafat an Islamic name? Yes. Arafat is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: The plain of recognition, the holiest station of Hajj, where Allah boasts…. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ع-ر-ف. Root meaning to know, to recognize; 'arafa is recognition and 'irfan is gnostic knowledge.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ain perceives the gathered pilgrims, Ra carries mercy across the plain, Fa opens the heart, Alif anchors as origin, and the light Ta bears witness, a name of the day of recognition.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Arafat carries fire and water together, the two most different elements, will and mercy in one hand. This is a person of intense inner weather, capable of both flame and calm depth. Sitting inside the reading is Al-Alim, the All-Knowing, giving the bearer a knowing that predates study, softened by Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, carried as the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Arafat contains more than they show.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The plain of recognition, from root ع-ر-ف (arafa, to know, to recognise). عرفات (Arafat, plural of recognition). Hajj is Arafah, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Al-Hajj Arafah.' Standing on the plain of Arafah on the 9th of Dhul Hijjah is the pillar of Hajj.
'There is no day on which Allah frees more people from the Fire than the Day of Arafah. He draws near and boasts of them before the angels'. Hadith (Muslim).
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Yasser Arafat1929–2004·PalestinePalestinian political leader and chairman of the PLO
How to Pronounce Arafat
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They are the same name. Arafat is also written Arafaat. One name, several romanisations of عرفات.
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