Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Sajida Name Meaning in Islam
Sajida.
- Meaning
- Sajida. Prostrating. Quranic girls name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- ساجدہ
- Pronunciation
- sa-JI-da
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Sajida an Islamic name? Yes. Sajida is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Sajida. Prostrating. Quranic girls name. 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
س-ج-د, feminine of Sājid, from s-j-d. Sājida is the woman in sujūd, the worshipper.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Sin of secret opens, Alif of origin, Jeem of inner beauty, Dal of return, Alif. Prostration sealed in feminine form.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Sajida's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Sami, the All-Hearing, carried by a person as the alertness to hear what is not being said aloud. A person named Sajida carries a full weather system inside a single quiet chest.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The prostrating one, the woman in sujud, feminine of sajid, from the root س-ج-د (sajada, to prostrate, to fall down on the face in worship). The Quran uses the same root throughout: 'And those who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate (sujjadan) and standing' (25:64); 'They were ones who would arise from their beds, calling upon their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend' (32:16), the verse describing the believers preceded by the action of prostration.
Surah al-Sajda (the 32nd Surah of the Quran) takes its name from the verse of prostration within it: 'Only those believe in Our verses who, when they are reminded by them, fall down in prostration and exalt with the praise of their Lord' (32:15). The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in prostration' (Muslim), sujud is the posture of the soul's nearest approach to Allah.
The name Sajida as a girls name calls the bearer to the highest posture of worship. Top Pakistani, Egyptian, Levantine, and Maghrebi girls name. Variants: Sajida, Saajida, Sajidah, Sajeeda. The Arabic is سَاجِدَة.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Sajida
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Names sharing the س Sin influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Sajida
What does the name Sajida mean?
The letters of Sajida, beginning with Sin, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Sajida? →
Is Sajida mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Sajida included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Sajida mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Sajida. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Sajida a good Islamic name?
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Is Sajida a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Sajida in Ilm ul Huroof?
The reading comes from Ilm ul Huroof, the letter-science Ibn Arabi taught. Each letter in Sajida carries an ontological role. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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