Abdul Jabbar

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Abdul Jabbar (Arabic: عبد الجبار) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Jabbar. The name means "servant of the All-compeller", Al-Jabbar being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Jabbar, Jabar or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

People[]

People of faith[]

  • Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (935–1025), Iraqi Qadi and religious author
  • Abdel-Sattar Abdel-Jabbar, Iraqi cleric
  • Abduljabbar Nasuru Kabara, Nigerian Islamic cleric
  • Nasuru Kabara (1924 - 1996) Nigerian Islamic cleric and formal Qadiriyya leader of West Africa.

Activists[]

Politicians[]

Scientists[]

  • Abdul Jabbar Hassoon Jerri, known as Abdul Jerri (born 1932), Iraqi American physicist and mathematician

Sportspeople[]

Entertainers[]

Other[]

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References[]

  1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.


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