إِبْرَاهِيم
Ibrahim
“Name of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and of the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ son”
حضرت ابراہیمؑ اور نبی کریم ﷺ کے صاحبزادے کا نام
In the Quran
۞ وَإِذِ ٱبْتَلَىٰٓ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ رَبُّهُۥ بِكَلِمَٰتٍۢ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ ۖ قَالَ إِنِّى جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًۭا ۖ قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِى ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
اور جب پروردگار نے چند باتوں میں ابراہیم کی آزمائش کی تو ان میں پورے اترے۔ خدا نے کہا کہ میں تم کو لوگوں کا پیشوا بناؤں گا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ (پروردگار) میری اولاد میں سے بھی (پیشوا بنائیو) ۔ خدا نے فرمایا کہ ہمارا اقرار ظالموں کے لیے نہیں ہوا کرتا
And (remember) when his Lord tried Abraham with (His) commands, and he fulfilled them, He said: Lo! I have appointed thee a leader for mankind. (Abraham) said: And of my offspring (will there be leaders)? He said: My covenant includeth not wrong-doers.
What scholars say side by side
Deobandi
Deoband: permissible / correct - very nice and blessed.
Barelvi
The Prophet ﷺ named his own son and Abu Musa's son Ibrahim.
Famous people named Ibrahim
Prophet and Friend of Allah (Khalilullah); father of Ismail and Ishaq; built the Kaaba with Ismail.
Son of the Prophet ﷺ and Mariyah, who died in Madinah before reaching the age of two.
Influential jurist of Kufa whose legal reasoning reached Abu Hanifa through his student Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman.
Last sultan of the Lodi dynasty, killed fighting Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526.
Urdu poet laureate of the Mughal court and teacher of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
What the references say
- Jamia Banuri Town names listProphets' names Open →
- Dawat-e-Islami, Naam Rakhnay Kay Ahkam26 انبیائے کرام علیہم السلام کے عَظَمت والے نام Open →
- Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah (Ibn Hajar)Sahabi, Sahabi (companionship disputed), Tabi'i, Contemporary of the Tabi'een (Taqrib tabaqah 6), Hadith narrator (later generation), Hadith narrator (no Taqrib tabaqah) - e.g. إبراهيم بن جابر Open →
- Darul Uloom Deobandrecommended Open →
- Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Namesfather of nations (Hebrew) Open →
- Quranic Arabic Corpusexact lemma: إِبْرَاهِيم (Proper noun, 69x) Open →
- Qabas Arabic lexiconroot إ ب ر ا ه ي م; gender Boy; type اسم علم; Same word (vowels match)
Questions about Ibrahim
What does Ibrahim mean?
Ibrahim means “Name of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and of the Prophet Muhammad's ﷺ son”. In Urdu: حضرت ابراہیمؑ اور نبی کریم ﷺ کے صاحبزادے کا نام.
Is Ibrahim a boy or girl name?
Ibrahim is a boy's name.
What is the origin of Ibrahim?
Ibrahim is of Hebrew (via Arabic) origin. Its Arabic root is إ ب ر ا ه ي م.
Is Ibrahim in the Quran?
Found in the Quran. See Surah Al-Baqara, ayah 2:124.