Re: The significance of Arabic names in Islam
This is remarkabally funny, i never looked at these names in this way before u pointed it out.
but at the end of the day like a few people have pointed out its not about religion its more about where u live, and as someone pointed out the early muslims lived in the middle east and their names have been used all over the world now.
And in them days these names were not given to the child at birth but they were titles given to the people for example the prophet (pbuh) was given the title the truthful one. and Usman (my name) stands for generous.
Although i wouldnt hold it against anyone to call their children tinkerbell or sunshine i feel that it is necessary for one to relate to religion,
The prophet (pbuh) said that muslims should not copy nonmuslims. the fact that people are naming their children english names (in my opinion) just represents a foolish attempt to “fit in”
besides the parent should also consider whether the name sounds right or not, if people are worried that fakhar and anas or anis dont sound right i think they must consider the fact that there is a greater possibility of names like sunshine and tinkerbell sounding outrageous.
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