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Browse Muslim and Quranic baby names beginning with the letter M.

Names beginning with M can include modern names, traditional Islamic names and Quranic-inspired choices. This A–Z page makes it easier to browse them all in one place.

1809 names found

Maakuf

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Maakuf is an Arabic name for boys that means a place where people stay overnight, especially describing a mosque where people stay overnight to worship God, as it is done by some people during the month of Ramadan.

Maalik

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Owner, proprietor, master, an attribute applied to Allah Almighty , Name of a sahabi who took part in the battle of badr , Name of great jurist and scholar of Hadith.

Maany

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Maany is an Arabic name for boys that means meanings, being the plural of Ma`naa (meaning). It also means virtues, a persons good traits. The name can also be an attribution to the city of Ma`an in Jordan, in which case the meaning would one who comes from the city of Ma`an.

Madan

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Name of the tutor of the family of Ziyad ibn Abih at Basrah and then at Kufah, he was called al-fil because of the elephant his master had given.

Maeena

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Kind, Compassionate and Tenderhearted. Maeena is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means helper, one who takes care of others. It is an alternative pronunciation of the name Mueena. It is not directly mentioned in the Quran, but its root A-W-N is used in many places in the Quran.

Mafakhir

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Mafakhir is an Arabic name for boys that means glorious deed, glorious trait, object of pride, something that people are proud of. It is the plural of Mafkharah.

Mahaad

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Mahaad is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means bringer of ease, one who comforts others, one who makes things even and uniform. It is derived from the M-H26-D root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Mahabad

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Mahabad is a Persian name for girls that is the name of a city and river in Western Iran. The word is (possibly) formed from Mah (moon) and abad (city, settlement), literally meaning city of the moon, settlement of the moon).

Mahiar

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Mahiar is a Persian name for boys that literally means friend of the moon, one who has the moon with himself, figuratively meaning handsome, radiant, and possibly blessed, fortunate.

Mahtaj

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Mahtaj is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful, from the words Mah (moon) and taj (crown), literally meaning crown of the moon, figuratively meaning the most beautiful among the beautiful ones.

Maidan

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Name of the tutor of the family of Ziyad ibn Abih at Basrah and then at Kufah, he was called al-fil because of the elephant his master had given.

Majal

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Majal is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means chance, opportunity. It also means domain, scope, area of knowledge, Its literal meaning is space, room, elbowroom.

Manuchehr

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Manuchehr is a Persian name for boys that is the name of a mythical Persian king. The name itself may mean one who is from paradise, one who has the characteristics of people of paradise.

Maqbuli

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Maqbuli is an Arabic name for boys that means accepted, approved, especially a prayer that has been accepted by God. It is an attribution to Maqbul.

Mardin

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Mardin is the name of a city in Kurdistan of Turkey (eastern Turkey). The word itself may originally be from Syriac with the meaning of fortress.

Mareekh

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Mareekh is an Arabic name for boys and girls that is a synonym of Murdasanj , which is a chemical that was used in Medieval times in alchemy and medicine. In English it is known as lead monoxide (chemical formula PbO).

Marghaa

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Marghaa is an Arabic name for girls that means garden, meadow, green field, an area of land covered with thriving plants and trees. It is a variant of Marghah.

Marjina

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Gold, Ruby, Pearl and Coral. Marjina is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means little pearl, and can also refer to precious coral. Marjina is a non-standard modification of the name Marjana , which itself is the singular form of the name Marjaan.

Marmari

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Marmari is an Arabic name for girls that means like marble, which is a type of limestone used in sculpture and architecture. It also means heavy rain. It is a variant of the word Marmarah.

Marmuri

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Marmuri is an Arabic name for girls that means like marble, which is a type of limestone used in sculpture and architecture. It is a pet form of the Marmari.

Marwani

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Marwani is an Arabic name for boys. It is an attribution to Marwan. Some sources say it refers to a tree that has a good scent, or to a white stone used for igniting fires.

Marzban

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Marzban is a Persian name for boys that means border guard, border patrol, in ancient Persia it was the title of the rulers of the border provinces of the Persian empire. Figuratively it means warrior, guardian, champion.

Masar

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Masar means route (the path(s) taken to reach a destination). It is not directly mentioned in the Quran, but it is derived from S-Y-R root which is used heavily in the Quran, such as in 34:18:

Masari

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Masari is an Arabic name for boys that is an attribution to Masar, which means road, path, direction of travel, thus Masari means on the road, belonging to the road.

Masarra

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Good News and Glad Tidings | Happiness, Laughter, Joy and Delight. BLANKENTER Masarra is a name for girls meaning delight, joy, cause for celebration. It is an indirect Quranic name, its root is S-R-R which is used a lot in the Quran such as in 84:9:

Mashael

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Light and Radiance.Mashael is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means lights, lanterns, torches, sources of light. Mashael is the plural of Mashal. It is derived from the SH-AIN-L root which is used in verse 4 of Surat Maryam in the Quran.

Mashawir

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Mashawir is an Arabic name for boys that means honeycomb cells, it is the plural of Mashar (honeycomb cell), which is one of the cells in a honeycomb that hold honey.

Mashkuri

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Mashkuri is an Arabic name for boys that means appreciated, thanked, a person whose acts have gained the gratefulness of others. It is an attribution to Mashkur.

Mashrafi

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Mashrafi is an Arabic name for boys that means refers to a type of sword famed for its craftsmanship and superiority. The word is derived from the SH-R-F root which gives meanings of elevation, greatness, honor.

Mashruh

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Mashruh is an Arabic name for boys that means explained. It also means relaxed, opened, especially referring to a heart that is open to accept something.

Mashta

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Mashta is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means wintertime. It also means winter resort, a place where people spend time during the winter.

Masik

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Masik is an Arabic name for boys that means grasper, holder, figuratively meaning one who follows a religion or ideology. It also means one who uses musk.

Masiri

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Masiri is an Arabic name for boys that means of or related to fate and destiny, being an attribution to Masir (fate, destiny). It is also an attribution to Masirah, which is a region of the Oman Sultanate in the Arabian Peninsula.

Mastoor

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Mastoor is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means hidden, covered, figuratively meaning modest. If Mastoor it is spelled in Arabic, the meaning would recorded, written. Both spellings are directly used in the Quran.

Mataf

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Mataf is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means place of tawaf (a place where people perform circumambulation, which refers to the courtyard of the Holy Sanctuary in Mecca, Saudi Arabia), a place that is visited often.

Mathnawi

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It's an Arabic name for boys and girls that means couplet, binary, in twos, in pairs.It usually refers to a format of poetry in which each two lines rhyme and have the same metre.It is usually pronounced in the Persian way (Masnavi) to refer to the Masnavi of Rumi, which is a work of poetry composed by the Persian poet

Mawfoud

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Mawfoud is an Arabic name for boys that means delegate, agent, deputy, a person who has been sent somewhere to act on behalf of someone else.

Maziar

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Maziar is a Persian name for boys that means king of the mountain, originally being the title of the king in the area of the Maz mountain in Tabaristan, Persia.

Mehranghiz

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Mehranghiz is a Persian name for girls that means kind, affectionate, from the words Mehran (kind, affectionate) and anghiz (one who brings about), thus literally meaning one who causes and brings about kindness and affection.

Mehrtash

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Mehrtash is a Persian-Turkish name for boys that means kind, affectionate, from the Persian word mehr (affection) and the Turkish word tash (one who accompanies, thus one who has/possesses). Since mehr also means the Sun in Persian, Mehrtash could also mean Sun-possessor, and figuratively radiant, full of light.

Melissa

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Melissa is a Greek name for girls that means honey-bee. It can also refer to the plant known as lemon balm in English, whose scientific name is Melissa officinalis.

Miad

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Miad is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means date, appointment, set time. The Quran uses it to refer to the Day of Judgment, since it is an appointment that all humans have to attend.

Mibkar

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Mibkar is an Arabic name for boys that means one who leaves for work early in the day. It also means one who has much initiative, one who always takes the first step.

Mijbar

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Mijbar is an Arabic name for boys that means one who mends and improves things, such as a person who mends the relationships between people, or a person who mends a broken object.

Milhaan

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Milhaan is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that refers to Kanoon al-Awwal or Kanoon ath-Thani (the months of December or January in English). The name comes from milh (salt), which is also used to refer to a pure white color, and December/January is named so due to its whiteness caused by snowfall.

Mirsad

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Mirsad is an Arabic name for boys that means lookout, observation post, observatory, place of ambush (a place where people lie in wait for ambush someone/something).

Mishkat

Arabic

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Mishkat is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means means niche, which is a shallow recess in a wall that contains a lantern (it is like a shelf to put lanterns on, but the shelf is embedded inside the wall). The word Mishkat is used in the Quran in verse 24:35:

Mithar

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Mithar is an Arabic name for boys that means one who prefers others to himself, one who thinks of others before himself, a person who is generous and not selfish.

Mizn

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Cloud and Rain.Mizn is direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means white cloud, rain-bearing cloud and rain. It is a common, though non-Standard, pronunciation of the name Muzn. BLANKENTER This word is used in the Quran in Surat al-Waqiah (chapter 56 of the Quran)

Mizna

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Cloud and Rain. Mizna is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means white cloud, rain-bearing cloud, rain. It is a common, though non-Standard, pronunciation of the name Muzna. Mizna is derived from the M-Z-N root which is used in the Quran in 56:69.

Moeza

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Moeza is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means one who loves others dearly, bringer of glory and might, one who appreciates others, one who grants honor to others. It is derived from the AIN-Z-Z root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Moutasim

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Moutasim is an Arabic name for boys that means one who takes refuge, one who takes recourse, especially one who takes refuge in God and puts his trust in Him.

Muayyah

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Muayyah is an Arabic name for girls that literally means one who howls, from the root AIN-W-A (to howl), and it refers to female dogs and the cubs of foxes, lions, and other animals. It is the diminutive form of the Sahabi name Muawiyah.

Mudassira

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Mudassira is an indirect Quranic name for girls. It is an easier pronunciation of Mudathira, used by both Arabs and non-Arabs. You can use either Mudassira or Mudathira, whichever you like, it doesnt affect the meaning. For more details please see the main name Mudathira.

Mudathir

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Mudathir is a direct Quranic name for boys that means clothed, enveloped in garments, or dressed (in a particular way, mudathir fi burdatun sawdaaun means dressed in a black garment). It is the name of chapter 74 of the Quran and it is used in the first verse of the chapter to describe Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Mudathira

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Mudathira is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means clothed, enveloped in garments, or dressed (in a particular way, mudathira fi burdatun sawdaaun means dressed in a black garment). Mudathira is derived from the D-TH-R root which is used in chapter 74 of the Quran.

Muhaffiz

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Muhaffiz is an Arabic name for boys that means one who causes others to receive knowledge, literally meaning one who causes others to memorize.

Muhajira

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Muhajirah is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means one who avoids, one who leaves something/somewhere, and when used as a name it means one who avoids sins, one who leaves bad things alone (doesnt engage in them), one who leaves the world alone (is not greedy). Muhajirah also means one who performs Hijrah, whic

Muhajjad

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Muhajjad is an Arabic name for boys that means put to sleep, a person that has been put to sleep by someone else, such as a child put to sleep by his mother.

Muhallil

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Muhallil is an Arabic name for boys that means one who pronounces the Testimony of Faith, i.e. one who says la ilaha illallah, a person who says there is no deity besides God.

Muhiz

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Muhiz is an Arabic name for boys that means extra generous, extra honorable, one who is ahead of others when it comes to generosity and honor.

Muhizzat

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Muhizzat is the Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhizzah which means gracious, extra generous, extra honorable, one who is ahead of others when it comes to generosity and honor. It is used for both boys and girls.

Muinudeen

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Muinudeen is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means helper of the faith, one who helps and supports Islam. It is derived from Muin (helper), which comes from the Ain-W-N Quranic root, and Deen (religion, creed, faith), which comes from the D-Y-N Quranic root. Both of these roots are used often in the Quran and De

Mujibi

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Mujibi is an Arabic name for boys that means answerer, responder, especially a person who agrees to help someone who is in need and asking for help. It is an attribution to Mujib.

Mukairim

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Mukairim is an Arabic name for boys that means one who treats others with honor, one who honors and respects others. It is the diminutive form of Mukrim.

Mukallaf

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Mukallaf is an Arabic name for boys that means responsible, obligated, entrusted, especially someone who is no longer a child and is treated as an adult legally.

Muqaddim

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Muqaddim is an Arabic name for boys that means one who offers something, one who puts something forward, one who brings something near, one who presents something.

Murawwih

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Murawwih is an Arabic name for boys that means one who is wearing musk, one who is wearing perfume. It also means one who is praying (or prays) the Taraweeh prayer.

Murid

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Murid is an Arabic name for boys that means seeker, desirous. In Sufi literature it refers to the first rank of a student of Sufism.

Mursili

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Mursili is an Arabic name for boys that means message-giver, a person who gives a message to someone else for delivery. It is an attribution to Mursil.

Murtawi

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Murtawi is an Arabic name for boys that means quenched, watered, someone or something that is vibrant and has enough water and is not thirsty or dry.

Murzi

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Murzi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who does acts or gives gifts/charity that gain other peoples approval, one who satisfies.

Murziq

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Murziq is an Arabic name for boys that means giver of provision, one who takes care of the needs of people and provides them with food and other necessities.

Murziqah

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Murziqah is an Arabic name for girls that means giver of provision, one who takes care of the needs of people and provides them with food and other necessities.

Musaf

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Musaf is an Arabic name for boys that means arranged in lines, it is an attribute that can describe the people praying in lines at the mosque, and so on.

Musannif

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Musannif is an Arabic name for boys that means classifier, categorizer, arranger. It is sometimes used to mean author (a person who writes a book).

Musawwarah

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Musawwarah is an Arabic name for girls that means formed, shaped, pictured, imagined. In modern Arabic it means photographed, painted, something or someone that has been photographed or painted.

Musayyib

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Musayyib is an Arabic name for boys that means one who leaves something unchained, one who leaves something (such as an animal) free to go where it wants.

Musdi

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Musdi is an Arabic name for boys that means giver, granter, bestower. It also means one who does good things among people, one who improves peoples relationships.

Musdiyah

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Musdiyah is an Arabic name for girls that means giver, granter, bestower. It also means one who does good things among people, one who improves peoples relationships.

Musedi

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Musedi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who makes others happy, one who brings joy. It also means helper. It is an attribution to Mused.

Musnad

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Musnad is an Arabic name for boys that means dependable, reliable. It is also a technical term in the science of hadith which means a saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah upon him) that can be traced back to the Prophet himself through a reliable chain of narrators.

Mustahaq

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Mustahaq is an Arabic name for boys that means deserved, rightful, earned, something that deserves to be done toward someone, whether it is a good thing or otherwise.

Muwassil

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Muwassil is an Arabic name for boys that means one who carries out deeds to increase someones love for him, especially a person who does good deeds and performs charity to become more beloved to God.

Muzahhi

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Muzahhi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who sacrifices, especially one who gives away much of his wealth, or tires himself in doing charity. It also means one who slaughters sacrificial animals during Eid al-Adha.

Muzakir

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Muzakir is a direct Quranic name for boys that means one who reminds people of Allah, one who causes people to remember Allah. The Quran uses it to describe Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) in verse 88:21. BLANKENTER So remind them (O Muhammad), you are only one who reminds. (Quran 88:21)

Muzarib

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Muzarib is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means striker, fierce attacker. It is the name of one of the Sahaba (companions of the Prophet (PBUH), whose full name is Muzarib bin Zaid. Muzarib is derived from the DHAD-R-B root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Muzdalifa

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Muzdalifa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that refers to a place between Mount Arafah and Mina, which the pilgrims pass through during Haj proceedings. Muzdalifa is derived from the Z-L-F Quranic root which has meanings of closeness, nearness (opposite distance).

Muzhi

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Muzhi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who prays the Zuha prayer, which is a prayer that can be done in the morning. It also means one causes something to become apparent/manifest.