Names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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The names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Arabic: اسما ءالنبي; Asma un-Nabi or اسماء محمد; Asma Muhammad) are described throughout the Quran and in Prophetic literature (Hadiths and Sirah). The Arabs say that the more names a thing is given, the more noble it is. A number of scholars have compiled collections of the names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to increase the appreciation of who he actually is. In some cases they collected 99 names, to match the 99 Names of Allah mentioned in a famous Hadith. In other cases, they collected far more.

	Arabic	Name	Meaning
1	مُحَمَّدٌ	Muḥammad	Oft-Praised
2	أَحْمَدٌ	Aḥmad	Greatest of Praisers
3	حَامِدٌ	Ḥāmid	Praiser
4	مَحْمودٌ	Maḥmūd	Praised One
5	أَحِيدُ	Aḥīd	Repeller
6	وَحِيدٌ	Waḥīd	Unique
7	مَاحٍ	Māḥī	Effacer
8	حَاشِرٌ	Ḥāshir	Gatherer
9	عَاقِبٌ	ʿĀqib	Last in Succession
10	طَهَ	Ṭāhā	Taha
11	يَسٓ	Yāsīn	Yasin
12	طَاهِرٌ	Ṭāhir	Pure One
13	مُطَهَّرٌ	Muṭahhar	Purified
14	طَيِّبٌ	Ṭayyib	Fragrant
15	سَيِّدٌ	Sayyīd	Liegelord
16	رَسُولٌ	Rasūl	Emissary, or Messenger
17	نَبِيٌّ	Nabiyy	Prophet
18	رَسُولُ الرَّحْمَةِ	Rasūlu r-Raḥmah	Emissary of Mercy
19	قَيِّمٌ	Qayyim	Upright
20	جَامِعٌ	Jāmiʿ	Embodier of all Virtues
21	مُقْتَفٍ	Muqtafī	Successor to the Past Prophets
22	مُقَفِّى	Muqaffī	Surpasser
23	رَسُولُ الْمَلَاحِمِ	Rasūlu l-Malāḥim	Emissary who fought Battles
24	رَسُولُ الرَّاحَةِ	Rasūlu r-Rāḥah	Emissary of Comfort
25	كَامِلٌ	Kāmil	Complete
26	إِكْلِيلٌ	Iklīl	Crown
27	مُدَّثِّرٌ	Muddaththir	Enwrapped in His Robe
28	مُزَّمِّلٌ	Muzzammil	Enwrapped in His Cloak
29	عَبْدُ اللهِ	ʿAbdullāh	Slave of Allah
30	حَبِيبُ اللهِ	Ḥabībullāh	Beloved of Allah
31	صَفِيُّ اللهِ	Ṣafiyyullāh	One Solely Chosen by Allah
32	نَجِّيُّ اللهِ	Najiyyullāh	One who had Intimate Discourse with Allah
33	كَلِيمُ اللهِ	Kalīmullāh	One Addressed by Allah
34	خَاتِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ	Khatimu l-Anbiyā’	Seal of the Prophets
35	خَاتِمُ الرُّسُلِ	Khātimu r-Rusul	Seal of the Emissaries
36	مُحْيٍ	Muḥyī	Reviver
37	مُنْجٍ	Munjī	Deliverer
38	مُذَكِّرٌ	Mudhakkir	One Who Reminds
39	نَاصِرٌ	Nāṣir	Bringer of Victory
40	مَنْصُورٌ	Manṣūr	One Granted Victory
41	نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ	Nabiyyu r-Raḥmah	Prophet of Mercy
42	نَبِيُّ التَّوْبَةِ	Nabiyyu t-Tawbah	Prophet of Repentance
43	حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ	Harīṣun ʿAlaykum	Most Concerned for You
44	مَعْلُومٌ	Maʿlūm	Known One
45	شَهِيرٌ	Shahīr	Renowned
46	شَاهِدٌ	Shāhid	Testifier
47	شَهِيدٌ	Shahīd	Witness
48	مَشْهُودٌ	Mashhūd	One Witnessed to
49	بَشِيرٌ	Bashīr	Bearer of Good Tidings
50	مُبَشِّرٌ	Mubashshir	Bringer of Good News
51	نَذِيرٌ	Nadhīr	Warner
52	مُنْذِرٌ	Mundhir	Admonisher
53	نُورٌ	Nūr	Light
54	سِرَاجٌ	Sirāj	Lamp
55	مِصْبَاحٌ	Miṣbāh	Lantern
56	هُدَىً	Hudā	Guidance
57	مَهْدِيٌ	Mahdiyy	Guided
58	مُنِيرٌ	Munīr	Giver of Light
59	دَاعٍ	Dāʿī	Caller
60	مَدْعُوٌّ	Madʿuww	Called Upon
61	مُجِيبٌ	Mujīb	Answerer to the Call
62	مُجَابٌ	Mujāb	Answered
63	حَفِيٌّ	Ḥafiyy	Welcoming
64	عَفُوٌّ	ʿAfuww	Much-Pardoning
65	وَلِيٌّ	Waliyy	One Close to Allah
66	حَقٌ	Ḥaqq	Truth
67	قَوِيٌّ	Qawiyy	Mighty
68	أَمِينٌ	Amīn	Trustworthy
69	مَأْمُونٌ	Ma’mūn	Trusted
70	كَرِيمٌ	Karīm	Noble
71	مُكَرَّمٌ	Mukarram	Ennobled
72	مَكِينٌ	Makīn	Unshakeable
73	مَتِينٌ	Matīn	Firm
74	مُبِينٌ	Mubīn	Evident, Clarifier
75	مُؤَمِّلٌ	Mu’ammil	Hopeful
76	وَصُولٌ	Waṣūl	Maintainer of Ties
77	ذُو قُوَّةٍ	Dhū Quwwah	Possessor of Might
78	ذُو حُرْمَةٍ	Dhū Ḥurmah	Possessor of Sanctity
79	ذُو مَكَانَةٍ	Dhū Makānah	Possessor of a Mighty Station
80	ذُو عِزٍّ	Dhū ʿIzz	Possessor of Glory
81	ذُو فَضْلٍ	Dhū Faḍl	Possessor of Virtue
82	مُطَاعٌ	Muṭāʿ	Obeyed
83	مُطِيعٌ	Muṭīʿ	Obedient
84	قَدَمُ صِدْقٍ	Qadamu Ṣidq	Sure Forerunner
85	رَحْمَةٌ	Raḥmah	Mercy
86	بُشْرَى	Bushrā	Glad Tidings
87	غُوثٌ	Ghawth	Aid
88	غَيْثٌ	Ghayth	Relief
89	غِيَاثٌ	Ghiyāth	Succour
90	نِعْمَةُ اللهِ	Niʿmatullāh	Allah’s Blessing
91	هَدِيَّةُ اللهِ	Hadiyyatullāh	Allah’s Gift
92	عُرْوَةٌ وُثْقَى	ʿUrwatun Wuthqā	Most Trusty Hold
93	صِرَاطُ اللهِ	Ṣirāṭullāh	Path to Allah
94	صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ	Ṣirāṭun Mustaqīm	Straight Path
95	ذِكْرُ اللهِ	Dhikrullāh	Remembrance of Allah
96	سَيْفُ اللهِ	Sayfullāh	Sword of Allah
97	حِزْبُ اللهِ	Ḥizbullāh	Party of Allah
98	النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ	An-Najmu th-thāqib	Shining Star
99	مُصْطَفَى	Muṣṭafā	Chosen
100	مُجْتَبَى	Mujtabā	Selected
101	مُنْتَقَى	Muntaqā	Elect
102	أُمِّيٌ	Ummiyy	Unlettered
103	مُخْتَارٌ	Mukhtār	Preferred One
104	أَجِيرٌ	Ajīr	Protector
105	جَبَّارٌ	Jabbār	Rectifier
106	أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ	Abu l-Qāsim	Father of Qasim
107	أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ	Abu ṭ-Ṭāhir	Father of Tahir
108	أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ	Abu ṭ-Ṭayyib	Father of Tayyib
109	أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ	Abū Ibrāhīm	Father of Ibrahim
110	مُشَفَّعٌ	Mushaffaʿ	One Permitted to Intercede
111	شَفِيعٌ	Shafīʿ	Intercessor
112	صَالِحٌ	Ṣāliḥ	Righteous
113	مُصْلِحٌ	Muṣliḥ	Rectifier
114	مُهَيْمِنٌ	Muhaymin	Guardian
115	صَادِقٌ	Ṣādiq	Truthful
116	مُصَدَّقٌ	Muṣaddaq	Confirmed
117	صِدْقٌ	Ṣidq	Truthfulness
118	سَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ	Sayyidu l-Mursalīn	Master of the Emissaries
119	إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ	Imāmu l-Muttaqīn	Leader of the God-fearing
120	قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ	Qā’idu l-Ghurri l-Muḥajjalīn	Leader of the Brightly Shining Ones
121	خَلِيلُ الرَّحْمٰنِ	Khalīlu r-Raḥmān	Intimate Friend of the All-Merciful
122	بَرٌّ	Barr	Dutiful
123	مَبَرٌّ	Mabarr	Fulfiller of Oaths
124	وَجِيهٌ	Wajīh	Eminent
125	نَصِيحٌ	Naṣīḥ	Sincere Well-Wisher
126	نَاصِحٌ	Nāṣiḥ	Sincere Advisor
127	وَكِيلٌ	Wakīl	Entrusted
128	مُتَوَكِّلٌ	Mutawwakil	Wholly Reliant on Allah
129	كَفِيلٌ	Kafīl	Guarantor
130	شَفِيقٌ	Shafīq	Tenderhearted
131	مُقِيمُ السُّنَّةِ	Muqīmu s-Sunnah	Upholder of the Sunnah
132	مُقدَّسٌ	Muqaddas	Pure and Inviolate
133	رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ	Rūḥu l-Qudus	Pure Spirit
134	رُوحُ الْحَقِّ	Rūḥu l-Ḥaqq	Spirit of Truth
135	رُوحُ الْقِسْطِ	Rūḥu l-Qisṭ	Spirit of Justice
136	كَافٍ	Kāfī	Sufficer
137	مُكْتَفٍ	Muktafī	Contented
138	بَالِغٌ	Bāligh	Accomplished
139	مُبَلِّغٌ	Muballigh	Conveyor
140	شَافٍ	Shāfī	Healer
141	وَاصِلٌ	Wāṣil	Attainer
142	مَوْصُولٌ	Mawṣūl	Connected
143	سَابِقٌ	Sābiq	Forerunner
144	سَائِقٌ	Sā’iq	Driver
145	هَادٍ	Hādī	Guide
146	مُهْدٍ	Muhdi	Guider
147	مُقَدَّمٌ	Muqaddam	Foremost
148	عَزِيزٌ	ʿAzīz	Mighty
149	فَاضِلٌ	Fāḍil	Outstanding
150	مُفَضَّلٌ	Mufaḍḍal	Favoured
151	فَاتِحٌ	Fātiḥ	Conqueror
152	مِفْتَاحٌ	Miftāḥ	Key
153	مِفْتَاحُ الرَّحْمَةِ	Miftāḥu r-Raḥmah	Key to Mercy
154	مِفْتَاحُ الْجَنَّةِ	Miftāḥu l-Jannah	Key to the Garden
155	عَلَمُ الْإِيمَانِ	ʿAlamu l-Īmān	Sign of Faith
156	عَلَمُ الْيَقِينِ	ʿAlamu l-Yaqīn	Sign of Certainty
157	دَلِيلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ	Dalīlu l-Khayrāt	Guide to Benefits
158	مُصَحِّحُ الْحَسَنَاتِ	Musaḥḥihu l-Ḥasanāt	Verifier of Good Deeds
159	مُقِيلُ الْعَثَرَاتِ	Muqīlu l-ʿAtharāt	Pardoner of Errors
160	صَفُوحٌ عَنِ الزَّلَّاتِ	Ṣafūḥun ʿani z-Zallāt	Overlooker of Lapses
161	صَاحِبُ الشَّفَاعَةِ	Ṣaḥību sh-Shafāʿah	Possessor of Intercession
162	صَاحِبُ الْمَقَامِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Maqām	Possessor of the Lofty Station
163	صَاحِبُ الْقَدَمِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Qadam	Possessor of Precedence
164	مَخْصُوصٌ بِالْعِزِّ	Makhṣūṣ bi-l ʿIzz	One Singled out for Glory
165	مَخْصُوصٌ بِالْمَجْدِ	Makhṣūṣ bi-l-Majd	One Distinguished by Splendour
166	مَخْصُوصٌ بِالشَّرَفِ	Makhṣūṣ bi-sh-Sharaf	One Distinguished by Nobility
167	صَاحِبُ الْوَسِيلَةِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Wasīlah	Possessor of Privileged Access
168	صَاحِبُ السَّيْفِ	Ṣāḥibu s-Sayf	Possessor of the Sword
169	صَاحِبُ الْفَضِيلَةِ	Ṣāḥību l-Faḍīlah	Possessor of Virtue
170	صَاحِبُ الْإِزَارِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Izār	Wearer of the Sarong
171	صَاحِبُ الْحُجَّةِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Ḥujjah	Possessor of Proof
172	صَاحِبُ السُّلْطَانِ	Ṣāḥibu s-Sulṭān	Possessor of Authority
173	صَاحِبُ الرِّدَاءِ	Ṣāḥibu r-Ridā’	Wearer of the Mantle
174	صَاحِبُ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ	Ṣāḥibu d-Darajati r-Rafīʿah	Possessor of Exalted Rank
175	صَاحِبُ التَّاجِ	Ṣāḥibu t-Tāj	Wearer of the Crown or Turban
176	صَاحِبُ الْمِغْفَرِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Mighfar	Wearer of the Helmet
177	صَاحِبُ اللِّوَاءِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Liwā’	Possessor of the Banner
178	صَاحِبُ الْمِعْرَاجِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Miʿrāj	Possessor of the Ascension
179	صَاحِبُ الْقَضِيبِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Qaḍīb	Possessor of the Staff
180	صَاحِبُ الْبُرَاقِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Burāq	Rider of the Buraq
181	صَاحِبُ الْخَاتَمِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Khātam	Possessor of the Seal of Prophethood
182	صَاحِبُ الْعَلَامَةِ	Ṣāḥibu l-ʿAlāmah	Possessor of the Mark
183	صَاحِبُ الْبُرْهَانِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Burhān	Possessor of Proof
184	صَاحِبُ الْبَيَانِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Bayān	Possessor of Elucidation
185	فَصِيحُ اللِّسَانِ	Faṣīḥu l-Lisān	Eloquent of Tongue
186	مُطَهَّرُ الْجَنَانِ	Muṭahharu l-Janān	Purified of Soul
187	رَؤُوفٌ	Raūf	Gentle or Kindly
188	رَحِيمٌ	Raḥīm	Merciful
189	اُذُنُ خَيْرٍ	Udhunu Khayr	Hearer of Good
190	صَحِيحُ الْإِسْلَامِ	Ṣaḥīḥu l-Islām	Sound in Islam
191	سَيِّدُ الْكَوْنَيْنِ	Sayyidu l-Kawnayn	Master of Both Worlds
192	عَيْنُ النَّعِيمِ	ʿAynu n-Naʿīm	Source of Bliss
193	عَيْنُ الْغُرِّ	ʿAynu l-Ghurr	Superior of the Enlightened Ones
194	سَعْدُ اللهِ	Saʿdullāh	Allah’s Felicity for Creation
195	سَعْدُ الْخَلْقِ	Saʿdu l-Khalq	Felicity of Creation
196	خَطِيبُ الْأُمَمِ	Khaṭību l-Umam	Speaker Addressing All Nations
197	عَلَمُ الْهُدَى	ʿAlamu l-Hudā	Banner of Guidance
198	كَاشِفُ الْكُرَبِ	Kāshifu l-Kurab	Dispeller of Fears
199	رَافِعُ الرُّتَبِ	Rāfiʿu r-Rutab	Raiser of Ranks
200	عِزُّ الْعَرَبِ	ʿIzzu l-ʿArab	Glory of the Arabs
201	صَاحِبُ الْفَرَجِ	Ṣāḥibu l-Faraj	Bringer of Relief
202	كَرِيمُ الْمَخْرَجِ	Karīmu l-Makhraj	Most Noble in Lineage

Meaning of the Name of Muhammad

Muhammad is the name by which the Prophet is best known. The Prophet ﷺ said:

إِنَّ لِي أَسْمَاءً أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَنَا أَحْمَدُ وَأَنَا الْمَاحِي الَّذِي يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِيَ الْكُفْرَ وَأَنَا الْحَاشِرُ الَّذِي يُحْشَرُ النَّاسُ عَلَى قَدَمَىَّ وَأَنَا الْعَاقِبُ

I have many names: I am Muhammad; I am Ahmad (the Greatest of Praisers); I am Mahi (the Dispeller) through whom Allah dispels disbelief; I am Hashir (the Gatherer) at whose feet mankind will be mustered; and I am Aqib (the Last in Succession). (Bukhari and Muslim)

The name Muhammad is derived from the root ḥa-mīm-dāl (ح-م-د), which means ‘to praise’; this, being the passive participle of the second form, signifies ‘One who is praised continuously and copiously.’ He is so called because his name is forever being mentioned on the tongues of the denizens of the heavens and the earth at every moment in time, and also in their hearts. In fact, he is remembered and brought to mind upon seeing and recognising every beautiful and noble quality and through every knowledge learnt, understood and absorbed since he is the source and epitome of all noble qualities manifested in creation. Not only is he praised abundantly in this world, owing to the guidance and wisdom that he brought: he will also be praised in the next life , thanks to his intercession for the whole of creation after the Resurrection. His name alludes not only to his being much praised but also to the fact that his qualities and virtues are endless and we can never encompass them. The more we discover, the more Allah reveals to us so that we may continue to praise him until the end of time and beyond.

According to a Hadith cited by Abu Nuaym al-Isfahani, it was his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, who named him Muhammad. When asked why he had done so – the name being unknown amongst his forefathers — he answered, “It is my hope that the denizens of all the heavens and the earth will sing his praises.” It was said that he named him so because of a dream in which he saw as if a chain of silver was emanating from his back; one edge of it was in the firmament and the other was in the lands, one side of it pointed towards the east and the other in the west. Then it turned into the form of a tree, with light on every one of its leaves, to which all mankind in the east and west were holding fast. He saw the Arabs and non-Arabs all bowing and people from amongst the Quraysh holding fast to it. Then a group of people came and tried to cut the tree down; but when they drew close, a young lad whose beauty and fragrance Abd al-Muttalib had never seen or smelt the like of, appeared and broke their backs and gouged out their eyes. Abd al-Muttalib tried to reach out to take hold of the tree but he could not reach it. He was told, “You will have a share of it — but through the people who are holding fast to it.” Upon waking up, he related this dream to one of the divines of Quraysh and they interpreted it as meaning that a child would emerge from hi_s progeny to whom all the people in the east and west would hold f_ast and whose praises would be sung by the denizens of the heavens and earth. (Rawd al-unuf)

It is also related by Ibn Hisham and Ibn Sa^’d that the Prophet’s mother Amina heard a voice speak to her, informing her that she had given birth to the leader of his nation and that she should name him Muhammad. Scholars say, combining these two narratives, that she mentioned this to Abd al-Muttalib and so he named him Muhammad, since her experience confirmed what he himself had seen.

No one had been known by this name until shortly before his birth, according to Qadi Iyad. Zarqani in his commentary on al-Mawahib al-ladunniyya agrees that this is the position of the majority of scholars and is the soundest. Since the Jews and Christians were aware of his impending arrival, about fifteen boys, according to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani’s commentary on Bukhari, were named Muhammad in the hope that they would be blessed with prophethood in their household. Yet none of them claimed prophethood, and all passed away before the spread of Islam except Muhammad ibn Adi, who by some accounts accepted the religion at the hand of the Prophet ﷺ.

Honorifics

In central and south Asian countries such as Pakistan and Turkey, the Prophet ﷺ is often referred to with the honorific title Hazrat (Arabic: حضرت) and is called Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ denoting his majesty and holiness. Elsewhere in the Muslim world, the title Sayyiduna (Arabic: سیدنا), meaning “our master” is often said before the name of Muhammad ﷺ.

There is also a strong emphasis on sending prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ after his name is mentioned, orally or written. It is related from Ali who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The miser is the one who, when I am mentioned in his presence, does not send prayers upon me.’”(Tirmidhi)

The most common prayer after the mention of the name of Muhammad ﷺ is ﷺ / صلى الله عليه وسلم (sallAllahu alaihi wasallam), meaning “Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him”. This is sometimes abbreviated to “SAW” or “PBUH” (peace be upon him) when written in English. Abbreviations are however discouraged and there is a strong emphasis on writing out the prayer fully upon the mention of the name of Muhammad ﷺ.

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