Emmanuel
إيمانويلIn Arabic
- Meaning
- God is with us
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Other spellings
- Emanuel, Immanuel, Manuel
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
A Hebrew name that Christian theology reads as a title of Jesus (Matthew 1:23); Jews also use it as Immanuel. Counted as a name of another religion; a scholar's call. Some fatwas (IslamWeb 266275 and 301771) call names peculiar to another faith impermissible for a Muslim; others (SeekersGuidance) allow foreign names unless their meaning expresses disbelief. Scholars differ.
Confidence: high
Sources
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