Fir'awn
فرعونIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Pharaoh, the title of Egypt's king; the proud tyrant of Musa's time
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic, Other
- Other spellings
- Fir'aun, Firaoun, Firaun, Pharaon
Islamic naming guidance
- Discouraged
- Scholars differ about this name.
- In the Qur’an
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Name of a notorious tyrant: disliked
Islam Q&A lists the names of Pharaohs and other tyrants among the disliked names; this is scholars' discouragement, not a hadith. The Qur'an shows him claiming lordship and drowning.
Confidence: medium
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