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Gabriel
غابرييلIn Arabic
- Meaning
- God is my strength; the archangel who carries God's messages
- About the name
- Gabriel is the archangel Jibril, who in Islam brings God's revelation to the prophets. Muslims believe the first verses of Sura 96 (al-Alaq) were the first he delivered to Muhammad. Jews and Christians know him from the Book of Daniel and the Gospel of Luke.
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Other spellings
- Gabriël, Gabryel
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
- In the Qur’an
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources
Jibril, the angel of revelation, is named in the Qur'an. Scholars differ on naming a child after an angel: Imam Malik disliked Jibril as a name, Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Uthaymeen call such names disliked, and most scholars allow them.
Confidence: medium
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