Nur al-Din
نور الدينIn Arabic
- Meaning
- Light of the religion
- For
- A boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- Other spellings
- Nooruddin, Noureddin, Noureddine, Nouredine, Nuruddin
Islamic naming guidance
- Permissible
- Scholars differ about this name.
Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.
Honorific tied to religion: scholars differ
Islam Q&A names Nur al-Din among the al-Din compounds that most scholars call disliked. Some scholars dislike compounds that praise the bearer's religion; Islam Q&A says most call them disliked and a few forbid them. In wide use, so flagged rather than hidden.
Confidence: high
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