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Tarik

طارقIn Arabic

Meaning
The morning star, the night visitor; the title of sura 86
About the name
At-Tariq, 'the nightly star' (86:1), is the title of sura 86. Tariq ibn Ziyad, an Umayyad commander many modern scholars consider Berber, led the landing in Iberia in 711; Gibraltar is named after him (Jabal Tariq, 'mountain of Tariq').
For
A boy
Origin
Arabic
Other spellings
Tareck, Tarek, Tareq, Tariq

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • In the Qur’an

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

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