Abdul Hafiz

Abdul Hafiz or Abdul Hafeez (Arabic: عبد الحفيظ ‎) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Hafiz. The name means "servant of the Guardian", Al-Hafīz being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hafiz, Hafeez, Hafid, Hafeedh or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

People with this name include:

• Maulavi Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah, or just Maulavi Barkatullah (1854–1927), Indian independence activist
• Abdelhafid of Morocco (1873–1937), Sultan of Morocco
• Abdul Hafeez (chemist) (1882-1964), Pakistani scientist
• Abdul Hafiz (VC) (1915-1944), Indian army soldier
• Osman Abdel Hafeez (1917–1958), Egyptian fencer
• Abdul Hafeez Kardar, or just Abdul Kardar (1925-1996), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdelhafid Boussouf (1926-1980), Algerian politician
• Abdul Hafiz (Guantanamo detainee) (born ca. 1961), Afghan
• Abdul Hafiz Mansoor (born 1963), Afghan politician
• Abdelhafid Tasfaout (born 1969), Algerian footballer
• Sa'ad Abdulhafeedh (born 1976), Libyan footballer
• Sayed Abdel Hafeez (born 1977), Egyptian footballer
• Abdul Hafeez (English cricketer) (born 1977)
• Abdelhafid Benchabla (born 1986), Algerian boxer
• Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini, Libyan politician
• Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Pakistani politician
• Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Pakistani businessman
• Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, Pakistani lawyer and politician

References

1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 

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