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Khaleel

Close friend, intimate companion

خَلِيل

Khaleel

Close friend, intimate companion

Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Khaleel
Arabic
خَلِيل
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
kh-l-l
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah an-Nisa 4:125

Origin & meaning

Title of Ibrahim ﷺ: Khalilullah (the friend of Allah).

Quranic source
Surah an-Nisa 4:125
Themes

“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).