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Zaid

Growth, increase

زَيْد
زَيْد

Zaid

Growth, increase

Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Zaid
Arabic
زَيْد
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
z-y-d
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah al-Ahzab 33:37
Alternate spellings
Zayd

Origin & meaning

Zaid ibn Haritha, the freed slave whom the Prophet ﷺ loved as a son. The only companion named directly by name in the Quran.

Quranic source
Surah al-Ahzab 33:37
Notable bearers
  • · Zaid ibn Haritha
  • · Zaid ibn Thabit
Themes
companionlove

“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).

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