Names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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Names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

The names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Arabic: اسما ءالنبي; Asma un-Nabi or اسماء محمد; Asma Muhammad) are described throughout the Quran and in Prophetic literature (Hadiths and Sirah). The Arabs say that the more names a thing is given, the more noble it is. A number of scholars have compiled collections of the names of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to increase the appreciation of who he actually is. In some cases they collected 99 names, to match the 99 Names of Allah mentioned in a famous Hadith. In other cases, they collected far more.

Arabic Name Meaning

1

مُحَمَّدٌ

Muḥammad

Oft-Praised

2

أَحْمَدٌ

Aḥmad

Greatest of Praisers

3

حَامِدٌ

Ḥāmid

Praiser

4

مَحْمودٌ

Maḥmūd

Praised One

5

أَحِيدُ

Aḥīd

Repeller

6

وَحِيدٌ

Waḥīd

Unique

7

مَاحٍ

Māḥī

Effacer

8

حَاشِرٌ

Ḥāshir

Gatherer

9

عَاقِبٌ

ʿĀqib

Last in Succession

10

طَهَ

Ṭāhā

Taha

11

يَسٓ

Yāsīn

Yasin

12

طَاهِرٌ

Ṭāhir

Pure One

13

مُطَهَّرٌ

Muṭahhar

Purified

14

طَيِّبٌ

Ṭayyib

Fragrant

15

سَيِّدٌ

Sayyīd

Liegelord

16

رَسُولٌ

Rasūl

Emissary, or Messenger

17

نَبِيٌّ

Nabiyy

Prophet

18

رَسُولُ الرَّحْمَةِ

Rasūlu r-Raḥmah

Emissary of Mercy

19

قَيِّمٌ

Qayyim

Upright

20

جَامِعٌ

Jāmiʿ

Embodier of all Virtues

21

مُقْتَفٍ

Muqtafī

Successor to the Past Prophets

22

مُقَفِّى

Muqaffī

Surpasser

23

رَسُولُ الْمَلَاحِمِ

Rasūlu l-Malāḥim

Emissary who fought Battles

24

رَسُولُ الرَّاحَةِ

Rasūlu r-Rāḥah

Emissary of Comfort

25

كَامِلٌ

Kāmil

Complete

26

إِكْلِيلٌ

Iklīl

Crown

27

مُدَّثِّرٌ

Muddaththir

Enwrapped in His Robe

28

مُزَّمِّلٌ

Muzzammil

Enwrapped in His Cloak

29

عَبْدُ اللهِ

ʿAbdullāh

Slave of Allah

30

حَبِيبُ اللهِ

Ḥabībullāh

Beloved of Allah

31

صَفِيُّ اللهِ

Ṣafiyyullāh

One Solely Chosen by Allah

32

نَجِّيُّ اللهِ

Najiyyullāh

One who had Intimate Discourse with Allah

33

كَلِيمُ اللهِ

Kalīmullāh

One Addressed by Allah

34

خَاتِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ

Khatimu l-Anbiyā’

Seal of the Prophets

35

خَاتِمُ الرُّسُلِ

Khātimu r-Rusul

Seal of the Emissaries

36

مُحْيٍ

Muḥyī

Reviver

37

مُنْجٍ

Munjī

Deliverer

38

مُذَكِّرٌ

Mudhakkir

One Who Reminds

39

نَاصِرٌ

Nāṣir

Bringer of Victory

40

مَنْصُورٌ

Manṣūr

One Granted Victory

41

نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ

Nabiyyu r-Raḥmah

Prophet of Mercy

42

نَبِيُّ التَّوْبَةِ

Nabiyyu t-Tawbah

Prophet of Repentance

43

حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ

Harīṣun ʿAlaykum

Most Concerned for You

44

مَعْلُومٌ

Maʿlūm

Known One

45

شَهِيرٌ

Shahīr

Renowned

46

شَاهِدٌ

Shāhid

Testifier

47

شَهِيدٌ

Shahīd

Witness

48

مَشْهُودٌ

Mashhūd

One Witnessed to

49

بَشِيرٌ

Bashīr

Bearer of Good Tidings

50

مُبَشِّرٌ

Mubashshir

Bringer of Good News

51

نَذِيرٌ

Nadhīr

Warner

52

مُنْذِرٌ

Mundhir

Admonisher

53

نُورٌ

Nūr

Light

54

سِرَاجٌ

Sirāj

Lamp

55

مِصْبَاحٌ

Miṣbāh

Lantern

56

هُدَىً

Hudā

Guidance

57

مَهْدِيٌ

Mahdiyy

Guided

58

مُنِيرٌ

Munīr

Giver of Light

59

دَاعٍ

Dāʿī

Caller

60

مَدْعُوٌّ

Madʿuww

Called Upon

61

مُجِيبٌ

Mujīb

Answerer to the Call

62

مُجَابٌ

Mujāb

Answered

63

حَفِيٌّ

Ḥafiyy

Welcoming

64

عَفُوٌّ

ʿAfuww

Much-Pardoning

65

وَلِيٌّ

Waliyy

One Close to Allah

66

حَقٌ

Ḥaqq

Truth

67

قَوِيٌّ

Qawiyy

Mighty

68

أَمِينٌ

Amīn

Trustworthy

69

مَأْمُونٌ

Ma’mūn

Trusted

70

كَرِيمٌ

Karīm

Noble

71

مُكَرَّمٌ

Mukarram

Ennobled

72

مَكِينٌ

Makīn

Unshakeable

73

مَتِينٌ

Matīn

Firm

74

مُبِينٌ

Mubīn

Evident, Clarifier

75

مُؤَمِّلٌ

Mu’ammil

Hopeful

76

وَصُولٌ

Waṣūl

Maintainer of Ties

77

ذُو قُوَّةٍ

Dhū Quwwah

Possessor of Might

78

ذُو حُرْمَةٍ

Dhū Ḥurmah

Possessor of Sanctity

79

ذُو مَكَانَةٍ

Dhū Makānah

Possessor of a Mighty Station

80

ذُو عِزٍّ

Dhū ʿIzz

Possessor of Glory

81

ذُو فَضْلٍ

Dhū Faḍl

Possessor of Virtue

82

مُطَاعٌ

Muṭāʿ

Obeyed

83

مُطِيعٌ

Muṭīʿ

Obedient

84

قَدَمُ صِدْقٍ

Qadamu Ṣidq

Sure Forerunner

85

رَحْمَةٌ

Raḥmah

Mercy

86

بُشْرَى

Bushrā

Glad Tidings

87

غُوثٌ

Ghawth

Aid

88

غَيْثٌ

Ghayth

Relief

89

غِيَاثٌ

Ghiyāth

Succour

90

نِعْمَةُ اللهِ

Niʿmatullāh

Allah’s Blessing

91

هَدِيَّةُ اللهِ

Hadiyyatullāh

Allah’s Gift

92

عُرْوَةٌ وُثْقَى

ʿUrwatun Wuthqā

Most Trusty Hold

93

صِرَاطُ اللهِ

Ṣirāṭullāh

Path to Allah

94

صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

Ṣirāṭun Mustaqīm

Straight Path

95

ذِكْرُ اللهِ

Dhikrullāh

Remembrance of Allah

96

سَيْفُ اللهِ

Sayfullāh

Sword of Allah

97

حِزْبُ اللهِ

Ḥizbullāh

Party of Allah

98

النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ

An-Najmu th-thāqib

Shining Star

99

مُصْطَفَى

Muṣṭafā

Chosen

100

مُجْتَبَى

Mujtabā

Selected

101

مُنْتَقَى

Muntaqā

Elect

102

أُمِّيٌ

Ummiyy

Unlettered

Satellite State, Bailout & Global Development Initiative (GDI)

103

مُخْتَارٌ

Mukhtār

Preferred One

104

أَجِيرٌ

Ajīr

Protector

105

جَبَّارٌ

Jabbār

Rectifier

106

أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ

Abu l-Qāsim

Father of Qasim

107

أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ

Abu ṭ-Ṭāhir

Father of Tahir

108

أَبُو الطَّيِّبِ

Abu ṭ-Ṭayyib

Father of Tayyib

109

أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ

Abū Ibrāhīm

Father of Ibrahim

110

مُشَفَّعٌ

Mushaffaʿ

One Permitted to Intercede

111

شَفِيعٌ

Shafīʿ

Intercessor

112

صَالِحٌ

Ṣāliḥ

Righteous

113

مُصْلِحٌ

Muṣliḥ

Rectifier

114

مُهَيْمِنٌ

Muhaymin

Guardian

115

صَادِقٌ

Ṣādiq

Truthful

116

مُصَدَّقٌ

Muṣaddaq

Confirmed

117

صِدْقٌ

Ṣidq

Truthfulness

118

سَيِّدُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

Sayyidu l-Mursalīn

Master of the Emissaries

119

إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ

Imāmu l-Muttaqīn

Leader of the God-fearing

120

قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ

Qā’idu l-Ghurri l-Muḥajjalīn

Leader of the Brightly Shining Ones

121

خَلِيلُ الرَّحْمٰنِ

Khalīlu r-Raḥmān

Intimate Friend of the All-Merciful

122

بَرٌّ

Barr

Dutiful

123

مَبَرٌّ

Mabarr

Fulfiller of Oaths

124

وَجِيهٌ

Wajīh

Eminent

125

نَصِيحٌ

Naṣīḥ

Sincere Well-Wisher

126

نَاصِحٌ

Nāṣiḥ

Sincere Advisor

127

وَكِيلٌ

Wakīl

Entrusted

128

مُتَوَكِّلٌ

Mutawwakil

Wholly Reliant on Allah

129

كَفِيلٌ

Kafīl

Guarantor

130

شَفِيقٌ

Shafīq

Tenderhearted

131

مُقِيمُ السُّنَّةِ

Muqīmu s-Sunnah

Upholder of the Sunnah

132

مُقدَّسٌ

Muqaddas

Pure and Inviolate

133

رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ

Rūḥu l-Qudus

Pure Spirit

134

رُوحُ الْحَقِّ

Rūḥu l-Ḥaqq

Spirit of Truth

135

رُوحُ الْقِسْطِ

Rūḥu l-Qisṭ

Spirit of Justice

136

كَافٍ

Kāfī

Sufficer

137

مُكْتَفٍ

Muktafī

Contented

138

بَالِغٌ

Bāligh

Accomplished

139

مُبَلِّغٌ

Muballigh

Conveyor

140

شَافٍ

Shāfī

Healer

141

وَاصِلٌ

Wāṣil

Attainer

142

مَوْصُولٌ

Mawṣūl

Connected

143

سَابِقٌ

Sābiq

Forerunner

144

سَائِقٌ

Sā’iq

Driver

145

هَادٍ

Hādī

Guide

146

مُهْدٍ

Muhdi

Guider

147

مُقَدَّمٌ

Muqaddam

Foremost

148

عَزِيزٌ

ʿAzīz

Mighty

149

فَاضِلٌ

Fāḍil

Outstanding

150

مُفَضَّلٌ

Mufaḍḍal

Favoured

151

فَاتِحٌ

Fātiḥ

Conqueror

152

مِفْتَاحٌ

Miftāḥ

Key

153

مِفْتَاحُ الرَّحْمَةِ

Miftāḥu r-Raḥmah

Key to Mercy

154

مِفْتَاحُ الْجَنَّةِ

Miftāḥu l-Jannah

Key to the Garden

155

عَلَمُ الْإِيمَانِ

ʿAlamu l-Īmān

Sign of Faith

156

عَلَمُ الْيَقِينِ

ʿAlamu l-Yaqīn

Sign of Certainty

157

دَلِيلُ الْخَيْرَاتِ

Dalīlu l-Khayrāt

Guide to Benefits

158

مُصَحِّحُ الْحَسَنَاتِ

Musaḥḥihu l-Ḥasanāt

Verifier of Good Deeds

159

مُقِيلُ الْعَثَرَاتِ

Muqīlu l-ʿAtharāt

Pardoner of Errors

160

صَفُوحٌ عَنِ الزَّلَّاتِ

Ṣafūḥun ʿani z-Zallāt

Overlooker of Lapses

161

صَاحِبُ الشَّفَاعَةِ

Ṣaḥību sh-Shafāʿah

Possessor of Intercession

162

صَاحِبُ الْمَقَامِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Maqām

Possessor of the Lofty Station

163

صَاحِبُ الْقَدَمِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Qadam

Possessor of Precedence

164

مَخْصُوصٌ بِالْعِزِّ

Makhṣūṣ bi-l ʿIzz

One Singled out for Glory

165

مَخْصُوصٌ بِالْمَجْدِ

Makhṣūṣ bi-l-Majd

One Distinguished by Splendour

166

مَخْصُوصٌ بِالشَّرَفِ

Makhṣūṣ bi-sh-Sharaf

One Distinguished by Nobility

167

صَاحِبُ الْوَسِيلَةِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Wasīlah

Possessor of Privileged Access

168

صَاحِبُ السَّيْفِ

Ṣāḥibu s-Sayf

Possessor of the Sword

169

صَاحِبُ الْفَضِيلَةِ

Ṣāḥību l-Faḍīlah

Possessor of Virtue

170

صَاحِبُ الْإِزَارِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Izār

Wearer of the Sarong

171

صَاحِبُ الْحُجَّةِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Ḥujjah

Possessor of Proof

172

صَاحِبُ السُّلْطَانِ

Ṣāḥibu s-Sulṭān

Possessor of Authority

173

صَاحِبُ الرِّدَاءِ

Ṣāḥibu r-Ridā’

Wearer of the Mantle

174

صَاحِبُ الدَّرَجَةِ الرَّفِيعَةِ

Ṣāḥibu d-Darajati r-Rafīʿah

Possessor of Exalted Rank

175

صَاحِبُ التَّاجِ

Ṣāḥibu t-Tāj

Wearer of the Crown or Turban

176

صَاحِبُ الْمِغْفَرِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Mighfar

Wearer of the Helmet

177

صَاحِبُ اللِّوَاءِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Liwā’

Possessor of the Banner

178

صَاحِبُ الْمِعْرَاجِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Miʿrāj

Possessor of the Ascension

179

صَاحِبُ الْقَضِيبِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Qaḍīb

Possessor of the Staff

180

صَاحِبُ الْبُرَاقِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Burāq

Rider of the Buraq

181

صَاحِبُ الْخَاتَمِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Khātam

Possessor of the Seal of Prophethood

182

صَاحِبُ الْعَلَامَةِ

Ṣāḥibu l-ʿAlāmah

Possessor of the Mark

183

صَاحِبُ الْبُرْهَانِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Burhān

Possessor of Proof

184

صَاحِبُ الْبَيَانِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Bayān

Possessor of Elucidation

185

فَصِيحُ اللِّسَانِ

Faṣīḥu l-Lisān

Eloquent of Tongue

186

مُطَهَّرُ الْجَنَانِ

Muṭahharu l-Janān

Purified of Soul

187

رَؤُوفٌ

Raūf

Gentle or Kindly

188

رَحِيمٌ

Raḥīm

Merciful

189

اُذُنُ خَيْرٍ

Udhunu Khayr

Hearer of Good

190

صَحِيحُ الْإِسْلَامِ

Ṣaḥīḥu l-Islām

Sound in Islam

191

سَيِّدُ الْكَوْنَيْنِ

Sayyidu l-Kawnayn

Master of Both Worlds

192

عَيْنُ النَّعِيمِ

ʿAynu n-Naʿīm

Source of Bliss

193

عَيْنُ الْغُرِّ

ʿAynu l-Ghurr

Superior of the Enlightened Ones

194

سَعْدُ اللهِ

Saʿdullāh

Allah’s Felicity for Creation

195

سَعْدُ الْخَلْقِ

Saʿdu l-Khalq

Felicity of Creation

196

خَطِيبُ الْأُمَمِ

Khaṭību l-Umam

Speaker Addressing All Nations

197

عَلَمُ الْهُدَى

ʿAlamu l-Hudā

Banner of Guidance

198

كَاشِفُ الْكُرَبِ

Kāshifu l-Kurab

Dispeller of Fears

199

رَافِعُ الرُّتَبِ

Rāfiʿu r-Rutab

Raiser of Ranks

200

عِزُّ الْعَرَبِ

ʿIzzu l-ʿArab

Glory of the Arabs

201

صَاحِبُ الْفَرَجِ

Ṣāḥibu l-Faraj

Bringer of Relief

202

كَرِيمُ الْمَخْرَجِ

Karīmu l-Makhraj

Most Noble in Lineage

Meaning of the Name of Muhammad

Muhammad is the name by which the Prophet is best known. The Prophet ﷺ said:

إِنَّ لِي أَسْمَاءً أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَأَنَا أَحْمَدُ وَأَنَا الْمَاحِي الَّذِي يَمْحُو اللَّهُ بِيَ الْكُفْرَ وَأَنَا الْحَاشِرُ الَّذِي يُحْشَرُ النَّاسُ عَلَى قَدَمَىَّ وَأَنَا الْعَاقِبُ

I have many names: I am Muhammad; I am Ahmad (the Greatest of Praisers); I am Mahi (the Dispeller) through whom Allah dispels disbelief; I am Hashir (the Gatherer) at whose feet mankind will be mustered; and I am Aqib (the Last in Succession). (Bukhari and Muslim)

The name Muhammad is derived from the root ḥa-mīm-dāl (ح-م-د), which means ‘to praise’; this, being the passive participle of the second form, signifies ‘One who is praised continuously and copiously.’ He is so called because his name is forever being mentioned on the tongues of the denizens of the heavens and the earth at every moment in time, and also in their hearts. In fact, he is remembered and brought to mind upon seeing and recognising every beautiful and noble quality and through every knowledge learnt, understood and absorbed since he is the source and epitome of all noble qualities manifested in creation. Not only is he praised abundantly in this world, owing to the guidance and wisdom that he brought: he will also be praised in the next life , thanks to his intercession for the whole of creation after the Resurrection. His name alludes not only to his being much praised but also to the fact that his qualities and virtues are endless and we can never encompass them. The more we discover, the more Allah reveals to us so that we may continue to praise him until the end of time and beyond.

According to a Hadith cited by Abu Nuaym al-Isfahani, it was his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, who named him Muhammad. When asked why he had done so – the name being unknown amongst his forefathers — he answered, “It is my hope that the denizens of all the heavens and the earth will sing his praises.” It was said that he named him so because of a dream in which he saw as if a chain of silver was emanating from his back; one edge of it was in the firmament and the other was in the lands, one side of it pointed towards the east and the other in the west. Then it turned into the form of a tree, with light on every one of its leaves, to which all mankind in the east and west were holding fast. He saw the Arabs and non-Arabs all bowing and people from amongst the Quraysh holding fast to it. Then a group of people came and tried to cut the tree down; but when they drew close, a young lad whose beauty and fragrance Abd al-Muttalib had never seen or smelt the like of, appeared and broke their backs and gouged out their eyes. Abd al-Muttalib tried to reach out to take hold of the tree but he could not reach it. He was told, “You will have a share of it — but through the people who are holding fast to it.” Upon waking up, he related this dream to one of the divines of Quraysh and they interpreted it as meaning that a child would emerge from his progeny to whom all the people in the east and west would hold fast and whose praises would be sung by the denizens of the heavens and earth. (Rawd al-unuf)

It is also related by Ibn Hisham and Ibn Sa’d that the Prophet’s mother Amina heard a voice speak to her, informing her that she had given birth to the leader of his nation and that she should name him Muhammad. Scholars say, combining these two narratives, that she mentioned this to Abd al-Muttalib and so he named him Muhammad, since her experience confirmed what he himself had seen.

No one had been known by this name until shortly before his birth, according to Qadi Iyad. Zarqani in his commentary on al-Mawahib al-ladunniyya agrees that this is the position of the majority of scholars and is the soundest. Since the Jews and Christians were aware of his impending arrival, about fifteen boys, according to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani’s commentary on Bukhari, were named Muhammad in the hope that they would be blessed with prophethood in their household. Yet none of them claimed prophethood, and all passed away before the spread of Islam except Muhammad ibn Adi, who by some accounts accepted the religion at the hand of the Prophet ﷺ.

Honorifics

In central and south Asian countries such as Pakistan and Turkey, the Prophet ﷺ is often referred to with the honorific title Hazrat (Arabic: حضرت) and is called Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ denoting his majesty and holiness. Elsewhere in the Muslim world, the title Sayyiduna (Arabic: سیدنا), meaning “our master” is often said before the name of Muhammad ﷺ.

There is also a strong emphasis on sending prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ after his name is mentioned, orally or written. It is related from Ali who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The miser is the one who, when I am mentioned in his presence, does not send prayers upon me.’”(Tirmidhi)

The most common prayer after the mention of the name of Muhammad ﷺ is ﷺ / صلى الله عليه وسلم (sallAllahu alaihi wasallam), meaning “Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him”. This is sometimes abbreviated to “SAW” or “PBUH” (peace be upon him) when written in English. Abbreviations are however discouraged and there is a strong emphasis on writing out the prayer fully upon the mention of the name of Muhammad ﷺ.

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