ʻAbd al-Ḥafīẓ (
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of ar, عبد الحفيظ) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''
ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥafīẓ'', one of the
names of God in the Qur'an
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names.
[ ] It means "servant of the Guardian" or “servant of the preserver”.
It may refer to:
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Abdul Hafeez, known as Senior Brigadier General of Pakistan ( 1954 ) Pakistani Social Activist
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Abdul Hafiz Mohamed Barakatullah
Mohamed Barakatullah Bhopali, known with his honorific as Maulana Barkatullah (7 July 1854 – 20 September 1927), was an Indian revolutionary with sympathy for the Pan-Islamic movement. Barkatullah was born on 7 July 1854 at Itwra Mohall ...
, known as Maulavi Barkatullah (1854–1927), Indian independence activist
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Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz (1900–1985), Bengali politician and lawyer
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Abdelhafid of Morocco
Abdelhafid of Morocco ( ar, عبد الحفيظ بن الحسن العلوي) or Moulay Abdelhafid (24 February 1875 – 4 April 1937) ( ar, عبد الحفيظ, links=no) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1908 to 1912 and a member of the Alaouite ...
(1873–1937), Sultan of Morocco
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Abdul Hafeez (chemist) (1882-1964), Pakistani scientist
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Abdul Hafiz (VC) (1915-1944), Indian army soldier
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Osman Abdel Hafeez (1917–1958), Egyptian fencer
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Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Abdul Hafeez Kardar PP, HI ( ur, ) (17 January 1925 – 21 April 1996) was a Pakistani cricketer, politician and diplomat. He was the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is one of the only three players to have played Test cric ...
, or just Abdul Kardar (1925-1996), Pakistani cricketer
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Abdelhafid Boussouf
Abdelhafid Boussouf ( ar, عبد الحفيظ بوصوف; 17 August 1926, Mila, Algeria – 31 December 1980 Paris, France) was an Algerian nationalist and a leader of the Front de libération nationale (FLN) during the Algerian War of Indepe ...
(1926-1980), Algerian politician
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Abdul Hafiz (Lieutenant General) (born 1957), Lieutenant General of Bangladesh Army
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Abdul Hafiz Mansoor Abdul Hafiz Mansoor (also spelled Mansur, born in 1963 in the Panjsher Valley) is an Afghan politician.
While Mansoor was a university student, the Soviet Union sent troops into Afghanistan, and Mansoor joined the Jamiat-e Islami, a mujahideen fa ...
(born 1963), Afghan politician
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Abdelhafid Tasfaout (born 1969), Algerian footballer
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Yasser Abdel Hafez (born 1969), Egyptian novelist and journalist
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Sayed Abdel Hafeez
Sayed Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Hafeez ( ar, سيد محمد محمد عبد الحفيظ; born 27 October 1977) is an Egyptian retired professional footballer who played as a winger.
Career statistics International
International Goals
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(born 1977), Egyptian footballer
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Abdul Hafeez (English cricketer) (born 1977)
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Abdelhafid Benchabla (born 1986), Algerian boxer
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Abd-al-Hafid Mahmud al-Zulaytini, Libyan politician
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Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Abdul Hafeez Sheikh is a Pakistani economist and politician who served as Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Affairs from 11 December 2020 to 29 March 2021. Previously, he served as an advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue fr ...
, Pakistani politician
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Abdul Hafiz Pirzada
Abdul Hafeez Pirzada ( ur, ; 24 February 1935 – 1 September 2015) was a Pakistani lawyer, legal theorist, and politician, who served variously as minister for information, minister for law, minister for finance, and minister for education ...
, Pakistani lawyer and politician
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Abdul Hafeez (al Qaeda leader), see
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh
Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh is an American citizen who was convicted of terrorism-related offenses in 2017. Al-Farekh joined al Qaeda and attended an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan.
He started serving al Qaeda in 2007, until his capture by P ...
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Arabic masculine given names
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