Ridwan ( ar, رِضْوَان ''riḍwān'') is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
masculine given name and which the name also derived from the
Islamic angel Riḍwan
Riḍwān (or ''Riswan'', ar, رضوان), is an angel in Islam, who guards the gates of heaven. His name is absent in the Quran and early tafsir, named by Ibn Hisham ''Ismāʿīl'' instead, he namely appears in later reports and Mi'raj narr ...
and means "grace, pleasure, satisfaction". In Islamic tradition, Riḍwan is the name of an
angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles ...
in charge of maintaining the gates of Paradise,
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Variants
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Variants
Other forms of Ridwan include "Ridhwan", "Rizwan (disambiguation)">Rizwan", "Rizvan", and "Ridvan" or "Rıdvan" in Albanian language, Albanian, Bosnian language, Bosnian, Indonesian language, Indonesian, Kashmiri language, Kashmiri, Malay language, Malay, Pashto language, Pashto,
Persian language, Persian,
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
,
Tajik,
Turkish,
Urdu
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
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, Malaysia, and Indonesia it is alternatively spelled as "Ridwan" or "Riduan". "
Redouane" is the most common spelling in French.
The female equivalent of this name is "Ridwana" or "Rizwana".
People
See also
*
Ridwan (angel)
References
Arabic masculine given names
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