Ata-ur-Rahman () is a masculine Islamic given name. It is built from the Arabic words ''
Ata'', ''
al-
(, also romanized as ''el-'', ''il-'', and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic), is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed definite. For ex ...
'' and ''
Rahman''. The name means "gift of the most merciful", ''ar-Rahman'' being one of the
names of God in the Qur'an
Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names.
These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...
, which give rise to the
Muslim theophoric names.
The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, usually by ''u''. Because the letter ''r'' is a
sun letter, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic and Urdu with letters corresponding to ''Ata al-Rahman'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Ata ur-Rahman''. The transliteration ''Atta'' often appears for the first element and ''Rehman'' for the last, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
Notable bearers of the name include
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Ataur Rahman (poet) (1925–1999), Bangladeshi poet
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Ataur Rahman Khan Khadim (1933–1971), Bangladeshi academic
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Ataur Rahman (born 1941), Bangladeshi theater actor and director
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Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya, Indian politician
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Atta ur Rahman (scientist) (born 1942), Pakistani organic chemist
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Atiur Rahman (born 1951), Bangladeshi economist
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Maulana Atta Ur Rehman (born 1965), Pakistani politician
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Ataurrehman
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(born 1968), Indian politician
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Ata-ur-Rehman (cricketer) (born 1975), Pakistani cricketer
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Ata-ur-Rehman (Balochistan cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
*Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti, known as
Rehman Chishti
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(born 1978), British politician
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Atta ur Rehman Memon, Pakistani electrical engineer
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Ataur Rahman (Gaibandha politician)
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Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist)
Atta-ur-Rahman (Urdu: عطاالرحمان; b. 22 September 1942), is a Pakistani Organic chemistry, organic chemist and is currently serving as professor emeritus at the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences at the Univers ...
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Ataur Rahman (politician, born 1951)
Ataur Rahman was a Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
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Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya, Indian politician
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Ataur Rahman Khan (disambiguation) Ataur Rahman Khan (1905–1991) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician, and writer.
Ataur Rahman Khan may also refer to:
* Ataur Rahman Khan (BNP politician)
* Ataur Rahman Khan (Tangail politician)
* Md. Ataur Rahman Khan (born 1957), Bangladesh ...
, several people
References
Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Pakistani masculine given names
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