Halim or Haleem ( ar, حليم ) is an
Arabic
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masculine
given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger.
[Golziher, Ignaz, ''Muslim Studies'', ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: ]State University of New York Press
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, 1967), pp. 202–203, as cited in Stetkevych, Jaroslav, ''Muhammad and the Golden Bough: Deconstructing Arabian Myth'' (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press
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, 1996), p. 14.
In
Islam, ''
al-Halīm'' is one of the
Names of God in Islam
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 ...
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Abdul Halim ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحليم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥalīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gives rise ...
or Abdel Halim or Abdelhalim or alternatives with Haleem mean servant of God, as thus described, and bearers of that name are listed on that page.
Halim is also used as an abbreviated version of "Abdul Halim", or independently, as a name given to a male.
Halim
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Halim (name)
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Abdul Halim of Kedah
Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, me ...
, Malaysian former King
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Halim Barakat, Syrian novelist
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Halim Benmabrouk, Algerian footballer
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Halim El-Dabh
Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh ( ar, حليم عبد المسيح الضبع, ''Ḥalīm ʻAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḍab''ʻ; March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017) was an Egyptian-American composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who had ...
, American composer
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Halim Haryanto, Indonesian / American badminton player
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Halim Perdanakusuma, Indonesian aviator and national hero, after whom Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport is named
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Halim Medaci
Halim Medaci ( ar, حليم مداسي) (born April 20, 1983 in Nanterre) is a footballer. He is currently without a club, after last playing as a defender for UJA Alfortville. Born in France, he chose to represent Algeria at international leve ...
, Algerian footballer
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Said Halim Pasha
Mehmed Said Halim Pasha ( ota, سعيد حليم پاشا ; tr, Sait Halim Paşa; 18 or 28 January 1865 or 19 February 1864 – 6 December 1921) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian originDanişmend (1971), p. 102 who served as Grand Vizier o ...
, Ottoman Empire Grand Vizier
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Halim Saad, Malaysian businessman
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Halim Othman, Malaysian radio and television announcer
Last name
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Asma Halim
Asma Halim (1921–2003) was an Egyptian writer and journalist.
Work
Halim often used "autobiographical styles and techniques" in her writing and was critical of cultural practices, such as polygamy. Hoda Elsadda
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, Egyptian writer and journalist
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Helmy Halim, Egyptian filmmaker
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Mustafa Ben Halim, ex-Prime Minister of Libya
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Rachman Halim, Indonesian businessman
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Norman Abdul Halim
KRU was a Malaysian pop boy band formed in 1992. The group comprises three brothers, namely Datuk Norman Abdul Halim, Datuk Yusry Abdul Halim and Edry Abdul Halim'. Apart from revolutionising the Malaysian music scene with their blend of pop, ...
, Malaysian musician
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Edry Abdul Halim
KRU was a Malaysian pop boy band formed in 1992. The group comprises three brothers, namely Datuk Norman Abdul Halim, Datuk Yusry Abdul Halim and Edry Abdul Halim'. Apart from revolutionising the Malaysian music scene with their blend of pop, ...
, Malaysian actor
Haleem
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Haleem Brohi
Haleem Brohi (5 August 1935 – 28 July 2010, Hyderabad) was a prominent Pakistani author and journalist, active in the Sindhi language. He is considered the second greatest satirist is Sindhi literature after Ali Mohammad Brohi.
Educati ...
, Pakistani author
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Haleem Chaudhri
Abdul Halim Chowdhury Jewel, mostly known as Shaheed Jewel, was a Bengali cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each com ...
, Bengali cricketer
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Aamer Haleem, Canadian radio and television personality
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Mohammad Haleem, Pakistani judge
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Haleem, a type of stew popular in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent
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Halima (disambiguation) or Halime and variants, feminine form of Halim
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References
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Arabic masculine given names