Maharoof, or Mahroof, is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

n surname. The name is derived from the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

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ma'ruf Ma'ruf () is an Islamic term. "The term that best helps us to understand the nature of Qurʾān ethical prescriptions is maʿrūf, a word that appears repeatedly (in slightly varying forms) in the Qurʾān" and used 38 times in the Quran. The wor ...

" () or "miftahul ma'ruf", an

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

ic term meaning that which is commonly known or acknowledged. Notable people with the name include: * Farveez Maharoof (born 1984), Sri Lankan cricketer *

Imran Maharoof Imran, also transliterated as Emran ( ''ʿImrān'') is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called Family of ʿImrān (''āl ʿImrān''). It may refer to: Given name * Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim ( ...

(born 1983), Sri Lankan politician * M. A. M. Maharoof (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician * M. E. H. Maharoof (1939–1997), Sri Lankan politician * Mohamed Mahroof (1950–2012), Sri Lankan politician

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