Nawfal () is an
Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid, Non-muslim who interacted with Muhammad
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Nawfal ibn Abd Manaf
Nawfal ibn Abd al-Manaf () was the son of Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, and the progenitor of the Banu Nawfal of the Quraysh
The Quraysh () are an Tribes of Arabia, Arab tribe who controlled Mecca before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided in ...
, Progenitor of the Banu Nawfal
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Waraqah ibn Nawfal
Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusayy Al-Qurashi (Arabic ) was a Christian Arabian ascetic who was the paternal first cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of Muhammad. He was considered to be a ''hanif'', who practi ...
, Muhammad's cousin
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