Ruqayyah () is an

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meaning "to rise”,”she who rises high”. It is not to be confused with a separate Arabic term "Ruqia" from Arabic رقى (ruqia) meaning “to rise” or “ascend.” However, it is also suggested it could mean "incantation" coming from ''ruqya.''

Ruqayya bint Muhammad Ruqayya bint Muhammad (; –March 624) was the second eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadija. She married the third caliph Uthman and the couple had a son Abd Allah. In 624, Ruqayya died from an illness. Early life Born ...

was the third child and second daughter of the Islamic prophet

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and wife of the third Rashidun caliph

Uthman Uthman ibn Affan (17 June 656) was the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, played a major role ...

. Other notable people with the name include: *

Ruqayya bint Ali Ruqayya bint ʿAlī () was a daughter of the first Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib. She is considered an Alid saint, her mother is Al-Sahba bint Rabi'a. She is claimed to be a full-sister of Abbas ibn Ali on a name plate (shown in the image on the rig ...

, daughter of

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(cousin of

) *

Ruqayya bint Husayn Ruqayya bint al-Ḥusayn () is said to have been a daughter of Husayn ibn Ali, the third imam in Twelver Shia. Husayn and a small group of his supporters were massacred in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE on the order of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ...

, daughter of

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(grandson of

) * Empress

Ruqaiya Sultan Begum Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (alternatively spelled Ruqayya or Ruqayyah; 1542 – January 1626) was the first wife and one of the chief consorts of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar. Ruqaiya was a first cousin of her husband and was a Mughal princess ...

, first wife and chief consort of the Mughal Emperor

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* Ruqaya Al-Ghasra, a Bahraini athlete. She was one of the first women to represent Bahrain at the

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* Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, Nigerian Minister of Education *

Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, (born Rosalyn Rushbrook in 1942, later Rosalyn Kendrick) is a British author of some forty books on Islam and other subjects. Biography Maqsood was born in London in 1942. She graduated from the University of Hull in 19 ...

, British Muslim author and winner of the

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Lifetime Achievement Award for literature *

Ruqayyah Boyer Ruqayyah Boyer (Arabic رقية born April 28, 1991) is a Surinamese-Guyanese actress, singer/songwriter, rapper and beauty pageant titleholder. She is also a graduate of the Institute of creative arts (Theatre arts, Drama and Music) Miss Unive ...

, a

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- Guyanese model and

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Ruqaiya Hasan Ruqaiya Hasan (3 July 1931After government birth records were lost in Pratapgarh, Hasan's mother re-registered Ruqaiya's birthdate as 3 July 1931, slightly earlier than her real birthdate, to enroll her in school earlier. – 24 June 2015) was a ...

, a professor of linguistics

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