Meaning of Zahir Husain
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I have been searching through numerous books to find the meaning of the name Zaahier Hoosain can u shed some light please?
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In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Zaahir and Hussain are obviously two different names.
The name Zaahir if starting with the Arabic letter ‘zaal’
would mean shining, or radiant, or elevated.
And if the name starts with a ‘dzoi’ it would read
Dzhaahir, and would mean distinct or
conspicuous.
The meaning of word “Hussain” is literally a small or
little ‘Hasan’. And ‘Hasan’ means
beautiful. Thus Hussain also means
beautiful from the root word of ‘husn’.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
