{{Incomplete list |date=March 2024}} '''{{'}}Abd al-Raḥīm''' (ALA-LC romanization of {{langx|ar|عبد الرحيم}}) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''{{'}}abd'', ''al-Raḥīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.<ref name="ahmed">{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names| author=Salahuddin Ahmed| publisher = Hurst & Company| location=London| year=1999}}</ref><ref name="rahman">{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names| author= S. A. Rahman| publisher=Goodword Books| location=New Delhi| year=2001}}</ref> It means "servant of the merciful".
Because the letter ''r'' is a sun letter, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus, although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Rahim'', the standard pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd ar-Rahim''. Alternative transliterations include ''Abdel Raheem'', ''Abdur Raheem'', ''Abdul Rahiem'' and other regional linguistic variations, and subject to variant spacing or hyphenation.
It may refer to:
==Given name== *Nasir al-Din Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahim ibn Abi Mansur (died 1257), Nizari Ismaili governor of Quhistan *Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (1325–1403), Shafi'i scholar of hadith *Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), Indian poet *Abdur Rahim (judge) (1867–1952), Indian judge and politician *Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870–1933), Azerbaijani playwright, stage director and politician *Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad, (1892–1939), Palestinian commander of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine *Abdurrahim Hojibayev (1900–1938), Tajik politician in the Soviet Union *Abdul Rahim (Indian politician) (1902–1977), member of the Indian National Congress *Abdurrahim Buza (1905–1987), an Albanian painter *Abdur Rahim (scholar) (1918–1986), a Muslim scholar and politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. *Abdulrahim Abby Farah (1919–2018), Somali diplomat *Abdul Rahim Khan (1925–1990), Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force *Abdul Rahim Hatef (1926–2013), Afghan politician *Abdul Rahim Sarban (1930–1993), Afghan singer, known as "Sarban" *Abdul Rahim Malhas (1937–2012), Jordanian politician *Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939–2011), Pakistani painter *Abdul Rahim Wardak (born 1940 (?)), Afghan politician *Abdul Rahim Mourad (born 1942), Lebanese politician *Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943–1989), Sudanese writer, poet, and translator *Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (born 1949), Sudanese politician *Abdurrahim El-Keib (born 1950), Libyan electrical engineer turned politician *Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah (born 1952), Malaysian politician *Abdolrahim Mousavi (1960–2026), Iranian general *Abdul Rahim Muslimdost (born 1960), Pakistani journalist and jeweler held in Guantanamo *Abdul Rahim Bakri (born 1961), Malaysian politician *Abdul-Rahim Hamed Aufi (born 1963), Iraqi footballer *Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (born 1965), Saudi held in Guantanamo *Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (born 1969), Pakistani held in Guantanamo *Abderrahim Ouakili (born 1970), Moroccan footballer *Abderrahim Zitouna (born 1970), Moroccan runner *Abderrahim El Haouzy (born 1975), Moroccan-French runner *Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 549) or Omar Said Salim Al Dayi *Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 897) (born {{circa|1975}}), Afghan *Abderrahim Goumri (born 1976), Moroccan runner *Abderrahim Chkilit (born 1976), Moroccan footballer *Abdul Rahim Shapiee (1977–2022), Singaporean drug trafficker *Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko (born 1978), Syrian Kurd held in Guantanamo *Abdulrahim Jumaa (born 1979), UAR footballer *Abderrahim Essaidi (born 1983), Moroccan footballer *Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev (born 1983), Kazakh held in Guantanamo *Abderrahim Najah (born 1984), Moroccan basketball player *Abderrahim Zhiou (born 1985), Tunisian Paralympic athlete *Abdul Rahim Ayew (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *Abdulrahim Jaizawi (born 1989), Saudi footballer *Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born 1990), Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner *Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (died 1997), Afghan politician and diplomat *Abdur Rahim (general) (died 2021), Bangladeshi Brigadier General and director general of NSI *Abdul Raheem Glailati, Sudanese poet and journalist *Abdurrahim Al Murbati, Bahraini held in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia *Abdul Rahim (Afghan politician), Afghan Communications Minister of the Interim Administration *Abderahim Mechenouai, Algerian boxer *Abd al-Rahim al-Hasini, Iraqi politician * Abdur Rahim (Dhaka politician) * Abdur Rahim (cricketer) (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer * Abdur Rahim (footballer) ({{Circa|1932}}-2004), Bangladeshi footballer * Abdur Rahim (politician, born 1933), Bangladeshi politician * Abdul Raheem Quraishi, Indian Islamic scholar * Muhammad Abdur Rahim (1921 - 1981), Bangladeshi historian * Mohammad Abdur Rahim, Bangladeshi politician * Abdur Rahim (scientist), Bangladeshi scientist * Abdul Rahim, athlete who competed for Afghanistan at the 1936 Summer Olympics
==Middle or surname== *Abubakar Abdul Rahim (1920–1995), Indian politician *Behzod Abdurahimov (born 1990), Uzbek pianist *Besart Abdurahimi (born 1990), Croatian footballer *Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, Pakistani politician *Fathi Tawfiq Abdulrahim (born 1970), Yemeni politician *Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–2000), Egyptian classical music composer *Jalaludin Abdur Rahim (1913–1977), Bengali Pakistani communist politician *Khalid Abdul Rahim (born 1962), Bahraini businessman *Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi (died 2013), Iraqi accused of terrorism *Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi (1834–1911), Iranian Azerbaijani intellectual and social reformer *Muhadhdhabuddin Abd al-Rahim bin Ali bin Hamid al-Dimashqi, known as Al-Dakhwar (1170–1230), Syrian physician in Ayyubid Egypt *Nabil Omran Abdul-Rahim (born 1981), Libyan futsal player *Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (c. 1980–2010), Egyptian criminal *Shaaban Abdel Rahim (1957–2019), Egyptian popular singer *Shah Abdur Rahim (1644–1719), 17th century Indian Sufi and scholar and he most sensible person of his time *Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born 1976), American basketball player and NBA executive *Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859–1931), Bengali author *Mouni Abderrahim (born 1985), Algerian volleyball player *Ymär Abdrahim (1882–1975), Finnish Tatar businessman
==See also== *Abdol Rahim, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
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