Ayyub means Prophet Ayyub (Job). See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Hebrew (in the Quran)
أَيُّوب
Ayyub
Prophet Ayyub (Job)
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Meaning
Ayyub (أَيُّوب) is a name for boys of Hebrew origin, used in the Quran. It means Prophet Ayyub (Job). It is the Arabic form of Job.
Ayyub's dua in his illness is in 21:83.
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ
Wa Ayyooba iz naadaa Rabbahooo annee massaniyad durru wa Anta arhamur raahimeen
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the Most Merciful of the merciful."
Quran 21:83. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it ay-YOOB. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Ayub, Ayoub and Job. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: أ alif with hamza + ي ya + و waw + ب ba.
Naming a child after a prophet is a sunnah. When his son was born, the Prophet ﷺ said: "A boy was born to me tonight, and I named him after my father, Ibrahim."2 Ayyub keeps that tradition alive. With the father's name it becomes Ayyub bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Ayyub (أَيُّوب) means Prophet Ayyub (Job). It is a name for boys of Hebrew origin, used in the Quran.
Ayyub's dua in his illness is in 21:83.
Ayyub is used as a boy's name.
Ayyub is written أَيُّوب in Arabic, said ay-YOOB.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, أَيُّوب. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.