Faruq means one who tells right from wrong. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic
فَارُوق
Faruq
One who tells right from wrong
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Meaning
Faruq (فَارُوق) is an Arabic name for boys. It means one who tells right from wrong.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Faruq comes from the root ف ر ق, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
The same root is in al-Furqan, the Criterion, a name of the Quran (25:1).
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Tabaarakal lazee nazzalal Furqaana 'alaa 'abdihee li yakoona lil'aalameena nazeera
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
Quran 25:1. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it faa-ROOQ. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Farooq, Farouk and Faruk. In Arabic it is written with 5 letters, from right to left: ف fa + ا alif + ر ra + و waw + ق qaf.
Faruq is a name with a good meaning, which is what the Sunnah asks for. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved of your names to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman",3 and after these, any name with a good meaning is a sound choice. With the father's name it becomes Faruq bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Faruq (فَارُوق) means one who tells right from wrong. It is an Arabic name for boys.
The same root is in al-Furqan, the Criterion, a name of the Quran (25:1).
Faruq is used as a boy's name.
Faruq is written فَارُوق in Arabic, said faa-ROOQ.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, فَارُوق. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.