Murtada means chosen, one with whom Allah is pleased. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic
مُرْتَضَى
Murtada
Chosen, one with whom Allah is pleased
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Meaning
Murtada (مُرْتَضَى) is an Arabic name for boys. It means chosen, one with whom Allah is pleased. Murtaza is the South Asian and Persian pronunciation.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Murtada comes from the root ر ض و, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
"Except whom He has approved (irtada) of messengers" (72:27).
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍۢ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًۭا
Illaa manir tadaa mir rasoolin fa innahoo yasluku mim baini yadihi wa min khalfihee rasadaa
Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before each messenger and behind him observers
Quran 72:27. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it mur-TA-daa. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Murtaza and Murtadha. In Arabic it is written with 5 letters, from right to left: م mim + ر ra + ت ta + ض ḍad + ى alif maqsura.
Murtada 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 Murtada bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Murtada (مُرْتَضَى) means chosen, one with whom Allah is pleased. It is an Arabic name for boys.
"Except whom He has approved (irtada) of messengers" (72:27).
Murtada is used as a boy's name.
Murtada is written مُرْتَضَى in Arabic, said mur-TA-daa.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, مُرْتَضَى. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.