Yaqeen means certainty, firm faith. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (Quranic word)
يَقِين
Yaqeen
Certainty, firm faith
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Meaning
Yaqeen (يَقِين) is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran. It means certainty, firm faith. Many scholars explain "the certainty" in 15:99 as death: keep worshipping all your life.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Yaqeen comes from the root ي ق ن, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
In 15:99: "And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty."
وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ
Wa'bud Rabbaka hattaa yaatiyakal yaqeen
And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (death).
Quran 15:99. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it ya-QEEN. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Yaqin and Yakin. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ي ya + ق qaf + ي ya + ن nun.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Yaqeen bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Yaqeen (يَقِين) means certainty, firm faith. It is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran.
In 15:99: "And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty."
Yaqeen is used as a boy's name.
Yaqeen is written يَقِين in Arabic, said ya-QEEN.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, يَقِين. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.