Talk:Wajid (name)

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[edit] Meaning

I quoted the meaning stated at Names of God in the Qur'an:

  • 64 ar:الواجد Al-Wajid The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing

What about the name Wajid by itself? If anyone reading this page knows Arabic or Urdu, does the following site help?

- Fayenatic (talk) 22:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Consider this source for the meaning of "Al-Wajid": Muhaiyaddeen, M. R. Bawa [1979]. Asmāʼul-Husnā: The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah (PDF: Google Books), Philadelphia, PA: The Fellowship Press, pg.72. ISBN 0914390139. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. “The Finder. The All-Perceiving, The Inventor and Maker.”  --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Page 72 in that book confirms the theological interpretation of Al-Wajid cited above, but I'm not sure whether that helps with Wajid as a word on its own. The meaning of such a word when applied to the divine goes beyond its ordinary meaning. - Fayenatic (talk) 21:17, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Consider this source for the meaning of "wajid": Catafago, Joseph [1858]. An English and Arabic Dictionary. Part the First. Arabic and English. (PDF: Google Books), London: Bernard Quaritch, p.525. Retrieved on 2008-03-11. “Finder, s. (Arabic text) wājid.”  --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again! That'll do nicely. I expect I'll use that again, too. - Fayenatic (talk) 07:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)