Abdul Qayyum

Abdul Qayyum (Arabic: عبد القيوم ‎) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qayyum. The name means "servant of the eternal", Al-Qayyūm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part can be transliterated Qayum, Qayoom, Qayyoom, Gayoom, or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

• Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum (1863–1937), Indian educationalist
• Abdul Qayyum Khan (1901–1981), Pakistani politician
• Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi (born 1932), founder of Gorgan University, Iran
• Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born 1937), President of the Maldives
• Abdul Qayyum "Zakir", alleged real name of Abdullah Gulam Rasoul (born ca. 1973), Afghan held in Guantanamo
• Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib (born 1989), Singapore footballer
• Abdul Qayyum (General), Pakistani Lieutenant General
• Abdul Qayyum Jamal, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism
• Abdul Quayum Karzai, Afghan politician, brother of Hamid Karzai
• Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi, Afghan politician

References

1. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 

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