Asif

Asif (also spelled Asef or Assef, Arabic: اصف‎, IPA: [ˈaːsɪf], or [ˈaːsef]) is a masculine given name, its Arabic meaning is "forgiveness" it may refer to:

Given name

In antiquity

• Asif bin Barkhiya, described in the 27th Chapter of the Qur'an, transported the throne of the Queen of Sheba

In modern times

• Asif Akbar, Bangladeshi singer.
• Asif Abbasov, Azerbaijani footballer
• Asif Ali, Indian film actor(Malayalam)
• Asef Bayat, Iranian sociologist
• Asif Din, English cricketer
• Asif Farrukhi, Pakistani doctor, writer and translator
• Asif Ismail, Indian tennis player
• Asif Kapadia, English film director
• Asif Maharammov, Azerbaijani Lieutenant colonel and National Hero of Azerbaijan
• Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general
• Asif Noorani, Pakistani newspaper and television writer
• Assef Shawkat, Syrian general
• Asef Soltanzadeh, Afghan writer
• Asif iqbal, Pakistani cricketer
• Asif Bashir Bhagat, Pakistani politician.

Surname

• K. Asif, Indian film director
• Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistani politician
• Mohammad Asif, Pakistan cricketer