Furqan means the criterion between right and wrong. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic (Quranic word)
فُرْقَان
Furqan
The criterion between right and wrong
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Meaning
Furqan (فُرْقَان) is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran. It means the criterion between right and wrong. Furkan is the Turkish form.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Furqan comes from the root ف ر ق, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
Surah 25 is named al-Furqan, and 25:1 says Allah "sent down the Criterion upon His servant".
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Tabaarakal lazee nazzalal Furqaana 'alaa 'abdihee li yakoona lil'aalameena nazeera
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -
Quran 25:1. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it fur-QAAN. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Furkan and Furqaan. In Arabic it is written with 5 letters, from right to left: ف fa + ر ra + ق qaf + ا alif + 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 Furqan bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Furqan (فُرْقَان) means the criterion between right and wrong. It is an Arabic name for boys, taken from a word in the Quran.
Surah 25 is named al-Furqan, and 25:1 says Allah "sent down the Criterion upon His servant".
Furqan is used as a boy's name.
Furqan is written فُرْقَان in Arabic, said fur-QAAN.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, فُرْقَان. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.