Najah, name meaning in Islam.

Najah (نَجَاح) is an Arabic name for boys. It means success. It is used for boys and girls in Arab countries.

Meaning and root

In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Najah comes from the root ن ج ح, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.

Is Najah in the Quran?

No. Najah is not a word in the Quran. A name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good. The Prophet ﷺ changed names with bad meanings and kept names with good ones.¹

How to say and write Najah

Say it na-JAAH. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Najaah. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: ن nun + ج jim + ا alif + ح ḥa.

Choosing Najah

Najah is a name with a good meaning, which is what the Sunnah asks for. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved of your names to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman",³ and after these, any name with a good meaning is a sound choice. With the father's name it becomes Najah bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.

Names like Najah

• Falah
• Zafira
• Saad

1. Sahih Muslim 2139, the Prophet ﷺ changing a name with a bad meaning.
2. Sahih Muslim 2315.
3. Sahih Muslim 2132.
4. Meanings follow classical Arabic usage and the standard name dictionaries; our teachers will check each one.

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