RassoulAllah ﷺ
The names of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Muhammad, Ahmad, Rasul Allah, an-Nabi, al-Mahi… The names and titles of the Prophet ﷺ as the Quran and the authentic hadiths report them, with their meaning and their source.
The names he gave himself
Jubayr ibn Mutʿim reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “I have five names: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am al-Mahi through whom Allah erases disbelief, I am al-Hashir behind whom people will be gathered, and I am al-ʿAqib.” Abu Musa al-Ashʿari reported others.
- مُحَمَّدMuḥammad
- The praised one, praised again and again.
- Quran 48:29; Sahih al-Bukhari 3532, Sahih Muslim 2354
- أَحْمَدAḥmad
- The most worthy of praise. ʿIsa (Jesus) foretells him by this name.
- Quran 61:6; Sahih al-Bukhari 3532
- الْمَاحِيal-Māḥī
- The one through whom Allah erases disbelief.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3532, Sahih Muslim 2354
- الْحَاشِرal-Ḥāshir
- The one behind whom people will be gathered on the Last Day.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3532, Sahih Muslim 2354
- الْعَاقِبal-ʿĀqib
- The last one, after whom there is no prophet.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 3532, Sahih Muslim 2354
- الْمُقَفِّيal-Muqaffī
- The one who comes after the prophets.
- Sahih Muslim 2355
- نَبِيُّ التَّوْبَةNabī at-Tawba
- The Prophet of repentance.
- Sahih Muslim 2355
- نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةNabī ar-Raḥma
- The Prophet of mercy.
- Sahih Muslim 2355
His titles in the Quran
The Quran addresses him and describes him with these titles.
- رَسُولُ اللهRasūl Allāh
- The Messenger of Allah. Also written Rasulullah or RassoulAllah.
- Quran 48:29, 33:40
- النَّبِيّan-Nabī
- The Prophet.
- Quran 33:45
- خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينKhātam an-Nabiyyīn
- The seal of the prophets, the last of them.
- Quran 33:40
- عَبْدُ اللهʿAbd Allāh
- The servant of Allah.
- Quran 72:19
- الشَّاهِدash-Shāhid
- The witness.
- Quran 33:45
- الْمُبَشِّرal-Mubashshir
- The bringer of good news.
- Quran 33:45
- النَّذِيرan-Nadhīr
- The warner.
- Quran 33:45
- الدَّاعِي إِلَى اللهad-Dāʿī ilā Allāh
- The one who calls to Allah.
- Quran 33:46
- السِّرَاجُ الْمُنِيرas-Sirāj al-Munīr
- The light-giving lamp.
- Quran 33:46
- رَحْمَةٌ لِلْعَالَمِينRaḥmatun lil-ʿĀlamīn
- A mercy to the worlds.
- Quran 21:107
- الْمُزَّمِّلal-Muzzammil
- The one wrapped in garments.
- Quran 73:1
- الْمُدَّثِّرal-Muddaththir
- The one covered in a cloak.
- Quran 74:1
His full name and his epithets
How his family and his people called him.
- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim
- His name and lineage, from the tribe of Quraysh.
- Sira of Ibn Hisham
- أَبُو الْقَاسِمAbū al-Qāsim
- Father of al-Qasim, after his eldest son: his kunya.
- Sahih al-Bukhari 110
- الْأَمِينal-Amīn
- The trustworthy: what Quraysh called him, even before the revelation.
- Sira of Ibn Hisham
- الْمُصْطَفَىal-Muṣṭafā
- The chosen one: “Allah chose Quraysh from Kinana… and chose me from Banu Hashim.”
- Sahih Muslim 2276
Writing his name
Muhammad (مُحَمَّد) is written in Latin letters in several ways: Mohammed, Mohammad, Muhammed. It is always the same Arabic name.
After his name, ﷺ is written: ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam, “may Allah bless him and grant him peace”.