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مُصْعَب
Mus'ab
MUS-ab
“Difficult; brave.”
About Mus'ab
Mus'ab is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "difficult; brave" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Borne by Mus'ab ibn Umayr, an early companion who taught Islam in Medina before the Hijra.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Musaab
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Mus'ab is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Mus'ab before.
- Mus'ab ibn Umayr, companion of the Prophet ﷺ
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Mus'ab
- What does the name Mus'ab mean?
- Mus'ab (مُصْعَب) means "Difficult; brave". Borne by Mus'ab ibn Umayr, an early companion who taught Islam in Medina before the Hijra.
- Is Mus'ab a name from the Qur'an?
- Mus'ab does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Mus'ab a boy or a girl name?
- Mus'ab is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Mus'ab come from?
- Mus'ab is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Ṣ-ʿ-B.
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