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صَلَاحُ الدِّين
Salah al-Din
sa-LAH-ad-DEEN
“Righteousness of the faith.”
About Salah al-Din
Salah al-Din is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "righteousness of the faith" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Compound name famously borne by Saladin, the Muslim sultan who liberated Jerusalem.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Saladin, Salahuddin
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 Salah al-Din is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Salah al-Din before.
- Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (1137–1193), Muslim sultan and military commander
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Salah al-Din
- What does the name Salah al-Din mean?
- Salah al-Din (صَلَاحُ الدِّين) means "Righteousness of the faith". Compound name famously borne by Saladin, the Muslim sultan who liberated Jerusalem.
- Is Salah al-Din a name from the Qur'an?
- Salah al-Din 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 Salah al-Din a boy or a girl name?
- Salah al-Din is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Salah al-Din come from?
- Salah al-Din is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Ṣ-L-Ḥ.
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