'Abd al-Rahim

ʻAbd al-Raḥīm (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الرحيم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd, al-Raḥīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2] It means "servant of the merciful".

Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus, although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Rahim, the standard pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rahim. Alternative transliterations include Abdel Raheem, Abdur Raheem, Abdul Rahiem and other regional linguistic variations, and subject to variant spacing or hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Given name

• Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (1325–1403), Shafi'i scholar of hadith
• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), Indian poet
• Abdur Rahim (judge) (1867–1952), Indian judge and politician
• Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870–1933), Azerbaijani playwright, stage director and politician
• Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad, (1892–1939), Palestinian commander of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine
• Abdurrahim Hojibayev (1900–1938), Tajik politician in the Soviet Union
• Abdul Rahim (Indian politician) (1902–1977), member of the Indian National Congress
• Abdurrahim Buza (1905–1987), an Albanian painter
• Abdur Rahim (scholar) (1918–1986), a Muslim scholar and politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
• Abdulrahim Abby Farah (1919–2018), Somali diplomat
• Abdul Rahim Khan (1925–1990), Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force
• Abdul Rahim Hatef (1926–2013), Afghan politician
• Abdul Rahim Sarban (1930–1993), Afghan singer, known as "Sarban"
• Abdul Rahim Malhas (1937–2012), Jordanian politician
• Abdul Rahim Nagori (1939–2011), Pakistani painter
• Abdul Rahim Wardak (born 1940 (?)), Afghan politician
• Abdul Rahim Mourad (born 1942), Lebanese politician
• Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943–1989), Sudanese writer, poet, and translator
• Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (born 1949), Sudanese politician
• Abdurrahim El-Keib (born 1950), Libyan electrical engineer turned politician
• Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah (born 1952), Malaysian politician
• Abdolrahim Mousavi (born 1960), Iranian general
• Abdul Rahim Muslimdost (born 1960), Pakistani journalist and jeweler held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rahim Bakri (born 1961), Malaysian politician
• Abdul-Rahim Hamed Aufi (born 1963), Iraqi footballer
• Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (born 1965), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (born 1969), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
• Abderrahim Ouakili (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
• Abderrahim Zitouna (born 1970), Moroccan runner
• Abderrahim El Haouzy (born 1975), Moroccan-French runner
• Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 549) or Omar Said Salim Al Dayi
• Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 897) (born c. 1975), Afghan
• Abderrahim Goumri (born 1976), Moroccan runner
• Abderrahim Chkilit (born 1976), Moroccan footballer
• Abdul Rahim Shapiee (1977–2022), Singaporean drug trafficker
• Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko (born 1978), Syrian Kurd held in Guantanamo
• Abdulrahim Jumaa (born 1979), UAR footballer
• Abderrahim Essaidi (born 1983), Moroccan footballer
• Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev (born 1983), Kazakh held in Guantanamo
• Abderrahim Najah (born 1984), Moroccan basketball player
• Abderrahim Zhiou (born 1985), Tunisian Paralympic athlete
• Abdul Rahim Ayew (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
• Abdulrahim Jaizawi (born 1989), Saudi footballer
• Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born 1990), Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner
• Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (died 1997), Afghan politician and diplomat
• Abdur Rahim (general) (died 2021), Bangladeshi Brigadier General and director general of NSI
• Abdul Raheem Glailati, Sudanese poet and journalist
• Abdurrahim Al Murbati, Bahraini held in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia
• Abdul Rahim (Afghan politician), Afghan Communications Minister of the Interim Administration
• Abderahim Mechenouai, Algerian boxer
• Abd al-Rahim al-Hasini, Iraqi politician
• Abdur Rahim (Dhaka politician)
• Abdur Rahim (cricketer) (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Abdur Rahim (footballer) (c. 1932-2004), Bangladeshi footballer
• Abdur Rahim (politician, born 1933), Bangladeshi politician

Middle or surname

• Abubakar Abdul Rahim (1920–1995), Indian politician
• Behzod Abdurahimov (born 1990), Uzbek pianist
• Besart Abdurahimi (born 1990), Croatian footballer
• Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, Pakistani politician
• Fathi Tawfiq Abdulrahim (born 1970), Yemeni politician
• Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–2000), Egyptian classical music composer
• Jalaludin Abdur Rahim (1913–1977), Bengali Pakistani communist politician
• Khalid Abdul Rahim (born 1962), Bahraini businessman
• Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi (died 2013), Iraqi accused of terrorism
• Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi (1834–1911), Iranian Azerbaijani intellectual and social reformer
• Muhadhdhabuddin Abd al-Rahim bin Ali bin Hamid al-Dimashqi, known as Al-Dakhwar (1170–1230), Syrian physician in Ayyubid Egypt
• Nabil Omran Abdul-Rahim (born 1981), Libyan futsal player
• Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (c. 1980–2010), Egyptian criminal
• Shaaban Abdel Rahim (1957–2019), Egyptian popular singer
• Shah Abdur Rahim (1644–1719), 17th century Indian Sufi and scholar and he most sensible person of his time
• Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born 1976), American basketball player and NBA executive
• Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859–1931), Bengali author
• Mouni Abderrahim (born 1985), Algerian volleyball player
• Ymär Abdrahim (1882–1975), Finnish Tatar businessman