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Boy Name

Jihad

struggle for the cause of God

Arabic: جِهَاد
Boy

Name Details

Name Jihad
Arabic جِهَاد
Gender Boy
Meaning struggle for the cause of God
Details Jihad is a direct Quranic name for boys that means struggle for the cause of God . In recent usage the name often refers to holy war , but in Arabic, the word has no inherent relationship to war and its first usage is in a Meccan chapter of the Quran, during a time when Muslims were forbidden from fighting and were only allowed to perform peaceful resistance against their oppressors.

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