Ayub (name)
Ayub is a masculine given name, (Arabic: أيوب).
It is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, and is the name used in the Qur'an for the prophet Job. It refers to patience in the face of adversity, patience in the disease, repent and turn to goodness, or egrets and returns towards Goodness.[1]
The spread of the name among Muslims is partly due to the fame of ̣"Salạ̄h ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb" (Saladin), founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.[2]
Other people with this given name
- Ayub Shah Durrani, Afghan ruler
- Ayub Khan (general) (1907-1974), second President of Pakistan
- Haji Ayub Afridi, Pakistani drug lord turned politician
- Ayub Ommaya (1930-2008), a Pakistani neurosurgeon
- Ayub Shah Bukhari, Pakistani sufi
- Ayub Thakur (1948-2004), Kashmiri freedom activist
- Master Ayub, a Pakistani teacher who runs an open air, free of cost, school in Islamabad since 1986
- Ayub Khan-Din (1961-), British-Pakistani actor
- Ayub Bachchu (1962-), Bangladeshi rock musician
- Ayub Khan (actor) (1969-), Indian actor
- Ayub Daud (1990-), Somali footballer
- Ayub Masika (1992-), Kenyan footballer
Places
See also
- Eyüp (name), Turkish variant
Notes
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