Aflah (transliteration: Aflaḥ, Arabic: أفلح) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one whose lower lip has a crack or separation”.12
There are five Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Aflah:
- Aflah brother of Abi al-Qa`ees أفلح أخو أبي القعيس
- Aflah (freed slave of the Prophet SAW) أفلح مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
- Aflah (freed slave of Um Salamah) أفلح مولى أم سلمة
- Aflah (freed slave of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari) أفلح مولى أبي أيوب الأنصاري
Below is the name Aflah written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Aflah written in Arabic kufi script:
Footnotes
- Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE), entry for فَلَحَ.
- Taj al-Lughah wa Sihaah al-Arabiyyah by al-Jawhari (d. 1003 CE), entry for فلح.
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