Abdul Samad (Name)

Abdul Samad (transliteration: ʿAbdul Ṣamad, Arabic: عبد الصّمد) is an Arabic name for boys that means “servant of the Most Enduring”, “servant of the Absolute”, meaning “servant of God” since al-Ṣamad is one of the names of God in Islam.¹ The name is made up of the words ʿabd (“servant”, “slave”)² and the name of God al-Ṣamad. Due to the way the Arabic language works, when pronouncing the name ʿabd al-Ṣamad becomes ʿabdul Ṣamad.

Abdul Samad is also spelled as Abdussamad, Abdulsamad, Abdus Samad, Abdel Samad and Abd el-Samad, among others.

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad by the name of Abdul Samad:

• Abdul Samad bin Ma`qal bin Munabbih عبد الصمد بن معقل بن منبّه

Below is the name Abdul Samad written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the same name written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Al-Tawqeef `alaa Mahammaat al-Ta`areef by al-Manaawi (d. 1622 CE), entry for الصمد.
2. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for عبد.