Farooqui

Farooqui (Arabic: الفاروقي); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a given name or surname of Arabic origin,meaning "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong".

Notable people with the surname include:

Umar, second Caliph of Islam, associate of Muhammad
Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Muhammad
Abdullah ibn Umar, brother-in-law of Muhammad
Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
Farouk Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer
Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician
Farooq, ring name of American professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Sufi poet
Mian Mir, Sufi saint
Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Sufi venerated by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Indian Sufi and Islamic scholar
Muhibullah Allahabadi, Sufi scholar
Ibrahim ibn Adham, Sufi saint
Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher
Sachal Sarmast, Sufi saint
Shaikh Salim Chisti, Sufi saint
Naseer Ahmad Faruqui, Islamic scholar
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Islamic scholar
Musharraf Ali Farooqui, Canadian writer
Shad Saleem Faruqi, Malaysian legal scholar
Shah Abdul Aziz, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint
Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), Bengali knight and politician
Khaliq Ahmad Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat
Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi, jurist and scholar
Sami Pasha al-Farouqi, Ottoman commander
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Sheikh of Islam and imam of India
Shah Ismail Dehlvi, Mujahid and Muslim scholar
Munawar Faruqui, Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner (Lock Upp)
Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Indian Islamic scholar

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