Abd al-Rabb

ʻAbd al-Rabb (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Rabb. The name means "servant of the Lord", a Muslim theophoric name.

Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Rab, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rab. Alternative transliterations include ‘Abd ar-Rabb, Abdul Rab, and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

People with the given name

• Abdur Rab Nishtar (1899–1958), Pakistani politician
• Abdurabb Al Yazeedi (born 1988), Qatari footballer
• Abdur Rab Jaunpuri (1875–1935), Indian Muslim scholar
• Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf, Afghan politician and former Mujahideen commander.
• Abdur Rabb (politician), Pakistani politician
• Abdur Rab (academic), Bangladeshi academic and vice-chancellor
• Md. Abdur Rob, Bangladeshi politician

People with the surname

• A. S. M. Abdur Rab (born 1945), Bangladeshi politician
• P. K. Abdu Rabb (born 1948), Kerala politician

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