Farooqui (); 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 given or surname include:
- Farooque (1948âÂÂ2023), Bangladeshi actor
- Farouk Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer
- Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
- Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician
- Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher
- Naseer Ahmad Faruqui, Islamic scholar
- Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Islamic scholar
- Musharraf Ali Farooqui, Canadian writer
- Shad Saleem Faruqi, Malaysian legal scholar
- Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891âÂÂ1984), Bengali knight and politician
- Sami Pasha al-Farouqi, Ottoman commander
- Munawar Faruqui, Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner (Lock Upp)
- Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Indian Islamic scholar
- Darab Farooqui, Indian screenwriter, columnist, and poet.
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