Abdul Samad (Arabic: عبد الصمد‎) is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Samad. The name means "servant of the Everlasting", al-Samad being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Samad, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Samad. Alternative transliterations include Abdus Samad and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to

People with the name[link]

• Abdas-Samad Esfahani (died 1299), Sufi saint
• Khwaja Abdus Samad/Abd al-Samad etc. (16th century), Persian and the Mughal miniature painter
• Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor
• Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor (1843–1929), Persian prince
• Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (1907–1973), Pashtun nationalist leader
• Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi politician
• Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), aka Pak Samad, Malaysian journalist, writer and editor
• A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926–1999), Indian politician
• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988), Kurdish-Egyptian Qari
• Kh. Abdul Samad Wani (1935–2001), Kashmiri journalist and politician
• A. Samad Said (born 1935), Malaysian poet
• Shahrir Abdul Samad (born 1949), Malaysian politician
• Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad (born 1950), Kuwaiti politician
• Khalid Abdul Samad (born 1957), Malaysian politician
• Ahmed Abdel Samad (born 1972), Egyptian boxer
• Abdulsamad, surname of all members of The Boys (band) (born 1973 - 1979)
• Abdool Samad (cricketer) (born 1979) Guyanese-Canadian cricketer
• Abdul Samad Rohani (ca. 1982 - 2008), Afghan journalist
• Abdelouahad Abdessamad (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Abdessamad Chahiri (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Abdessamad Rafik (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Abdul Samad (detainee) (born 1982? 1987?) Afghan detainee in Guantanamo
• Abdul Samad Khaksar (died 2006), Afghan politician
• Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, Iranian lawyer
• Ako Abdul-Samad, American politician
• Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian educationist
• Datuk Abdul Samad Hj. Alias, Malaysian accountant
• Bashir Abdel Samad, Egyptian footballer

See also[link]

• Abdul
• Samad (disambiguation)

References[link]

1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 

This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.