Misbah

Misbah (Arabic: مصباح, romanized: Miṣbāḥ) or Musbah is a Muslim Arabic name meaning "lamp" or "light".^[1] This name has originated from The Qur'an from Ayatu-n-Nur, also known as the Ayat of light, from the following verse:

"God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His light is, as it were, that of a niche containing a lamp; the lamp is [enclosed] in glass, the glass [shining] like a radiant star: [a lamp] lit from a blessed tree - an olive-tree that is neither of the east nor of the west the oil whereof [is so bright that it] would well-nigh give light [of itself] even though fire had not touched it: light upon light! God guides unto His light him that wills [to be guided]; and [to this end] God propounds parables unto men, since God [alone] has full knowledge of all things"

In this verse from the Qur'an, it typically means the lantern that shows the way.

Pronunciation

The name Misbah is often pronounced with the "h" silent.

As a given name

Misbah

• Misbah El-Ahdab (born 1962), Lebanese politician
• Misbah Khan (cricketer) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
• Misbah Khan (politician) (born 1989), German politician
• Misbah Rana (born 1994), Scottish child abductee
• Misbah-ul-Haq (born 1974), Pakistani cricketer
• Misbah Wajid, Pakistani politician

Musbah

• Musbah bint Nasser (1884–1961), queen consort of Jordan
• Musbah Jamli, Malaysian politician

As a surname

Misbah

• Abu Taher Misbah (born 1956), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
• Hicham Misbah (born 1977), Moroccan football player
• Norhafiz Zamani Misbah (born 1981), Malaysian football player
• Musarrat Misbah (born 1959), Pakistani beautician and actress

Musbah

• Mustafa El-Musbah (fl. 1980), Libyan volleyball player

See also

• An-Nur, the 24th surah in the Quran
• Kharbatha al-Misbah, a municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine
• Zouk Mosbeh, a town in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon