Well if not any of these, then what should I blog about. Nothing! Wow Nothing is also a good topic! Isn't it! Well lets talk about what am i doing in Mumbai. Its Ramadan and I was planning to come for 2 weeks to see my first Baby, who is called Hajar(Hajra) Binte Awwab. Since it was Ramadan and last 3 Ramadan I was in Kuwait. I felt like, lets spend this whole Ramadan in Mumbai with my MOM and siblings. I requested and got my leave approved. And its 22nd nite, today. So Ramadan is almost in its last week. Subhanallaah Time flies!
Now I had a tough time selecting my daughters name. One of the reasons I selected this name was because its my grandmother's name. Now there is a confusion with it. In India if You ask anyone who was Umm Ismail, wife of prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him)?? They will say Hajra, and this was the name of my grandmother and is the name of my daughter now. But when I tell my Arab friends my daughters name is Hajra, they say what does that mean. DO you mean HAJAR?? I say Na'am (YES)
The question is what is the real name according to Arabic Language for mother of prophet Ismail, wife of prophet Abraham!?? Although I think it is an Abrahani name not Arabic, according to my sister. Who know much more about Arabic than me. Most of the places where i found Islamic literature in english it said Hajar.
So I think my daughter will be known by two names, Hajra in India and Hajar in Kuwait. SO I m Bu Hajra in India and Bu Hajar in Kuwait!!! Unless I find a solution out! And I do not know how to pronounce Hajar??? :(
6 comments:
its easy :) i will pronounce when i talk to you
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it is hajra as i share the same name it has two meaning one the house of stones anthe other one is the one who migrates
It's hajar and not hajra. That's just what they call umm e Ismail in India and Pakistan . In my Quranic class we did the tafseer and were told its hajar. So you will be Abu HAjar. If you're still. Confused you can check sahih bukhari for the right pronouncement
My name is Hajra, and being married to an Arab man there has always been confusion about my name, hajar, hajira, hajra, it doesn't matter. My father named me as he migrated from Pakistan to western land, and for that reason my name has significance, regardless of how it is pronounced I'm sure your daughter will be greatful for the fact that you named her :-)
I received a comment on this post after so long, meaning still people read the posts. Giving me a push to restart blogging. Thanks all for your comments.
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