- Meaning
- Upright in faith, turning away from falsehood to the truth
- Arabic
- حنيف
- Say it
- ha-NEEF
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah Al Imran (3:67)
About the meaning
The Quran describes Ibrahim as hanif, upright, a Muslim (3:67).
Other spellings
Haneef, Hanief
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Questions about Hanif
What does Hanif mean?
Hanif means: Upright in faith, turning away from falsehood to the truth. The Quran describes Ibrahim as hanif, upright, a Muslim (3:67).
Is Hanif in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah Al Imran (3:67).
Is Hanif a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hanif is a boy’s name.
How do you write Hanif in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Hanif is written حنيف.