Aqib

Posted on 03/13/2012 by marina

‘AQIB عاقب
“A successor or deputy” “One who comes last.” Al-Aqib is a title given to Muhammad as being styled “the last of the prophets.”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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