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أَحْمَد

If your name is Ahmed

Your name is in the Quran, spoken by one prophet about another.

وَمُبَشِّرًۢا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِى ٱسْمُهُۥٓ أَحْمَدُ

Quran 61:6

If your name is Ahmed, or Ahmad, your name is in the Quran.

Centuries before the Prophet ﷺ was born, Isa, son of Maryam, stood before his people and said:

"O Children of Israel, I am Allah's messenger to you, confirming the Torah that came before me, and bringing good news of a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad." (Quran 61:6)

Ahmad comes from hamd, praise. It means the most praised, or the one who praises Allah most.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "I have five names. I am Muhammad, and I am Ahmad. I am al-Mahi, through whom Allah wipes out disbelief. I am al-Hashir, the first to be raised, with everyone raised after me. And I am al-Aqib": the one after whom there is no prophet. (Sahih al-Bukhari 3532)

So if your name is Ahmed, it was spoken by one prophet, about another, before he was even born.

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