Farooqui

Farooqui (Arabic: الفاروقي); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a given name or surname of Arabic origin, meaning "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong".

Notable people with the surname include:

• Umar, second Caliph of Islam, associate of Muhammad
• Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Muhammad
• Abdullah ibn Umar, brother-in-law of Muhammad
• Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
• Farouk Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer
• Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman
• Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician
• Farooq, ring name of American professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
• Khwaja Ghulam Farid, Sufi poet
• Mian Mir, Sufi saint
• Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Sufi venerated by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
• Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Indian Sufi and Islamic scholar
• Muhibullah Allahabadi, Sufi scholar
• Ibrahim ibn Adham, Sufi saint
• Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher
• Sachal Sarmast, Sufi saint
• Shaikh Salim Chisti, Sufi saint
• Naseer Ahmad Faruqui, Islamic scholar
• Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Islamic scholar
• Musharraf Ali Farooqui, Canadian writer
• Shad Saleem Faruqi, Malaysian legal scholar
• Shah Abdul Aziz, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint
• Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), Bengali knight and politician
• Khaliq Ahmad Nizami, Indian historian and diplomat
• Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi, jurist and scholar
• Sami Pasha al-Farouqi, Ottoman commander
• Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Sheikh of Islam and imam of India
• Shah Ismail Dehlvi, Mujahid and Muslim scholar
• Munawar Faruqui, Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner (Lock Upp)
• Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Indian Islamic scholar

See also

• Umar
• Family tree of Umar
• Al-Farooq (book)
• Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque
• Faruqi dynasty