ad-Din

Ad-Dīn (Arabic: الدين ‎, also anglicized as Deen), is an Arabic term for "religion, faith", usually in the sense of "Islam, the religious system and way of life taught by Muhammad".

"Ad-Din" also appears as a laqab, a component of some Arabic names, meaning "of the faith". The names concerned are used by Muslims all over the world.

Common alternative spellings of this element in names include:

• al-Din
• ad-Din
• ad-Dīn
• ud-Din
• Eldin
• -uddin (particularly in English-speaking south and east Asia)
• -uddeen (particularly in English-speaking south and east Asia)
• -eddine (particularly in French-speaking areas)
• -ettin (particularly in Turkish names)

In modern English-speaking environments sometimes treat the name Uddin as a separate surname. Examples are:

• Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin (born 1959), British politician
• Keith Uddin (born 1979), British songwriter

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Ala-ud-din Alimuddin Amin ud-Din Anwaruddin Azharuddin Azim ud-Din Badr al-Din Baha' al-Din Burhan al-Din Fakhr al-Din Fariduddin Ghiyath al-Din Hamid al-Din Haqq ad-Din Hisham ud-Din Husam ad-Din Ikhtiyar al-Din Imad al-Din Ismat ad-Din

Izz al-Din Jalal ad-Din Jamal ad-Din Kamal al-Din Khair ad-Din Majd ad-Din Mansur ad-Din Mohy al-Din Moinuddin Muhib ud-Din Mu'iz ad-Din Muslih ud-Din Najm al-Din Nasir al-Din Nazimuddin Nizam al-Din Nur al-Din Qamar ud-Din Qutb ad-Din

Rashid al-Din Riazuddin Rukn al-Din Sabr ad-Din Sa'd al-Din Sadr al-Din Safi al-Din Saif al-Din Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Shams al-Din Sharaf al-Din Shihab al-Din Shujauddin Sirajuddin Taj al-Din Taqi al-Din Zahir al-Din Zayn ad-Din Ziauddin