Abdul Ghaffar (Arabic: عبد الغفار) and Abdul Ghafoor (Arabic: عبد الغفور) are two related male Muslim given names, and, in modern usage, surnames. They are built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and either Ghaffar or Ghafoor respectively. Both names mean "servant of the All-forgiving", Al-Ghaffār and Al-Ghafūr being two of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. Alternative transliterations for the last word allow for the initial "gh" to appear as "g", the "ff" to appear as "f" or vice versa, and the "oo" to appear as "u" or "ou", all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), Pakistani political and spiritual leader
Abdoel Gaffar Pringgodigdo (1904–1988), Indonesian politician
Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani (born 1910), Pakistani politician
Abdul Ghafoor (politician) (1918-2004), chief minister of Bihar, India
Abdul Ghafoor (Saharsa politician), legislator in Bihar India
Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998), Pakistani politician
Hardan ’Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti, or Hardan al-Tikriti (1925-1971), Iraqi Air Force commander and politician
Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi, or Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (born 1929), Afghan diplomat
Abdul Ghafor Zori (born 1950), Afghan politician
Rukan Razuki Abd al-Ghafar (born 1956), Iraqi politician
Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikrit, Iraqi politician
Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo, Pakistani politician
Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal, Afghan-American politician
Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (born 1932/1934?), Bangladeshi writer
Abdul Ghafoor (footballer) (born 1941), Pakistani footballer
Ramadan Yasser Abdel Ghaffar (born 1980), Egyptian boxer
Abdoul-Gafar Mamah (born 1985), Togolese footballer
Ahmad Abdulghafoor (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
Abdul Ghafoor Murad (born 1989), Qatari footballer
Shaikh Abdul Gaffar Sullia (1922–1998), Indian Sunni Muslim scholar
Sabi Jahn Abdul Ghafour (died 2004), Afghan held in Guantanamo, then released
Abdul Ghafour (Taliban commander) (died 2007), Afghan
Abdul Ghafour (Guantanamo Bay detainee)
Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor (born 1975), Pakistani guitarist
Abdul Ghafoor, also known as Ghafer Shahzad, Pakistani Architect
Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, American writer
Reham Abdel Ghafour, Egyptian actor
Eman Karam Sayed Abdel Ghaffar, Egyptian writer on geography
Masjid Abdul Gaffoor, mosque in Singapore
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