Abd al-Jabbar
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ʿAbd al-Jabbār or Abdul Jabbar (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الجبار) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Jabbār, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-compeller".
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Abd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad (935–1025), Iraqi Qadi and religious author
Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara (born 1970), Nigerian Islamic cleric
Nasuru Kabara (1924–1996) Nigerian Islamic cleric and formal Qadiriyya leader of West Africa.
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