Fatima (name)

Fatima, or, in a more exact transliterion, Fāţimah (Arabic: فاطمة ), is originally an Arabic name, meaning "She who weans", being the name of the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad; after the advent of Islam it became a common Muslim name for women. It is also used (as shortened to Mǎ (馬)) as a common family name for Chinese Muslims, and the Persian transliteration is Fatemeh.

The name may also refer to:

Fatimah bint Amr
Fátima, Portugal, a town in Portugal
Our Lady of Fatima, a famous Marian apparition at Fátima, Portugal in 1917
- The "Miracle of the Sun", a miracle associated with the 1917 apparition
- Three Secrets of Fatima, prophecies associated with the 1917 apparition
Fatima Zahra, daughter of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam
Fatima Jinnah (1893-1967), the sister of Pakistan's first governor-general, Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Fatima bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn bin Ali

Fatima The Gracious (book)

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