what is the difference between ال and آل in a last name?
my arabic teacher told me that if your last name is آل then your a relative to Mohammed?
2007-01-21 13:30:09 · 4 answers · asked by sofia 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Your teacher needs some education (I am just kidding.)
No my dear it doesn't mean that.
maybe your teacher wants to be funny. or, it depends on which Mohammed is your teacher talking about. There are millions people named Mohammed, it could be anyone of them. In this case it could be true.
ال AL means the. El or AL Malik. As in the King. The El is not the major, it what fellows. That does not have any indication whether a person is or is not related to Mohammed. If a person is related, that is not enough, and they have to study the family tree to find out for sure. I know one family that is related to Mohammed, it is the royal family of Jordan.
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/rfamily_hashemites.html
Check this out. It is in Arabic and English. This family is for sure related to the Prophet Muhammad.
2007-01-21 16:03:28 · answer #1 · answered by Today T 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The first Al simply means "the". The second "AAL" simply alludes to the name of a tribe, i.e surname . There is no indication that this person is related to the prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). In fact, those who are , are known and they are called Ash-shurafa'. Your Arabic teacher need to learn History.
2007-01-23 04:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not you teacher is wrong,ا٠is more common in families last name but اÙÙ is used by some family like royal family and al sheikh(اÙØ´ÙØ®) and some other families
2007-01-23 05:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by zezo 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
wow.. that's something nice
2007-01-21 21:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by mtryfena 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋