Abdul Rashid (name)
Abdul Rashid () is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words "Abd", "al-" and "Rashid". The name means "servant of the right-minded", "Ar-Rashīd" being one 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". Because the letter "r" is a sun letter, the letter "l" of the "al-" is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic  with letters corresponding to "Abd al-Rashid", the usual pronunciation corresponds to "Abd ar-Rashid". Alternative transliterations include "‘Abd ar-Rasheed" and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. The closely related name Abdel Raashid () is difficult to distinguish from the other in transliteration. It may refer to: