Abd al-Ghafur

ʻAbd al-Ghafūr (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الغفور) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Ghafūr, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

It may refer to:

People

Artists

• Reham Abdel Ghafour (born 1978), Egyptian actress
• Sarmad Abdul Ghafoor (born 1975), Pakistani guitarist

Politicians

• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani (1910–2000), Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor (politician, born 1918) (1918–2004), chief minister of Bihar, India
• Abdul Ghafoor (Saharsa politician) (1959-2020), legislator in Bihar India
• Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti (1923–1998), Pakistani politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi, or Ravan A. G. Farhâdi (born 1929), Afghan diplomat
• Abdul Ghafor Zori (born 1950), Afghan politician
• Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikrit (born 1960), Iraqi politician
• Abdul Ghafoor Khan Mayo (born 1976), Pakistani politician

Sportsmen

• Abdul Ghafoor (footballer) (1941-2012), Pakistani footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai, Afghan footballer representing the Kingdom of Afghanistan in the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Ahmad Abdulghafoor (born 1987), Kuwaiti footballer
• Abdul Ghafoor Murad (born 1989), Qatari footballer

Writers

• Abdul Gafur (language activist) (1929-2024), Bangladeshi language activist
• Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur (born 1971), American writer
• Abdul Ghafur Nassakh (1834-1889), Bengali writer

Other

• Abdul Ghafour (died 2007), Afghan, Taliban commander
• Sabi Jahn Abdul Ghafour (1969-2004), Afghan, Taliban commander and former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 363)
• Abdul Ghafour, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 954)
• Abdul Ghafaar, Afghan, former Guantanamo detainee (ISN 1032)