Last name origin & meaning: Arabic (mainly Lebanon and Syria): from the personal name
‛Īsā, Arabic form of Hebrew Yeshua, Greek
Iēsous (see Jesus). This name is born by both
Christian and Muslim Arabs. In Islam ‛Īsā is a prophet, ‘a
messenger of Allah and his word’ (Qur’an 4:171). In the Qur’an 19:30,
he proclaims, ‘He (Allah) has given me the Book and established me as
a Prophet.’
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