Mesbah

A Quranic Name for Boys and Girls

Meaning: Light and Radiance

Mesbah is variant of Misbah and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Mesbah or Misbah, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Misbah.

Full Meaning of Mesbah

Mesbah is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means “lamp”, “light”, “oil lamp”, “lantern”. It is used twice in the same verse in Surat an-Noor (chapter 24 of the Quran):

God is the light of the heavens and the earth. His light may be compared to a niche containing a lamp, the lamp inside a crystal of star-like brilliance lit from a blessed olive tree, neither of the east nor of the west. The [luminous] oil is as if ready to burn without even touching it. Light upon light; God guides to His light whom He will. God draws such comparisons for mankind; God has full knowledge of everything. (Quran 24:35)