Where does the surname Abdal come from?
Muslim: from an Arabic personal name based on ʿabd ul 'servant of the […]' (literally 'slave of the […]'), a variant of ʿabd al (see Abdel ). In Arabic personal names ʿAbdul is normally a component of a compound name referring to an attribute of Allah, for example ʿAbdul-Ḥakīm 'servant of the All-Wise'.
Muslim: from an Arabic personal name based on ʿabd ul 'servant of the […]' (literally 'slave of the […]'), a variant of ʿabd al (see Abdel ). In Arabic personal names ʿAbdul is normally a component of a compound name referring to an attribute of Allah, for example ʿAbdul-Ḥakīm 'servant of the All-Wise'.
