Is it permissible to name a girl "Alif Laam Meem Ra" (Al-MR), which are the first four letters of Surah Ar-Ra'd?
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Naming a newborn after the names of the Quranic surahs and their opening verses is not permissible, as a group of scholars have deemed it reprehensible.
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