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'''Farooqui''' ({{langx|ar|الفاروقي}}); also [[Transliteration|transliterated]] as '''Farooqi''', '''Faruki''' or '''Al Farooqui'''), is a given name or surname of [[Arabic]] origin.
Notable people with the surname include:
* [[Umar]], second Caliph of Islam, associate of Muhammad
* [[Hafsa bint Umar]], wife of Muhammad
* [[Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab|Abdullah ibn Umar]], brother-in-law of Muhammad<!-- through his sister Hafsa -->
* [[Farooque]] (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor
* [[Farouk Ruzimatov]], Russian ballet dancer
* [[Farouk Shami]], Palestinian-American businessman
* [[Farouk al-Sharaa]], Syrian politician
* [[Ron Simmons|Farooq]], ring name of American professional wrestler Ron Simmons (born 1958)
* [[Khwaja Ghulam Farid]], Sufi poet
* [[Mian Mir]], Sufi saint
* [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar]], Sufi venerated by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs
* Shaikh [[Ahmad Sirhindi]], Indian Sufi and Islamic scholar
* [[Muhibullah Allahabadi]], Sufi scholar
* [[Ibrahim ibn Adham]], Sufi saint
* [[Ismail al-Faruqi]], Palestinian-American philosopher
* [[Sachal Sarmast]], Sufi saint
* [[Shaikh Salim Chisti]], Sufi saint
* [[Naseer Ahmad Faruqui]], Islamic scholar
* [[Nisar Ahmed Faruqi]], Islamic scholar
* [[Musharraf Ali Farooqui]], Canadian writer
* [[Shad Saleem Faruqi]], Malaysian legal scholar
* [[Shah Abdul Aziz]], Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint
*[[Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui|Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui]] (1891–1984), Bengali knight and politician
* [[Khaliq Ahmad Nizami]], Indian historian and diplomat<!-- Ex Vice chancellor of [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and Indian ambassador to [[Syria]]) -->
* [[Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi]], jurist and scholar
* [[Sami Pasha al-Farouqi]], Ottoman commander
* [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]], Sheikh of Islam and imam of India
* [[Shah Ismail Dehlvi]], Mujahid and Muslim scholar
* [[Munawar Faruqui]], Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner ([[Lock Upp]])
* [[Abdul Aleem Farooqui]], Indian Islamic scholar
== See also ==
* [[Umar]]
* [[Family tree of Umar]]
* [[Al-Farooq (book)]]
* [[Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque]]
* [[Faruqi dynasty]]
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