About:Raqīb
Raqīb (Arabic: رقيب, also transliterated Raqeeb) is an Arabic word meaning overseer, also sometimes translated by words such as watcher, controller, supervisor or observer. The word has two major uses in the Quran. As a religious term, it is one of the Islamic names of God, and as a result features in the Muslim names such as Abdur Raqib, meaning "servant/ slave of the Watcher/ Overseer/ Ever-Watchful/ Observer". As a military term, overseer designates a military rank, conventionally considered equivalent to sergeant in other countries, and has variations such as "first overseer" etc.
