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How should I spell my name in arabic?
Hello. I'm Mana from Japan. 
I started to learn Arabic recently. I've been studying alphabet. 
Also I'm interested in Arab culture. 
Now I have two questions to ask you. 

Question 1: How should I spell my name?
Once I thought Mana is "من", but it means "from", although their vowels are different.
If I write like 
أب من من اليابان.
Isn't it weird? 

Can I spell like "مانا" or different ways? I hope it doesn't have any uncomfortable meaning.
If you have any idea, please let me know!


Question 2: What kind of person is Moses in the Quran?
To be honest, my name comes from the Bible, because my parents are Christian (but I'm not actually, sorry mom and dad). 
Manna is a kind of grain which the God gave his people.
After Moses had prayed to the God, it fell from heaven. 
Do you have a similar story in Quran? 
(I hope this topic don't violate community guideline...)


Thank you for reading my writing. Feel free to leave your comments and suggestion! 
(Also I'm grad if you point my English mistake out.)
Jun 9, 2016 2:07 PM
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Thank you very much, you guys!

.اسمي مانا، مانا يعني المن


June 12, 2016
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In Islam, Moses is loved and respected; he is both a Prophet and a Messenger.  God mentions him more than 120 times, and his story ranges across several chapters.  It is the longest and most detailed story of a prophet in the Quran and is discussed in elaborate detail. Moses n Jesus n Noah n Abraham n Jacob n David n  Muhammad peace be upon them all, with others we didn't mention they are prophets. 


June 9, 2016
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السلام عليكم

hi, Mana

first of all , the literally spelling of your name in Arabic is " مانا "

But if u wanna spell it according to religious background u need to write it " مَنّ  _Manna  " which is " Honney or sweet drink ". the difference between (من : from) n مَنّ is "Shaddah"  which is a mark or symbol above a letter to indicate emphasis. 

Secondly that story in the holy Bible is similar to the quran (surat AL_Baqarah :57)

in the name of Allah the most beneficent the most merciful 

And We shaded you with clouds and sent down to you manna and quails, [saying], "Eat from the good things with which We have provided you." And they wronged Us not - but they were [only] wronging themselves.

Ganbatte

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June 9, 2016
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Hello Mana, you should write your name مانا ,don't worry NO uncomfortable meaning,the Holy Quran told us the same story , the word is المن
June 9, 2016
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Hi Mana,

 

To answer your question, you can choose between the word "Manna" (in English) which is transleterated into مانا in Arabic. However, you can choose the Arabic meaning of this word, which means in the Bible a kind of grain, but in the Quran, it means "Honey - sweet drink" (according to some researches I made). And the word for Manna in Arabic is المَنّ (Al-mann). So here, you can choose between the two.

In Arabic, the word مَنّ (Mann) doesn't have any long vowels. (The الـ I added is just for the definite article "the" in Arabic). I believe the English word Manna sounds better as a name.

 

Hopefully this will help, and best of luck with you Arabic :)

 

June 9, 2016
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