RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ubayy ibn Ka'b

600 - 649

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Ubayy ibn Ka'b (Arabic: أُبَيّ ٱبْن كَعْب, ʾUbayy ibn Kaʿb) (died 649), also known as Abu Mundhir, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a person of high esteem in the early Muslim community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ubayy ibn Ka'b has received more than 84,047 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ubayy ibn Ka'b is the 787th most popular religious figure (up from 856th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 110th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Ubayy ibn Ka'b was a sahaba of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was one of the first people to convert to Islam and was noted for his eloquence. He is most famous for writing the Qur'an's sura Al-Fatiha, which has been called "the most eloquent and beautiful of all Qur'anic suras".

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  • 62.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 787 out of 3,187. Before him are Jean Mabillon, József Mindszenty, Expeditus, Philip the Evangelist, Robert de Sorbon, and Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros. After him are William Tyndale, Augustine of Canterbury, Athenagoras of Athens, Anastasius of Persia, Hippolytus of Rome, and Nicholas of Flüe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 21. Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Pope Theodore I, Bahram Chobin, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Pope Severinus, and Rayhana bint Zayd. After him are Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Shahrbaraz, Bayan I, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, and Al-Mughira. Among people deceased in 649, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 4. Before him are Emperor Taizong of Tang, John Climacus, and Pope Theodore I.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 114 out of 354. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Fatimah bint Asad (555), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928). After him are Ghazi of Iraq (1912), Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (600), Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933), Imru' al-Qais (501), Abbas I of Egypt (1816), and Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Ubayy ibn Ka'b ranks 51. Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), and Fatimah bint Asad (555). After him are 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Waraqah ibn Nawfal (null), Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null).

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