It's said that surah 80 of the Quran is revealed in regards to [Ibn Umm Maktum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Umm_Maktum) .
My question is about the meaning of the name of this person.
I'm not Arab. As much as I know,
Ibn
means son, and Umm
means mother.
So, this confuses me. Does his name literally means son of the mother of Maktum
?
Is it a strange linguistic feature of classical Arabic?
Asked by Saeed Neamati
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Jan 11, 2023, 02:13 AM
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