Banu (Arabic)

For the feminine name, see Banu (name).
"Banu Adam" redirects here. For other uses, see Bani Adam (disambiguation).

Banū (بنو) or Banī (بني) is Arabic for 'the children of' or 'descendants of' and appears before the name of a tribal progenitor. Another example of the usage is the Bani Quraish, the tribe from which Muhammad came, for which a Quranic Surah is also named.

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