Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts أبو ذر(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ʔa.buː.ˈðarr/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "father of Dharr" in Arabic. Abu Dharr al-Ghifari was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the first people to convert to Islam. His name was a tekonym referring to his daughter, Dharr.