Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts ضياء الرحمٰن(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /dˤi.jaː.ʔar.raħ.ˈmaːn/ Meaning & History Means "splendour of the merciful" from Arabic ضياء (ḍiyāʾ) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful".