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It will be greatly appreciated of you can tell me the meaning or what it means by Adham the name of our father Prophet Aadam, may Allaah exalt his mention, as far as I heard, it means black, what does it state saying black.
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allaah to exalt his mention as well as that of his family and all his companions.
First of all, the name of the father of humanity, was Aadam 
and not Adham. The meaning of Aadam in Arabic is brown, and Adimah in Arabic means brownness, and the Aadam people are the brown people and not the black people.
Ibn Al-Atheer
said: 'Al-Udmah people are the very brown people. It is also said that Udmah refers to the colour of the earth which is brown, and it is by this name that Aadam 'the Father of Humanity' was named.'
Allaah Knows best.
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