Farooqi

Farooqui (); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a given name or surname of Arabic origin, meaning "the one who distinguishes between right and wrong".

Notable people with the given or surname include: Farooque (1948–2023), Bangladeshi actor Farouk Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer Farouk Shami, Palestinian-American businessman Farouk al-Sharaa, Syrian politician Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher Naseer Ahmad Faruqui, Islamic scholar Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Islamic scholar Musharraf Ali Farooqui, Canadian writer Shad Saleem Faruqi, Malaysian legal scholar Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), Bengali knight and politician Sami Pasha al-Farouqi, Ottoman commander Munawar Faruqui, Indian stand-up comedian, singer, influencer, writer, rapper, reality show winner (Lock Upp) Abdul Aleem Farooqui, Indian Islamic scholar Darab Farooqui, Indian screenwriter, columnist, and poet.