Ma'sum

The name Ma'sum (معصوم) comes from the Arabic root ʿ‑Ṣ‑M which denotes protection, immunity, or being free from fault. In Islamic theological vocabulary the adjective can be used descriptively; as a personal name it conveys the wish that the bearer be safeguarded from moral or spiritual error. Ma'sum has been used historically in Arabic and Persianate contexts and surfaces occasionally in South Asian naming practice among families influenced by scholarly or devotional idioms. Related names that overlap in theme include [[Munir]] and [[Mahbub]]—the former emphasizing illumination and the latter belovedness—both of which occur in similar cultural milieus. There is no direct Quranic verse that uses Ma'sum as a personal name; it is instead an adjectival term found in broader Arabic lexicon and Islamic literature, including theological and hagiographical writings.