Misbah

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Misbah (Arabic: مصباح, romanized: Miṣbāḥ) is a Muslim Arabic name meaning "lamp" or "light".^[1] This name has originated from The Qur'an from Ayatu-n-Nur, also known as the Ayat of light, from the following verse:

"God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His light is, as it were, that of a niche containing a lamp; the lamp is [enclosed] in glass, the glass [shining] like a radiant star: [a lamp] lit from a blessed tree - an olive-tree that is neither of the east nor of the west the oil whereof [is so bright that it] would well-nigh give light [of itself] even though fire had not touched it: light upon light! God guides unto His light him that wills [to be guided]; and [to this end] God propounds parables unto men, since God [alone] has full knowledge of all things"

In this verse from the Qur'an, it typically means the lantern that shows the way.