Muhsin#Islamic term

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Muhsin (also spelled Mohsen, Mohsin, Mehsin, or Muhsen, {{langx|ar|محسن}}) is a masculine Arabic given name. The first person known to have the name "Muhsin" was Muhsin ibn Ali, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Islamic term

In Arabic, it means "the one who beautifies or improves or enriches, particularly one's worship of or relationship with God, or one's actions or conduct toward others" and can mean helper, attractive, beneficent, benefactor, and charitable. It comes from the Arabic language triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (meaning "beauty, beautiful, benevolence, benevolent, excellence, excellent"), has two short vowels and a single {{IPA|/s/}}.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

The word Muḥsin is the active participle of either ʾiḥsān "excellence of God's worship" (last of the three stages after ʾislām "submission to God's will" and ʾīmān "faith in God's word") or ʾaḥsān, act of kindness or favor or good will for someone.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Personal name

Notable persons with that name include:

===Persons with the given name===

====Mohsen====

Mohsen Araki (born 1956), Iranian scholar, cleric, university lecturer, and politician
Mohsen Badawi (born 1956), Egyptian businessman
Muhsen Basma (born 1966), Syrian football referee
Muhsen Bilal (born 1944), Syrian politician
Mohsen Dalloul (born 1933), Lebanese journalist and politician
Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh (born in 1987), Iranian singer
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958–2020), Iranian nuclear physicist
Mohsen Faqihi (born 1952), Iranian cleric
Mohsen Habacha (1942–2025), Tunisian footballer
Mohsen Hamidi (born 1985), Iranian footballer
Mohsen Heidari Alekasir (born 1957), Iranian cleric
Mohsen Kadivar (born 1959), Iranian philosopher
Mohsen Karimi (born 1994), Iranian footballer
Mohsen Kharazi (born 1937), Iranian cleric
Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi (1924–2011), Iranian cleric
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (born 1957), Iranian filmmaker
Mohsen Mehralizadeh (born 1956), former vice president of Iran
Mohsen Mirdamadi (born 1955), Iranian politician
Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari (1937–2021), Iranian cleric
Mohsen Namjoo (born 1976), Iranian musician
Mohsin Qara'ati (born 1945), Iranian Shia cleric
Mohsen Qomi (born 1960), Iranian cleric and politician
Mohsen Rais (1896–1975), Iranian diplomat and politician
Mohsen Rastani (born 1958), Iranian photographer
Mohsen Rohami (born 1963), Iranian lawyer, Shia cleric and politician
Mohsen Sadr (1871–1962), Iranian politician
Mohsen Shadi (born 1988), Iranian rower
Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), Iranian painter and art professor

==Mohsin==

Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini (1932-2021), Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic five times between 1967 and 1975
Mohsin Ali (born 1987), Pakistani track and field athlete
Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007), Pakistani Urdu poet
Mohsin Changezi, (born 1979), Pakistani Urdu poet
Mohsin Dawar (born 1984), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement
Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (1945-2022), Malaysian politician
Mohsin Hamid (born 1971), Pakistani author
Mohsin Harthi (born 1976), Saudi Arabian footballer
Mohsin Iqbal (born 1983), Indian cricketer
Mohsin Kamal (born 1963), Pakistani cricketer
Mohsin Mighiana (born 1956), Pakistani physician, writer, columnist and humorist
Mohsin Mulla (born 1981), Canadian cricketer
Mohsin Naqvi (1947–1996), Pakistani Urdu poet
Mohsin Razi (born 1955), Pakistani diplomat
Mohsin-ul-Mulk (1837-1907), Indian politician

==Muhsin==

Muhsin ibn Ali, son of Fatimah bint Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib
Muhsin Ertuğral (born 1959), Turkish football coach
Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), Iraqi ayatollah
Muhsin Hakimzadeh (1882–1967), the 9th Shaykh al-Islam and the chairman of the Religious Council of the Caucasus
Muhsin Hendricks (1967–2025), South African imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT activist
Muhsin Mahdi (1926–2007), Iraqi-American islamologist and Arabist
Muhsin al-Ramli (born 1967), Iraqi writer
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu (1954–2009), Turkish politician