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Allah names in Arabic |
English Translation of Allah names |
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Allah (الله) |
Comes from the Arabic word "Elah" means 'A God'. He is the One and Only Deity |
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Ar-Rahman (الرحمن) |
The Most Beneficent |
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Ar-Raheem (الرحيم) |
The kindhearted/Forgiver |
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Al-Malik (الملك) |
The Absolute Leader |
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Al-Quddoos (القدوس) |
The Holy One |
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As-Salaam (السلام) |
The Peace |
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Al-Mumin (المؤمن) |
The Inspirer of Belief-Faith |
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Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن) |
The Protector |
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Al-Azeez (العزيز) |
The Victorious |
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Al-Jabbaar (الجبار) |
The Compeller |
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Al-Mutakabeer (المتكبر) |
The Supreme |
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Al-Khaliq (الخالق) |
The Creator |
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Al-Baree (البارئ) |
The Maker of Order |
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Al-Musaweer (المصور) |
The Shaper |
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Al-Ghaffaar (الغفار) |
The All-Forgiving |
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Al-Qahhaar (القهار) |
The Dominator |
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Al-Wahhaab (الوهاب) |
The Bestower-Giver |
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Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق) |
The Provider-Sustainer |
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Al-Fattaah (الفتاح) |
The Judge-Opener |
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Al-Aleem (العليم) |
The All Knower |
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Al-Qaabeed (القابض) |
The Taker |
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Al-Basit (الباسط) |
The Extender |
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Al-Khaafid (الخافض) |
The Humbler |
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Ar-Raafi (الرافع) |
The Exalter |
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Al-Mueezz (المعز) |
The Bestower of Honors |
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Al-Mudhill (المذل) |
The Humiliator |
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As-Saami (السميع) |
The listener of All |
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Al-Basir (البصير) |
The Seeing of All |
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Al-Hakam (الحكم) |
The Judge |
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Al-Adl (العدل) |
The Just |
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Al-Lateef (اللطيف) |
The Most Affectionate |
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Al-Khabir (الخبير) |
The All-Awarer |
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Al-Haleem (الحليم) |
The Forbearing |
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Al-Azeem (العظيم) |
The Magnificent |
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Al-Ghafoor (الغفور) |
The Forgiving and Hiding of
Faults |
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Ash-Shakur (الشكور) |
The Rewarder of
Thankfulness |
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Al-Ali (العلى) |
The Highest |
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Al-Kabeer (الكبير) |
The Greatest |
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Al-Hafeez (الحفيظ) |
The Preserver |
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Al-Muqit (المقيت) |
The Nourisher |
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Al-Haseeb (الحسيب) |
The Accounter |
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Al-Jalil (الجليل) |
The Mighty |
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Al-Kareem (الكريم) |
The Generous |
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Ar-Raqib (الرقيب) |
The Watchful One |
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Al-Mujib (المجيب) |
The Responder to Prayer |
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Al-Wasi (الواسع) |
The All-Comprehending |
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Al-Hakim (الحكيم) |
The Perfectly Wise |
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Al-Wadud (الودود) |
The Loving One |
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Al-Majid (المجيد) |
The Majestic One |
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Al-Baith (الباعث) |
The Resurrector |
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Ash-Shahid (الشهيد) |
The Witness |
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Al-Haqq (الحق) |
The Truth |
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Al-Wakeel (الوكيل) |
The Trustee |
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Al-Qawiyy (القوى) |
The Possessor of All
Strength |
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Al-Matin (المتين) |
The Forceful One |
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Al-Waliyy (الولى) |
The Governor |
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Al-Hamid (الحميد) |
The Praised One |
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Al-Muhsi (المحصى) |
The Appraiser |
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Al-Mubdi (المبدئ) |
The Originator |
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Al-Mueed (المعيد) |
The Restorer |
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Al-Muhyi (المحيى) |
The Giver of Life |
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Al-Mumit (المميت) |
The Taker of Life |
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Al-Hayy (الحي) |
The Ever Living One |
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Al-Qayyum (القيوم) |
The Self-Existing One |
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Al-Wajid (الواجد) |
The Finder |
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Al-Majid (الماجد) |
The Glorious |
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Al-Wahid (الواحد) |
The One, the All Inclusive,
The Indivisible |
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As-Samad (الصمد) |
The Satisfier of All Needs |
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Al-Qadir (القادر) |
The All Powerful |
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Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر) |
The Creator of All Power |
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Al-Muqaddim (المقدم) |
The Expediter |
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Al-Muakhkhir (المؤخر) |
The Delayer |
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Al-Awwal (الأول) |
The First |
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Al-Akhir (الأخر) |
The Last |
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Az-Zahir (الظاهر) |
The Manifest One |
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Al-Batin (الباطن) |
The Hidden One |
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Al-Wali (الوالي) |
The Protecting Friend |
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Al-Muta'ali (المتعالي) |
The Supreme One |
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Al-Barr (البر) |
The Doer of Good |
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At-Tawwab (التواب) |
The Guide to Repentance |
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Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم) |
The Avenger |
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Al-Afuw (العفو) |
The Forgiver |
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Ar-Raoof (الرؤوف) |
The Clement |
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Malik-al-Mulk (مالك الملك) |
The Owner of All |
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Dhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام) |
The Lord of Majesty and
Bounty |
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Al-Muqsit (المقسط) |
The Equitable One |
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Al-Jamee (الجامع) |
The Gatherer |
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Al-Ghani (الغنى) |
The Rich One |
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Al-Mughni (المغنى) |
The Enricher |
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Al-Mani'(المانع) |
The Preventer of Harm |
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Ad-Darr (الضار) |
The Creator of The Harmful |
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An-Nafi(النافع) |
The Creator of Good |
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An-Nur (النور) |
The Light |
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Al-Hadi (الهادي) |
The Guide |
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Al-Badi (البديع) |
The Originator |
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Al-Baqi (الباقي) |
The Everlasting One |
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Al-Warith (الوارث) |
The Inheritor of All |
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Ar-Rashid (الرشيد) |
The Righteous Teacher |
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As-Sabuor (الصبور) |
The Patient One |
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The Great Explanation in Details and Meanings of ALLAH Names by Shaikh Abdur-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sadi |
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Translated by Abu Rumaysah [Source: Tayseer al-Kareem ar-Rahmaan, Abdur-Rahmaan Naasir as-Sadee's Tafseer]
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Ar-Rabb (The Lord)
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This name has been repeatedly mentioned in many verses. Ar-Rabb is
the One Who nurtures and sustains all of His servants through
regulating the affairs and granting all types of favours and blessings.
More specifically He is the One Who nurtures and sustains his sincere
friends by correcting and purifying their hearts, souls and manners.
This is why their supplications are frequently made with this Noble
Name because they seek this specific nurturing.
"And your Lord is Most Forgiving, Owner of Mercy. Were He to
call them to account for what they had earned then surely He would
have hastened on their punishment. But they have their appointed
time beyond which they will find no escape."Al-Quran(18:58)
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Allaah - Allah
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He is the One and Only Deity, the One Who is Worshipped and the
One Who deserves to be worshipped by the whole of His creation due
to the Perfect Godly Attributes that He is described with.
"Allaah! There is none worthy of worship but He, the Living, the
Sustaining. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs
whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that can
intercede with Him except with His Permission? He Knows what
happens to them (His creatures) in this world and in the Hereafter.
They will not encompass anything of His Knowledge except that which
He Wills. His Footstool extends over the heavens and the earth and he
feels no fatigue in guarding them. He is the Most High, the Most
Great."Al-Quran(2:255)
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Al-Malik (The King), and al-Maalik (The Master and Owner)
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Alladhee lahu al-Mulk (the One to Whom belongs the dominion): He
is described with the Attribute of The Master and Owner. These are
Attributes of Grandjeur, Majesty, Omnipotence and Regulation of the
affairs of creation. The One Who directs all of the affairs to do with
creation, command and recompense. To Him belongs the whole of
Creation, all of it is subservient, owned and in continuous need of
Him.
"Then High above all be Allaah, the True King. And be not in haste
with the Qur'aan before its revelation is completed and say: My Lord!
Increase me in knowledge." Al-Quran(20:114)
"Say: O Allaah! Owner of the dominion, You give the kingdom to
whom You will and You take the kingdom from whom You will. You
endue with honour whom You will and You humiliate whom You will.
In your Hand is the good. Indeed You are Able to do all
things." Al-Quran(3:26)
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Al-Waahid, al-Ahad (The One)
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He is the One Who is singled out in all aspects of Perfection such that
nothing else shares with Him in these. It is obligatory upon the
servants to single Him out alone in belief, saying and action by
acknowledging His unrestricted perfection, His uniqueness and
singling Him out Alone for all types of worship.
"'O two companions of the prison! Are many different lords better
or Allaah, the One, the Irresistable?'" Al-Quran(12:39)
"Say: I am only a warner and there is no god except Allaah the One,
the Irresistable." Al-Quran(38:65)
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As-Samad (The Self-Sufficient)
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He is the One upon Whom the whole of creation relies upon in all of
their needs, predicaments and necessities. This due to His unrestricted
perfection with regards to His Essence, His Names, His Attributes and
His Actions.
"Say: He is Allaah the One. Allaah the Self-Sufficient." Al-Quran(112:1-2)
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Al-Aleem (the All-Knowing), al-Khabeer (the All-Aware)
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He is the One Whose Knowledge encompasses all the outward and
hidden matters, the open and secret, all those things that must
necessarily occur, all those things that are impossible to occur and all
things that can possibly occur, of the affairs of the whole of creation,
of the past, the present and the future. There is absolutely nothing that
is hidden from Him.
"Verily Allaah! With Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour, he
sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. No person
knows what he will earn tomorrow and no person knows in what land
he will die. Indeed Allaah is All-Knowing, All-Aware." Al-Quran(31:34)
"O Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female and
made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other.
Verily, the most honourable of you in the Sight of Allaah is the most
God-Fearing of you. Indeed Allaah is the All-Knower, the All-
Aware." Al-Quran(49:13)
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Al-Hakeem (the All-Wise)
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He is the One to Whom belongs the highest wisdom, the One Who is
All-Wise in His creating and commanding, Who perfected everything
He created, "and Who is better than Allaah in judgement for a people
who have firm faith?" Al-Quran(5:50)
Therefore He has created nothing out of
mere frivolity and He has legislated nothing that is vain and of no use.
The One to Whom belongs wisdom in the beginning and the end. He
has three areas of ruling which nothing else has a share in: He rules
between His servants with respect to His Law, His Decree and His
Recompense. Wisdom is to place something in its correct place.
"For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil description
and for Allaah is the highest description. He is the All-Mighty, All-
Wise." Al-Quran(16:60)
"It is He Who is the only God worshipped in the heaven and the on
the earth. He is theAll-Wise, the All-Knowing." Al-Quran(43:84)
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Ar-Rahmaan (The Most Beneficent), ar-Raheem (the Most Merciful),
al-Barr (The Generous), al-Kareem (the Kind), al-Jawwaad (The
Bestower of Good), ar-Ra`oof (the Kind), al-Wahhaab (The Bestower)
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All of these Names are close in meaning and all of them point to
describing the Lord with Mercy, Generosity, Kindness, and to the
great expanse of His Mercy and Generosity that encompasses all that
is existence being granted in accordance to what His Wisdom dictates.
The believers have been specifically singled out for this and they are
granted a goodly and the best portion of this as Allaah said, "My
Mercy encompasses all things and I shall decree it for those who have
taqwaa." Al-Quran(7:156)
So the blessings and the good are all from the effects
of His Mercy, Generosity and Kindness just as all the goodness in this
world and in the Hereafter is from the effects of His Mercy.
"'Verily, we used to invoke Him Alone before. Verily He is the
Generous, the Most Merciful." Al-Quran(52:28)
"O man! What has made you careless concerning your Lord, the
Kind." Al-Quran(82:6)
"And had it not been for the Grace of Allaah and His Mercy on you,
(Allaah would have hastened the Punishment). And that Allaah is the
Kind, the Most Merciful." Al-Quran(24:20)
"(They say): Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have
guided us and grant us Mercy from You. Truly you are the
Bestower." Al-Quran(3:8)
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As-Samee` (the All-Hearing)
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The One Who hears all sounds and voices, in all of their different
languages and all their many and various needs.
"Say: if they believe as you (O Prophet and Companions) believe
then they are rightly guided, but if they turn away then they are only
in opposition. So Allaah will suffice you against them and He is the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." Al-Quran(2:137)
"And Allaah judges with truth while those to whom they invoke
besides Him cannot judge anything. Indeed Allaah is the All-Hearing,
the All-Seeing." Al-Quran(40:20)
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Al-Baseer (the All-Seeing)
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The One Who sees all things even if they be insignificant and minute.
He sees the black ant on a black stone in a black night. He sees what is
below the seventh earth and what is above the seventh heaven. Also
He is Hearing and Seeing of those that deserve recompense in
accordance to what His Wisdom dictates.
"Say: Shall I inform you of things far better than those? For the
God-fearing there are Gardens with their Lord underneath which
rivers flow. Therein is their eternal home and pure wives. And Allaah
will be pleased with them. Allaah is the All-Seer of His slaves." Al-Quran(3:15)
"Neither your relatives nor your children will benefit you on the Day
of Resurrection. He will judge between you and Allaah is the All-Seer
of what you do." Al-Quran(60:3)
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Al-Hameed (the One Who is praised)
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In His Person, Names, Attributes and Actions, He possesses the best of
names and the most perfect of attributes and the best and most
complete actions for indeed the Actions of Allaah are based upon
Grace and Justice.
"Alif Laam Raa. A Book which We have revealed to you that you
might lead mankind out of darkness into the light by the leave of their
Lord, the Mighty, the One Who is praised." Al-Quran(14:1)
"And indeed We bestowed upon Luqmaan wisdom saying: 'Give
thanks to Allaah,' and whosoever gives thanks, he gives thanks for
(the good) of his ownself. And whoever is ungrateful then verily Allaah
is All-Rich, Worthy of All praise." Al-Quran(31:12)
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Al-Majeed (the Glorious), al-Kabeer (the Great), al-Adheem (the
Exalted), al-Jaleel (the Noble)
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He is described with the Attributes of Glory and Grandeur and
Greatness and Magnificence. He is the One Who is greater, more
exalted and magnificent than anything. He is glorified and magnified
in the hearts of His friends and close ones. Their hearts overflow in
exalting and magnifying Him, submitting to him and humbling
themselves before his Grandeur.
"Owner of the Throne, the Glorious." Al-Quran(85:15)
"All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most
High." Al-Quran(13:9)
"Then glorify with praises the Name of your Lord, the Most
Great." Al-Quran(56:74)
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Al-Afuww (the Forgiving), al-Ghafoor (the Forgiving), al-Ghaffaar
(the All-Forgiving)
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The One Who was and is known with the Attribute of Forgiveness.
The One Who is described as having Forgiveness and Compassion.
Everyone is in dire need of His forgiveness just as they are in dire need
of His Mercy and Kindness. Allaah has promised forgiveness to the
one who fulfils its conditions, He said,
"and indeed I am All-Forgiving to him who repents, believes,
associates none in worship with Me, does righteous deeds and then
remains constant in doing them." Al-Quran(20:82)
"Whether you disclose a good deed, or conceal it, or pardon an evil...
verily Allaah is the Forgiving, Most Merciful." Al-Quran(4:152)
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At-Tawwaab (the Oft-Returning)
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The One Who is continuously turning (in forgiveness) to those that
turn to Him (in repentance), Who forgives the sins of the penitent.
Everyone who turns to Allaah sincerely, Allaah turns to them by
firstly granting them the ability to repent and turning their hearts
towards Him, and after this He turns to them by accepting their
repentance and forgiving their errors.
"Know they not that Allaah accepts the repentance from His slaves
and takes the charity and that Allaah is the Oft-Returning, Most
Merciful?" Al-Quran(9:104)
"O you who believe! Avoid much suspicions, indeed some suspicions
are sins. And spy not, neither backbite one another. Would one of you
like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You would hate it! Fear
Allaah, indeed Allaah is the oft-Returning, Most Merciful." Al-Quran(49:12)
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Al-Quddoos (the Holy), as-Salaam (the Peace)
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The One Who is far greater and far removed from any imperfection,
or that He resemble any of His creation. Hence he is far removed from
any defect just as He is far removed from anything resembling Him or
coming close to resembling Him in any of His Attributes of Perfection.
"There is nothing like Him"(42:11)
"There is no one equal to or comparable to Him"(112:3)
"Do you know of any who is similar to Him?" Al-Quran(19:65), "Then do not
set up rivals to Allaah." Al-Quran(2:22)
Al-Quddoos is similar in meaning to as-Salaam in that they both
negate any form of imperfection while at the same time including
unlimited perfection in every way. This because when deficiency has
been removed then all that remains is perfection.
"Whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allaah -the
King, the Holy, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." Al-Quran(62:1)
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Al-Alee (the High), al-A`laa (the Highest)
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To Him belongs highness in all of its aspects, Highness of His Essence,
Highness of His Attributes and esteem, Highness of Strength and
Power. He is the One Who has risen over His Throne and the One
Who Has encompassed the dominion. He is the One in Whom all the
attributes of greatness, grandness, magnificence and beauty find
perfection and fulfilment.
"To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth, and He is
the High, the Great." Al-Quran(42:4)
"Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High" Al-Quran(87:1)
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Al-Azeez (the Mighty)
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The One to Whom belongs might/honour in its entirety, the
might/honour of strength, the might/honour of conquest and the
might/honour of preventing. So He has prevented any of His creation
from encompassing and grasping Him, He is Omnipotent over
everything that is in existence, the whole of creation is subject and
indebted to Him and yielding before His greatness.
"It will be said: 'Seize him and drag him into the midst of the
blazing Fire. Then pour over his head the torment of boiling water.
Taste you this! Indeed you were (pretending to be) the Mighty, the
Generous!'" Al-Quran(44:47-49)
"Blessed be He in Whose Hand in the dominion, and He is Able to do
all things. Who has created death and life that He may test which of
you is best in deed. And He is the Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving." Al-Quran(67:1-2)
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Al-Qawee (the Strong), al-Mateen (the Powerful)
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These fall under the meaning of al-Azeez.
"Those who have been expelled from their homes unjustly only
because they said, 'our Lord is Allaah' -for had it not been that
Allaah checks one set of people by means of another, monasteries,
churches, synagogues and mosques, wherein the Name of Allaah is
mentioned much, would surely have been pulled down. Indeed Allaah
will help those who help Him and Allaah is the Strong, the All-
Mighty." Al-Quran(22:40)
"Indeed Allaah is the Provider, Owner of Strength, the
Powerful." Al-Quran(51:57)
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Al-Jabbaar (the Compeller)
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This includes the meaning of al-Alee and al-A`laa, the meaning of al-
Qahhaar, and the meaning of ar-Ra`oof. The One Who is Compelling
over dejected hearts, to the one who is weak and impotent, to the one
who resorts to Him and seeks refuge with him.
Al-Mutakabbir (the Supreme)
The One Who is above any evil, defect and deficiency due to His
greatness and grandeur.
"He is Allaah, other than whom none has the right to be
worshipped. The King, the Holy, The One free from defects, the Giver
of Security, the Ever-Watcher, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the
Supreme. Glory be to Allaah! (High is He) Above all that they
associate as partners with Him." Al-Quran(59:23)
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Al-Khaaliq (the Creator), al-Baaree (the Originator), al-Musawwir
(the Shaper)
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The One Who created all that is in existence, Who made everything
correct and in its place in accordance to His Wisdom, Who Shaped it
in acordance to His praise and Wisdom. He is continuously doing so.
"He is Allaah, the Creator, the Originator, the Bestower of forms.
To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. All that is in the heavens
and the earth glorify Him. He is the All-Mighty, the All-
Wise." Al-Quran(59:24)
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Al-Mu`min (The Giver of Security)
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The One Who Has praised Himself with Perfect Attributes and with
perfection of magnificence and beauty. The One Who sent His
Messengers and revealed His Books containing signs and clear proofs.
Who testified to the truth of His Messengers by giving them every sign
and proof that would prove the truth of what they came with.
"He is Allaah, other than whom none has the right to be
worshipped. The King, the Holy, The One free from defects, the Giver
of Security, the Ever-Watcher, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the
Supreme. Glory be to Allaah! (High is He) Above all that they
associate as partners with Him." Al-Quran(59:23)
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Al-Muhaymin (the Ever-Watching)
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The One Who sees all the hidden matters, all that the hearts keep
concealed, the One Whose Knowledge encompasses everything.
"He is Allaah, other than whom none has the right to be
worshipped. The King, the Holy, The One free from defects, the Giver
of Security, the Ever-Watcher, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the
Supreme. Glory be to Allaah! (High is He) Above all that they
associate as partners with Him." Al-Quran(59:23)
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Al-Qadeer (All-Powerful, the Able)
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The One Who has complete and perfect power and ability, by His
Power He brought everything into existence, by it He arranges all the
affairs, by it He fashioned and perfected the creation, by it He brings
to life and causes to die, by it He will resurrect the servants for their
recompense - rewarding the one who did good with His good and the
one who worked evil with His Hellfire. The One Who, when He wills a
thing to be he merely says 'Be!' and it is. By His power and ability he
turns the hearts and directs them to whatsoever He Wills and Desires.
"For every nation there is a direction which they face, so hasten
towards all that is good. Wheresoever you may be, Allaah will bring
you together, Allaah is Able to do all things." Al-Quran(2:148)
"(What is the matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you,
although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say:
From where does this come to us? Say: It is from yourselves (because
of your evil deeds). And Allaah is the All-Powerful." Al-Quran(3:165)
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Al-Lateef (the Most Subtle, the Kind)
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The One Whose Knowledge encompasses all the secret and hidden
matters, Who is Aware of all that is hidden (in the deepest depths of
the heavens and the earth) and is Aware of everything down to the
most minute and finest details. The One Who is Kind to his believing
servants guiding them to that which would benefit them and aid them
via means that they are not aware, this by His Kindness and
Beneficence. It also carries the meaning of al-Khabeer and ar-Ra'oof.
"No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the
Most Subtle, the Well-Acquainted." Al-Quran(6:103)
"Do you not see that Allaah sends down the water from the sky and
then the earth becomes green? Indeed Allaah is the Kind, the Well-
Acquainted." Al-Quran(22:63)
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Al-Haseeb (the Reckoner)
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The One Who is All-Knowing of His servants and sufficient for those
who put their trust in Him. The One Who recompenses his servants
with either good or bad in accordance to His Wisdom and His
Knowledge of the minutesr and greatest of their actions.
"When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is
better than it or at least return it equally. Allaah is the Reckoner of all
things." Al-Quran(4:86)
"Those who convey the Message of Allaah and fear Him and none
save Him, Sufficient is Allaah as Reckoner." Al-Quran(33:39)
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Ar-Raqeeb (the All-Watcher)
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The One Who sees what is hidden in the hearts, the One Who charges
every soul for what it earned, the One Who preserves all that is in
creation and regulates them with the best organisation and most
complete and perfect planning.
"O Mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord Who created you from a
single person, and from Him He created his wife, and from them both
He created many men and women. Fear Allaah through whom you
demand your mutual rights, and (do not cut the relations of) the
womb (kinship). Surely Allaah is the All-Watcher over you." Al-Quran(4:1)
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Al-Hafeedh (The Guardian)
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The One Who protects and preserves what He created and Whose
Knowledge encompasses all that He brought into existence. The One
Who protects His friends from falling into sins and the destructive
matters. The One Who is Kind to them during their periods of activity
and rest. The One Who accounts the actions of the servants and their
rewards.
"And Iblees did prove true his thought about them, and they
followed him, all except a group of the true believers. And Iblees had
no authority over them - except that We might test he who believes in
the Hereafter from him who is in doubt about it. And your Lord is the
Guardian over everything." Al-Quran(34:20-21)
"As for those who take friends and protectors besides Him -Allaah is
the Guardian over them and you are not a disposer of their
affairs." Al-Quran(42:6)
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Al-Muheet (The Encompassing)
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The One Who has Knowledge of everything, has power over
everything, his Mercy encompasses everything and He is dominant
over everything.
"If good befalls you it grieves them but if some evil overtakes you
they rejoice at it. But if you remain patient and become of the God-
fearing, not the least harm will their cunning do to you. Allaah
Encompasses what they do." Al-Quran(3:120)
"And be not like those who come out of their homes boastfully, to be
seen of men, and hinder from the Path of Allaah. Allaah is
encompassing all that they do." Al-Quran(8:47)
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Al-Qahhaar (The Subduer), Al-Qaahir (The Irresistable)
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The Irresistable over everything. The One before Whom the whole
creation has humbled itself, and submitted before His Grandeur,
Power and perfect Strength.
"And He is the Irresistable, Above His servants. He sends guardians
(writing all of your deeds) over you, until when death approaches one
of you, Our Messengers take his soul and they never neglect their
duty." Al-Quran(6:61)
"So think not that Allaah will fail to keep His promise to His
Messengers. Certainly! Allaah is All-Mighty, Owner of Retribution.
On the Day when the earth will be changed to another earth and so
will the heavens, and they (all creatures) will appear before Allaah,
the One, the Subduer." Al-Quran(14:47-48)
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Al-Muqeet (The Powerful)
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The One who provides everything that is in existence with what would
strengthen it, Who provides it it's nourishment and directs it
howsoever He Wills in accordance to His Wisdom and Praise.
"Whosoever intercedes for a good cause will have the reward
thereof, and whosoever intercedes for an evil cause shall have a share
in its burden. Allaah is Able to do everything." Al-Quran(4:85)
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Al-Wakeel (The Disposer of Affairs, the One Who is relied upon)
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The One Who has the responsibility to dispose the affairs of the
creation in accordance with His Knowledge, perfect Power and all-
encompassing Wisdom. The One who looks after His friends and
makes the good easy for them, preserves them from the evil and
suffices for them in all of their affairs. Therefore the one who takes
Him as One to be relied upon, He suffices him, "Allaah is the Friend
of those who believe, He guides them from the darknesses into the
light."
"Such is Allaah your Lord! None has the right to be worshipped but
He, the Creator of all things. So worship Him Alone, and He is the
Disposer of all affairs." Al-Quran(6:102)
"And put your trust in Allaah, and Allaah is Sufficient as a Disposer
of Affairs." Al-Quran(39:62)
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Dhul Jalaal wal Ikraam (The One possessing Majesty and Honour)
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Meaning the One possessing Greatness and Grandeur, possessing
Mercy and Generosity. The One Who shows beneficence in both its
general and specific aspects. The One Who honours His friends and
close ones -those who glorify, exalt and love Him.
"Everything in the earth will perish. And the Face of your Lord, full
of Majesty and Honour, will abide forever." Al-Quran(55:27)
"Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Owner of Majesty and
Honour." Al-Quran(55:78)
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Al-Wudood (The Loving)
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The One Who Loves His Prophet and Messengers and those who
follow them and they in turn love Him -He is more beloved to them
than anything else. Their hearts have been filled with love of Him,
their tongues are constantly moist with praising Him and their hearts
are always drawn to Him in love, sincerity and repentance.
"And ask forgiveness from your Lord and turn to Him in
repentance. Verily my Lord is the Most Merciful, the Loving." Al-Quran(11:90)
"And He is Oft-Forgiving, the Loving." Al-Quran(85:14)
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Al-Fattaah (The Judge, The Opener)
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The One Who will judge between His Servants through His laws of the
Sharee`ah, His laws of Decree and His laws and recompense. The One
who opens the eyes of the those who are truthful and sincere by His
Kindness. The One who opens their hearts so that they can know Him,
love Him and repent to Him. He opens the doors of mercy and
sustenance for His servants and provides them the means of attaining
both the good in this life and the Hereafter,
"whatever mercy Allaah may grant to mankind, none can withhold
it and none can grant it thereafter." Al-Quran(35:2)
"Say: Our Lord will assemble us all together (on the Day of
Resurrection), then He will judge between them. He is the Judge, the
All-Knowing." Al-Quran(34:26)
"He said: My Lord! Verily, my people have belied me. Therefore
judge You between me and them, and save me and the those of the
believers who are with me." Al-Quran(26:117-118)
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Ar-Razzaaq (The Provider)
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The One Who provides for all of His servants, there is not a creature
on the earth except that Allaah provides for it. His providing for His
servants is of two types:
The general provision which extends to the righteous and the sinner,
the first and the last. This is the provision that is required by the
bodies.
The specific provision -this being granted to the hearts, nourishing
them with knowledge and faith. Also the lawful provision that has
been appointed for the benefit of the religion, this being specific to the
believers and apportioned in accordance to their differing levels and
what His Wisdom and Mercy dictates.
"Say: Come I will recite to you what your Lord has prohibited you
from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good and dutiful to
your parents; kill not your children because of poverty - We provide
sustenance for you and for them; come not near shameful sins
whether openly or secretly; kill not anyone who Allaah has forbidden
except for a just cause. This He has commanded you that you may
understand." Al-Quran(6:151)
"I created man and jinn only that they may worship Me. I seek not
any provisions from them nor do I ask that they feed Me. Indeed
Allaah is the Provider, Owner of Power -the Most Strong." Al-Quran(51: 5658)
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Al-Hakam (The Judge), al-Adl (The Just)
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The One who judges between His Servants in this life and the
Hereafter with His Justice and Fairness. He will not oppress anyone to
the extent of an atoms weight and none will be made to carry the
encumbrance of another. No servant will be recompensed in a way
that is greater that the magnitude of his sin, he will be given only what
he deserves. Not a single persons right will be denied him, He is the
Just in His regulation and decree,
"indeed My Lord is upon the Straight Path." Al-Quran(11:56)
"Say: I am on clear proof from my Lord, but you deny (the truth). I
do not have what you are impatient for (i.e. the Punishment). The
judgement is only for Allaah, He declares the truth, and He is the best
of judges." Al-Quran(6:57)
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Jaami`un Naas (The Gatherer of Mankind)
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The One Who will gather mankind on the Day about which there is no
doubt. He will gather their actions and provisions and will not leave
out a single thing, be it large or small, except that He will take it to
account. He will gather together the disintegrated remains of those
that have died, the early and later by His perfect Power and All-
Encompassing Knowledge, (and resurrect them).
"Our Lord! Indeed it is you who will gather mankind together on
the Day about which there is no doubt! Verily Allaah never breaks His
promise!" Al-Quran(3:9)
"I swear by the Day of Resurrection. And I swear by the self-
reproaching soul. Does man think that We shall not assemble his
bones? Yes, We are Able to put together in perfect order the tips of his
fingers." Al-Quran(75:1-4)
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Al-Hayy (The Living), Al-Qayyum (The Sustainer)
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The One Who has perfect life, existing in and of Himself and not
dependant upon anyone else. The Sustainer of the inhabitants of the
heavens and the earth, the One Who regulates their affairs and
provisions. The Living includes all of the Attributes of His Self and
The Sustainer includes all the Attributes of His Actions.
"Allaah! There is no deity worthy of worship but Him, the Living,
the Sustaining." Al-Quran(3:1)
"All faces shall be humbled before (Allaah), the Living, the
Sustaining. And the one who carried the burden of wrong-doing shall
be in complete loss!" Al-Quran(20:111)
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An-Nur (The Light)
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The Light of the heavens and the earth, the One Who illuminates the
hearts of the gnostics with knowledge of Him, faith in Him and His
guidance. He is the One Who has lit the heavens and the earth with
lights that He has placed therein. His veil is light and were He to
uncover it then the Face of the Glorious would burn everything from
the creation that His Sight fell upon.
"Allaah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His
Light is as if there were a niche and within it a lamp, the lamp is in a
glass, and the glass as if it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree,
an olive, neither of the east or of the west, whose oil would almost glow
forth (of itself) even though no fire touches it. Light upon light! Allaah
guides to His Light whom He Wills. Allaah sets forth parables for
mankind, and Allaah Knows everything." Al-Quran(24:35)
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Badee`us Samaawaati wal Ard (The Originator of the heavens and the
earth)
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Meaning their Creator and Orginator, done so in the best of ways,
with the most marvellous of creations in amazing and perfect order,
structure and harmony.
"The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When he decrees a
thing to be, He merely says: Be! - and it is." Al-Quran(2:117)
"He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have
children when He has no wife? He created all things and He Knows
everything." Al-Quran(6:101)
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Al-Qaabid (The Taker), Al-Baasit (The Extender)
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The One Who takes the provisions and souls, the One Who gives
provisions freely and gives (life to) the hearts - all of this in compliance
to His Wisdom and Mercy.
"Who will lend to Allaah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it
for him many times? And it is Allaah Who takes and increases (your
provisions) and unto Him you shall return." Al-Quran(2:245)
"And they made not a just estimate of Allaah such as is due to Him.
On the Day of Resurrection His Hand will grasp the whole of the earth
and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorified be He,
High is He above all that they associate as partners with Him!" Al-Quran(39:67)
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Al-Mu`tee (The Giver), Al-Maani` (The Preventer)
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There is none who can prevent what He gives and none who can give
what He prevents. Every thing that can bring goodness or benefit is
sought and desired from Him. He is the One Who gives to
whomsoever He Wills and prevents from Whosoever He Wills, all of
this in accordance to His Wisdom and Mercy.
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Ash-Shaheed (The Witness)
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The One Who is Aware of everything. The One Who hears every voice
in existence -the loud and quiet. The One Who Sees everything in
existence -the insignificant and significant, the small and large. The
One Whose Knowledge encompasses everything. The One Who will
testify for or against His servants for what they did.
"Say: What thing is the greatest witness? Say: Allaah is Witness
between you and I; this Qur'aan has been revealed to me that I may
warn therewith - you and whomsoever it may reach." Al-Quran(6:19)
"It is He Who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion
of Truth that he make it prevail over all religions. And sufficient is
Allaah as a Witness." Al-Quran(48:28)
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Al-Mubdee` (The Starter), Al-Mu`eed(The Recaller, The One Who
repeats creation)
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Allaah says, "He is the One Who started the creation and He will
repeat it" Al-Quran(10:4) He began their creation to test them as to which one
was best in action then He will recall them to reward those who did
good and punish those who did evil for their evil. Similarly He is the
one Who began by creating each individual thing and then
continuously repeats it.
"Is not He (better than your false gods) Who originates creation and
shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from the heaven
and the earth?" Al-Quran(27:64)
"Allaah originates the creation and then repeats it, then to Him you
will be returned." Al-Quran(85:13)
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Al-Fa`aalul Limaa Yureed (The One Who does what He Wills)
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This is from the perfection of His Power and the implementation of
His Will, Desire and Decree that anything that He Wishes to do, He
does and there is none to prevent Him or protest. He has no assistant
or supporter in anything that He does, rather when He Wills a thing to
be He merely says, "Be! And it is." Despite the fact that He does what
He Wills, His Will acts in accordance to His Wisdom and Praise. He is
described with Perfect Ability and Power, and with the
implementation of His Will and He is described with complete and all-
encompassing Wisdom.
"As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, moaning in
a high and low tone. They will dwell therein for all the time that the
heavens and the earth endured except as your Lord Will. Indeed your
Lord does what He Wills." Al-Quran(11:106-107)
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Al-Ghanee (The Self-Sufficient, The Rich), al-Mughnee (The
Sufficient)
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He is Self-Sufficient completely and unrestrictedly, deference is given
to His perfection and the perfection of His Attributes. He has
absolutely no deficiency of any kind, it is not possible that He be
anything but Self-Sufficient, for self-sufficiency is from the necessary
consequences of His Essence. Similarly it is not possible for Him to be
anything but the Creator, The All-Powerful, the Provider and the
Bestower of good. He is not in need of anything or anyone, He is the
Self-Sufficient in Whose Hand lie the treasures of the heavens and the
earth, and the treasures of this life and the Hereafter. He suffices for
the whole of His creation generally, and is specifically sufficient for the
believers in that He confers upon their hearts nurturing knowledge
and the realities of faith.
"Kind words and forgiving faults are better than giving in charity.
Allaah is the Rich, the Forebearing." Al-Quran(2:263)
"And your Lord is Self-Sufficient, full of Mercy. If He Will He could
destroy you and out in your place make who He Will to be successors,
just as He raised you from the seed of another people." Al-Quran(6:133)
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Al-Haleem (The Forbearing)
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The One Who bestows favours, both outward and inward, lavishly to
His creation despite their many acts of disobedience and
transgression. He is gentle upon those that disobey him and in
censuring them so that perchance they may repent and gives them
respite so that they may become sorrowful.
"And know that Allaah Knows what is in your minds, so fear Him.
And know that Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, the Forebearing." Al-Quran(2:235)
"If you lend to Allaah a goodly loan He will double it for you and will
forgive you. Allaah is the appreciative and rewarding, the
Forebearing." Al-Quran(64:17)
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Ash-Shaakir (The Recogniser and Rewarder of good), Ash-Shakoor
(The Appreciative)
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The One Who recognises and rewards the small quantity of action,
Who forgives the large quantity of sins. He is the One Who multiplies
the rewards of His sincere servants manifold without any measure. He
is the One Who recognises and rewards those who give thanks to Him
and remembers the one who remembers Him. Whosoever seeks to get
close to Him by doing any righteous action, Allaah draws close to Him
by a greater degree.
"Indeed Safa and Marwa are two of the symbols of Allaah. So it is
not a sin on him who performs Hajj or Umrah to perform the going
between them. And whoever does good voluntarily, then Allaah is the
Recogniser, the All-Knowing." Al-Quran(2:158)
"Indeed those who recite the Book of Allaah, and establish the prayers
and spend out of that which we have provided them, secretly and
openly, hope for a sure trade-gain that will never perish. That He may
pay them in full and give them even more out of His Grace. He is the
Oft-Forgiving, the Appreciative." Al-Quran(35:29-30)
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Al-Qareeb (The Close), Al-Mujeeb (The Answerer)
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He, Exalted is He, is close to everybody, this closeness being of two
types:
The general closeness which means His being close to everyone with
respect to His Knowledge, Awareness, Seeing, Witnessing and
Encompassing.
The specific closeness which is specific to His worshippers, those who
ask of Him, and those who love Him. The reality of this type of
closeness cannot be comprehended all we can see is its resultant effects
-His kindness to His servants, His care oof them and His making them
to be firm upon the Straight Path.
From the consequences of this closeness is His answering those who
supplicate to Him and His granting them the ability to be penitent. He
is the One Who answers, in a general sense, those who supplicate to
Him whomsoever them may be and wheresoever they may be and
whatever condition they may be in as He has promised them. He is the
One Who answers, in a specific sense, those who love Him, those who
imitate and follow His Sharee`ah. He is also the One Who answers the
one in dire need and those who have given up all hope of being
answered by the creation and therefore their connection to Him has
been strengthened in terms of love, hope and fear.
"And when My slaves ask you concerning Me, I am indeed near to
them. I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when He calls
upon Me. So let them obey Me and believe in Me so that they may be
led aright." Al-Quran(2:186)
"And to the Thamud We sent their brother Saalih saying: O my
people! Worship Allaah besides whom there is no other deity. He
brought you forth from the earth and settled you therein, then ask
forgiveness of Him, and turn to Him in repentance. Certainly My
Lord is Near, Responsive." Al-Quran(11:61)
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Al-Kaafee (The Sufficient)
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The One Who suffices His servants in everything that they are in need
of. The One Who suffices, in a specific sense, those who believe in
Him, put their trust in Him and seek their worldly and religious needs
from Him.
"Allaah drove back those who disbelieved in their rage and they
gained no advantage. Allaah sufficed for the believers in the fighting.
Allaah is the Strong, the Mighty." Al-Quran(33:25)
"Is not Allaah sufficient for His servant? Yet they try to frighten you
with those who they worship besides Him! And whomsoever Allaah
sends astray, for him there will be no guide." Al-Quran(39:36)
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Al-Awwal (The First), Al-Aakhir (The Last), Adh-Dhaahir (The
Manifest), Al-Baatin (The Inward)
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The Prophet (SAW) explained these in a succinct and clear way while
addressing his Lord,
"You are the First, there was none before You. You are the Last,
there will be none after You. Your are the Manifest, there is nothing
above You. You are the Inward, there is nothing close to you."
"He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Inward. He is the All-
Knower of everything." Al-Quran(57:3)
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Al-Waasi'` (The Vast)
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He is the One Who is vast with respect to His Attributes and qualities
and those things linked to them -this from the point of view that none
can enumerate His praise as He deserves, rather He is as He has
praised Himself. Vast in grandeur, authority and dominion, Vast in
bestowing grace and good and Vast in Goodness and Nobility.
"The likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allaah,
is as the likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear
has a hundred grains. Allaah gives manifold increase to whom He
pleases. Allaah is the Vast, the All-Knowing." Al-Quran(2:261)
"O you who believe! Whoever from amongst you turns back from his
religion, Allaah will bring about a people whom He will Love, and
they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the
disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allaah and never afraid of the
blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allaah which He bestows
on whom He Wills. Allaah is the Vast, the All-Knowing." Al-Quran(5:54)
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Al-Haadee (The Director), Ar-Rasheed (The Guide)
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He is the One Who guides and directs His servants towards all that
would be of benefit to them and away from all that would bring them
harm. He is the One Who teaches them what they did not use to know
and guides them with a guidance that keeps them firm upon the
Straight Path. He is the One Who inspires their hearts with taqwaa
and made them penitent and compliant to His Commands.
Ar-Rasheed also carries the meaning of Al-Hakeem (the Wise). He is
ar-Rasheed in His Actions and Sayings. All of His legislation is good,
correctly guiding and wise.
"Thus have We made for every Prophet an enemy amongst the
disbelievers. But sufficient is your Lord as a Guide and
Helper." Al-Quran(25:31)
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Al-Haqq (The Truth)
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He is the Truth in His Essence and Attributes, He is the most
necessary of existences, He is what the whole of existence needs to
exist. He is the One Who was and is described with Magnificence,
Beauty and Perfection. He is the One Who was and is known to be
Beneficent. His saying is the truth, His Actions are the truth, the
meeting with Him is the truth, His Messengers are the truth, His
Books are the truth, His religion is the truth, worshipping Him Alone
is the truth, everything that has to do with Him is the truth. This is
because Allaah is the Truth and what they supplicate to other than
Him is false and invalid and because Allaah is the Most High, the
Great.
"And say: the Truth is from your Lord, so let whosoever who wills
believe, and whosoever who wills disbelieve." Al-Quran(18:29)
"And what is there after truth apart from falsehood?" Al-Quran(10:32)
"Say: the truth has come and falsehood has been vanished, indeed
falsehood by its nature is bound to be vanished." Al-Quran(17:81)
And all praise is due to Allaah by whose grace all good actions are
completed and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad and upon his
companions and those who follow them until the Day of Judgement.
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Old Version Of 99 Names Of Allah S.W.T - Asma Ul Husna 99 names of Allah |