The Names Indicating the Divine Essence
- Allah: God, the Proper Name of the Divine Being
- (Ar-)Rabb: The Lord (God as the Creator, Provider, Trainer, Upbringer, and Director of all creatures)
- (Al-)Malik: The All-Sovereign, the Owner and Master of everything
- (Al-)Quddūs: The All-Holy and All-Pure (Who is absolutely free of any defect)
- (As-)Salam: The Supreme Author of peace and salvation
- (Al-)Mu’min: The Supreme Author of safety and security
- (Al-)Muhaymin: The All-Watchful Guardian
- (Al-)‘Aziz: The All-Glorious with irresistible might
- (Al-)Jabbar: The One Who manifests His Will and Grandeur
- (Al-)Fard: The All-Independent, Single One (free from having any equals or likes in His Essence and Attributes)
- (Al-)Mutakabbir: The One Who has exclusive right to all greatness and manifests it
- (Al-)‘Aliyy: The All-Exalted
- (Az-)Zahir: The All-Outward, Whose existence is the most manifest
- (Al-)Batin: The All-Inward, Whose Essence cannot be comprehended
- (Al-)Kabir: The All-Great
- (Al-)Jalil: The All-Majestic and All-Supreme
- (Al-)Majid: The All-Sublime, the All-Illustrious
- (Al-)Haqq: The Ultimate Truth and Ever-Constant
- (Al-)Matin: The All-Forceful and All-Able
- (Al-)Wajid: The Ever-Present and All-Finding
- (As-)Samad: The Eternally All-Besought, Himself being needy of nothing
- (Al-)Awwal: The First Whom there is none that precedes
- (Al-)Akhir: The Last Whom there is none that will outlive
- (Al-)Muta‘ali: The All-Transcending
- (Al-)Ghaniyy: The All-Wealthy and Self-Sufficient
- (An-)Nur: The All-Light, Who is the unique source of all illumination
- (Al-)Warith: The One Who survives all beings and inherits them
- Dhu’l-Jalal wa’l-ikram: The One of absolute Majesty and Grace
- (Ar-)Raqib: The All-Watchful
- (Al-)Baqi: The Eternally All-Permanent
- (Al-)Hamid: The All-Praiseworthy
- (Al-)Wahid: The One of absolute Unity (Who is absolutely indivisible and having no partners and equals)
- (Al-)Ahad: The All-Unique of Absolute Oneness (Who is beyond all kinds of human conceptions and absolutely free from having any partners, likes, parents, sons or daughters)
The Names Originating in Divine Attributes of Glory
- (Al-)Hayy: The All-Living
- (Ash-)Shakur: The All-Responsive (to the good and gratitude of His creatures)
- (Al-)Qahhar: The All-Overwhelming (with absolute sway over all that exists)
- (Al-)Qahir: The All-Overpowering, Who crushes those who deserve crushing
- (Al-)Muqtadir: The All-Omnipotent
- (Al-)Qawiyy: The All-Strong
- (Al-)Murid: The All-Willing
- (Al-)Qadir: The All-Powerful
- (Ar-)Rahman: The All-Merciful (Who has mercy on the whole of existence and provides for all of them)
- (Ar-)Rahim: The All-Compassionate (Who has particular compassion for each of His creatures in their maintenance, and for His believing servants especially in the other world)
- (As-)Subhan: The All-Glorified
- (As-)Sultan: The Absolute, Eternal Authority
- (Al-)Karim: The All-Munificent
- (Al-)Ghaffar: The Ever All-Forgiver
- (Al-)Ghafur: The All-Forgiving
- (Al-)Wadud: The All-Loving and All-Beloved
- (Ar-)Rauf: The All-Pitying
- (Al-)Halim: The All-Clement (showing no haste to punish the errors of His servants)
- (Al-)Barr: The All-Benign
- (As-)Sabur: The All-Patient (Whom no haste induces to rush into an action)
- (Al-)‘Alim: The All-Knowing
- (Al-)Khabir: The All-Aware
- (Al-)Muhsi: The All-Counting and Recording
- (Al-)Hakim: The One Who does everything properly, the All-Wise
- (Ash-)Shahid: The All-Witnessing
- (As-)Sami‘: The All-Hearing
- (Al-)Basir: The All-Seeing
- (Al-)‘Afuww: The All-Pardoning (Who overlooks the faults of His servants and grants remission)
The Names of Majesty
- (Al-)Kabir: The All-Great
- (Al-)‘Aziz: The All-Glorious with irresistible might
- (Al-)‘Alim: The All-Knowing
- (Al-)Jalil: The All-Majestic and All-Supreme
- (Ad-)Dayyan: The Supreme Ruler and All-Requiting (of good and evil)
- (Al-)Majid: The All-Sublime, the All-Illustrious
- (Al-)Mumit: The One Who causes to die; the All-Dealing of death
- (Ad-)Darr: The Creator of evil and harm
- (Al-)Muntaqim: The All-Requiting
|
The Names Indicating Divine Acts
- (Al-)Mubdi: The All-Initiating
- (Al-)Wakil: The One to rely on and to Whom affairs should be entrusted
- (Al-)Baith: The One Who restores life to the dead
- (Al-)Mujib: The All-Answering (of prayers) and Meeting (of needs)
- (Al-)Wasi‘: The All-Embracing (in His Knowledge and Mercy)
- (Al-)Hasib: The All-Sufficing as One Who reckons and settles the accounts (of His servants)
- (Al-)Mughis: The One Who gives extra help
- (Al-)Hafiz: The All-Preserving and Keeper of records, the All-Protecting
- (Al-)Khaliq: The Creator (Who determines measure for everything and makes things and beings exist out of nothing)
- (as-)Sani‘: The Maker
- (Al-)Bari: The All-Holy Creator (Who is absolutely free from having any partners and Who creates without imitating anything)
- (Al-)Musawwir: The All-Fashioning
- (Ar-)Razzaq: The All-Providing
- (Al-)Wahhab: The All-Bestowing
- (As-)Sattar: The All-Veiling (of His servants’ shortcomings and sins)
- (Al-)Fatir: The All–Originating (with a unique individuality)
- (Al-)Fattah: The One Who opens the door of good
- (An-)Nasir: The All-Helping and Giver of victory
- (Al-)Kafi: The All-Sufficing
- (Al-)Qabid: The All-Constricting; the One Who takes the souls of living beings
- (Al-)Basit: The All-Expanding
- (Al-)Hafid: The One Who lowers and humiliates whom He wills
- (Ar-)Rafi‘: The All-Elevating
- (Al-)Mu‘izz: The All-Exalting and Honoring
- (Al-)Mudhill: The All-Abasing
- (Al-)Hakam: The All-Judging (Who settles the matters between people)
- (Al-)‘Adl: The All-Just
- (Al-)Latif: The All-Subtle (penetrating into the minutest dimensions of all things and providing for all)
- (Al-)Mu‘id: The All-Returning and Restoring (the One Who causes to die after life and returns the dead to life)
- (Al-)Muhyi: The Giver of life and All-Reviving
- (Al-)Mumit: The One Who causes to die; the All-Dealing of death
- (Al-)Waliyy: The Guardian, the Protecting Friend (to rely on)
- (At-)Tawwab: The One Who guides to repentance, accepts repentance, and returns it with liberal forgiveness and additional reward
- (Al-)Muntaqim: The Ever-Able to requite
- (Al-)Muqsit: The All-Dealing of justice
- (Al-)Jami‘: The One having all excellences to the infinite degree; the All-Gathering
- (Al-)Mughni: The All-Enriching
- (Al-)Mani‘: The All-Preventing and Withdrawing; the One Who does not give whatever He does not will to give
- (Ad-)Darr: The Creator of evil and harm
- (An-)Nafi‘: The All-Favoring and Giver of benefits
- (Al-)Hadi: The All-Guiding
- (Al-)Badi‘: The One Who originates in unique fashion and with nothing preceding Him to imitate
- (Ar-)Rashid: The All-Guide to what is correct
- (Al-)Qayyūm: The Self-Subsisting (by Whom all subsist)
- Maliku’l-mulk: The absolute Master of all dominion
- (Al-)Mu‘akhkhir: The One Who leaves behind
- (Al-)Muqaddim: The One Who causes to advance, Who moves things forward
- (Al-)Muqit: The All-Aiding and Sustaining
- (al-)Wali: The All-Governing
The Foundational Names
- (Al-)Hayy: The All-Living
- (Al-)‘Alim: The All-Knowing
- (Al-)Murid: The All-Willing
- (Al-)Mutakallim: The All-Speaking
- (Al-)Qadir: The All-Powerful
- (Al-)Jawad: The All-Generous
- (Al-)Muqsit: The All-Dealing of justice
The Names of Grace
- (Ar-)Rahim: The All-Compassionate (Who has particular compassion for each of His creatures in their maintenance, and for His believing servants especially in the other world)
- (Al-)Jamil: The All-Gracious and All-Beautiful
- (As-)Salam: The Supreme Author of peace and salvation
- (Al-)Muhyi: The Giver of life and All-Reviving
- (Al-)Mu’min: The Supreme Author of safety and security
- (Al-)Latif: The All-Subtle (penetrating into the minutest dimensions of all things and providing for all)
- (Ar-)Razzaq: The All-Providing
- (Al-)Khallaq: The Supreme Creator
- (Al-)Awwal: The First (Whom there is none that precedes)
- (Al-)Akhir: The Last (Whom there is none that will outlive)
- (Az-)Zahir: The All-Outward, Whose existence is the most manifest
- (Al-)Batin: The All-Inward, Whose Essence cannot be comprehended
- (Al-)Qarib: The All-Near
|
Recent Comments