The 99 Names of Allah,(Arabic: أسماء الله الحسنى ʾasmāʾ allāh al-Ḥusnā), are the Names of God (specifically, attributes) by which Muslims regard God and which are traditionally maintained as described in the Qur’ān, and Sunnah, amongst other places.There is, according to hadith, a special group of 99 names but no enumeration of them. Thus the exact list is not agreed upon, and the Names of God (as adjectives, word constructs, or otherwise) exceed 99 in the Qur’ān and Sunnah. Some of the names of God have been hidden from mankind, therefore there are not only 99 names of God but there are more
Verily, there are ninety-nine Names of God, one hundred minus one. He who
enumerates [and believes in them and the one God behind] them would get into Paradise
1- Allah
The One Who has the Godhood, which is the power to create the entities
2- Ar-Rahman
The One Who has an abundance of mercy for the believers and the blasphemers in this world and exclusively for the believers in the Hereafter
3- Ar-Rahim
The One Who has an abundance of mercy for the believers
4- Al-Malik
The One with absolute Dominion, and the One Whose Dominion is clear of imperfection
5- Al-Quddus
The One Who is pure from any imperfection and clear of children and adversaries
6- As-Salam
The One Who is clear of every imperfection
7- Al-Mu’min
The One Who witnessed for Himself that no one is God but Him; and Who witnessed for His believers that they are truthful in their belief that no one is God but Him
8- Al-Muhaymin
The One Who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures
9- Al-^Aziz
The Defeater Who is not defeated
10- Al-Jabbar
The One for Whom nothing happens in His dominion except what He willed
11- Al-Mutakabbir
The One Who is clear of the attributes of the creatures and of resembling them
12- Al- Khaliq
The One Who brings everything from non-existence to existence
13- Al-Bari’
The Creator Who has the Power to turn the entities from one state to another
14- Al-Musawwir
The One Who forms His creatures in different pictures
15- Al-Ghaffar
The One Who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again
16- Al-Qahhar
The Subduer Who has the perfect Power and is not powerless over anything
17- Al-Wahhab
The One Who is Generous in giving plenty without any return
18- Ar-Razzaq
The One Who makes the Sustenance reach His slaves. Sustenance is everything that benefits, whether halal or haram
19- Al-Fattah
The One Who opens for His slaves the closed worldly and religious matters
20- Al-^Alim
The Knowledgeable; the One for Whom nothing is hidden from His Knowledge
21-22. Al-Qabid, Al-Basit
The One Who constricts the sustenance by His Wisdom and expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy
23-24. Al-Khafid, Ar-Rafi^
The One Who lowers whomever He willed by His Destruction and raises whomever He willed by His Endowment
25-26. Al-Mu^izz, Al-Mudhill
The One Who gives esteem to whomever He willed; hence there is no one to degrade him. The One Who degrades whomever He willed; hence there is no one to give him esteem
27- As-Sami^
The One Who Hears all things that are heard by His Eternal Hearing without an ear, instrument, or organ
28- Al-Basir
The One Who Sees all things that are seen by His eternal Sight without a pupil or any other instrument
29- Al-Hakam
He is the Ruler, and His judgment is His Word
30- Al-^Adl
The One Who is entitled to do what He does
31- Al-Latif
The One Who is kind to His slaves and endows upon them
32- Al-Khabir
The One Who knows the truth of things
33- Al-Halim
The One Who delays the punishment for those who deserve it and then He might forgive them
34- Al-^Adhim
The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment, Glory, Extolement, and Purity from all imperfection
35- Al-Ghafur
The One Who forgives a lot
36- Ash-Shakur
The One Who gives ample reward for a little obedience
37- Al-^Aliyy
The One Who is clear of the attributes of the creatures
38- Al-Kabir
The One Who is greater in status than everything
39- Al-Hafidh
The One Who protects whatever and whomever He willed to protect
40- Al-Muqit
The One Who has the Power
41- Al-Hasib
The One Who gives the satisfaction
42- Al-Jalil
The One Who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status
43- Al-Karim
The One Who is clear of abjectness
44- Ar-Raqib
The One from Whom nothing is absent. Hence its meaning is related to the attribute of Knowledge
45- Al-Mujib
The One Who answers the one in need if he asks Him and rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him
46- Al-Wasi^
The Knowledgeable
47- Al-Hakim
The One Who is correct in His doings
48- Al-Wadud
The One Who loves His believing slaves and His believing slaves love Him. His love to His slaves is His Will to be merciful to them and praise them: Hence its meaning is related to the attributes of the Will and Kalam (His attribute with which He orders and forbids and with which He spoke to Muhammad and Musa. It is not a sound, nor a language, nor a letter)
49- Al-Majid
The One Who is with perfect Power, High Status, Compassion, Generosity, and Kindness
50- Al-Ba^ith
The One Who resurrects His slaves after death for reward and/or punishment
51- Ash-Shahid
The One from Whom nothing is absent
52- Al-Haqq
The One Who truly exists, i.e., the One Whose Existence is confirmed
53- Al-Wakil
The One Who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon
54- Al-Qawiyy
The One with the complete Power
55- Al-Matin
The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted, and Who does not get tired
56- Al-Waliyy
The Supporter
57- Al-Hamid
The praised One Who deserves to be praised
58- Al-Muhsi
The One Who knows the count of things
59- Al-Mubdi’
The One Who started the human being, that is, He created him
60- Al-Mu^id
The One Who brings back the creatures after death
61- Al-Muhyi
The One Who took out a living human from seminal fluid that does not have a soul. He quickens the dead by giving the souls back to the decayed bodies on the Resurrection Day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge
62- Al-Mumit
The One Who renders the living dead
63- Al-Hayy
The One Who is attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of soul, flesh, and blood
64- Al-Qayyum
The One Who remains and does not end
65- Al-Wajid
The Rich Who is never poor. AlWajd is Richness
66- Al-Majid
The One Who is Majid
67- Al-Wahid
The One without a partner
68- As-Samad
The Master Who is relied upon in matters and is resorted to in one’s needs
69- Al-Qadir
The One Who is attributed with Power
70- Al-Muqtadir
The One with the perfect Power from Whom nothing is withheld
71-72. Al-Muqaddim, Al-Mu’akhkhir
The One Who puts things in their right places. He makes ahead whatever He wills and delays whatever He wills
73- Al-’Awwal
The One whose Existence is without a beginning
74. Al-’Akhir
The One whose Existence is without an end
75-76. Adh-Dhahir, Al-Batin
The One above Whom nothing exists and underneath Whom nothing exists; hence He exists without a place. His Existence is obvious by proofs. He is clear of the delusions of bodily attributes
77. Al-Wali
The One Who owns things and manages them
78. Al-Muta^ali
The One Who is clear of the attributes of the creation
79. Al-Barr
The One Who is kind to His creatures, Who covered them with His sustenance and specified whomever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy
80. At-Tawwab
The One Who grants repentance to whomever He willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance
81. Al-Muntaqim
The One Who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. It may mean the One Who destroys them
82. Al-^Afuww
The One with wide forgiveness
83. Ar-Ra’uf
The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His Will to endow upon whomever He willed among His creatures
84. Malikul-Mulk
The One Who controls the dominion and gives dominion to whomever He willed
85. Dhul-Jalal Wal-’Ikram
The One Who deserves to be Exalted and not denied
86. Al-Muqsit
The One Who is Just in His judgment
87. Al-Jami^
The One Who gathers the creatures on a day there is no doubt about, that is, the Day of Judgment
88. Al-Ghaniyy
The One Who does not need the creation
89. Al-Mughni
The One Who satisfies the necessities of the creatures
90. Al-Mani^
The Supporter Who protects and gives victory to His pious believers
91-92. Ad -Darr, An-Nafi^
The One Who makes harm reach to whomever He willed and benefit to whomever He willed
93. An-Nur
The One Who guides
94. Al-Hadi
The One with Whose Guidance His believers were guided, and with Whose Guidance the living beings have been guided to what is beneficial for them and protected from what is harmful to them
95. Al-Badi^
The One Who created the creation and formed it without any preceding example
96. Al-Baqi
The One for Whom the state of non-existence is impossible
97. Al-Warith
The One Whose Existence remains
98. Ar-Rashid
The One Who guides
99. As-Sabur
The One Who does not quickly punish the sinners
The 99 names point to the inherent unity of the all-embracing Greatest Name. In Islamic Traditions, it is stated “The Greatest Name of Allah is the one which if He [Allah] is called (prayed to) by it, He will Answer.” (Ibn Májah)
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