The Friday Note (Published by TheFinalMessage): The 99 Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah the Almighty

Al-Asma-ul-Husna – The 99 Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allah the Almighty;

When seeing the name of this article a lot of us may feel we have apps for this but how many of us with the help of these apps still know all the beautiful names of our Creator, our Rabb?

It is not a light matter that we do not know the name of The One who created us.

All the Qur’aan recitation, the Salah, the Dhikr and the obedience that we do is very good and may Allah accept it but how close can we claim to be to our Rabb if we don’t even know all of His beautiful names?

He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

[Surat Al-Hashr 59:24]

And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them

[Surat Al-A’raf 7:180]

Allah – there is no deity except Him. To Him belong the best names.

[Surat Taha 20:8]

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad SAW said, “Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise.”

[Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 50 Hadith 894]

Abu Huraira reported Prophet Muhammad SAW as saying: Verily, there are ninety-nine names for Allah, i.e. hundred excepting one. He who enumerates them would get into Paradise. And Hammam has made this addition on the authority of Abu Huraira who reported it from Prophet Muhammad SAW that he said: “He is Odd (one) and loves odd number.”

[Sahih Muslim – Book 35 Hadith 6476]

It is not possible to perfectly translate the names and attributes of Allah from their original Arabic into English. However, here are some fairly close definitions.

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إلَهَ إلَّا هُوَ
He is Allah, there is none worthy of worship except for Him

	Name	Transliteration	Meaning	Explanation
1	الرَّحْمَنُ	Ar-Rahmaan	The Beneficent	He who wills goodness and mercy for all His creatures
2	الرَّحِيمُ	Ar-Raheem	The Merciful	He who acts with extreme kindness
3	الْمَلِكُ	Al-Malik	The Eternal Lord	The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection
4	الْقُدُّوسُ	Al-Quddus	The Most Sacred	The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries
5	السَّلاَمُ	As-Salam	The Embodiment of Peace	The One who is free from every imperfection.
6	الْمُؤْمِنُ	Al-Mu’min	The Infuser of Faith	The One who witnessed for Himself that no one is God but Him. And He witnessed for His believers that they are truthful in their belief that no one is God but Him
7	الْمُهَيْمِنُ	Al-Muhaymin	The Preserver of Safety	The One who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures
8	الْعَزِيزُ	Al-Aziz	The Mighty One	The Strong, The Defeater who is not defeated
9	الْجَبَّارُ	Al-Jabbar	The Omnipotent One	The One that nothing happens in His Dominion except that which He willed
10	الْمُتَكَبِّرُ	Al-Mutakabbir	The Dominant One	The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures and from resembling them.
11	الْخَالِقُ	Al-Khaaliq	The Creator	The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence
12	الْبَارِئُ	Al-Baari	The Evolver	The Maker, The Creator who has the Power to turn the entities.
13	الْمُصَوِّرُ	Al-Musawwir	The Flawless Shaper	The One who forms His creatures in different pictures.
14	الْغَفَّارُ	Al-Ghaffaar	The Great Forgiver	The Forgiver, The One who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again.
15	الْقَهَّارُ	Al-Qahhaar	The All-Prevailing One	The Dominant, The One who has the perfect Power and is not unable over anything.
16	الْوَهَّابُ	Al-Wahhab	The Supreme Bestower	The One who is Generous in giving plenty without any return. He is everything that benefits whether Halal or Haram.
17	الرَّزَّاقُ	Ar-Razzaq	The Total Provider	The Sustainer, The Provider.
18	الْفَتَّاحُ	Al-Fattah	The Supreme Solver	The Opener, The Reliever, The Judge, The One who opens for His slaves the closed worldly and religious matters.
19	اَلْعَلِيْمُ	Al-Alim	The All-Knowing One	The Knowledgeable; The One nothing is absent from His knowledge
20	الْقَابِضُ	Al-Qaabid	The Restricting One	The Constrictor, The Withholder, The One who constricts the sustenance by His wisdom and expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.
21	الْبَاسِطُ	Al-Baasit	The Extender	The Englarger, The One who constricts the sustenance by His wisdom and expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.
22	الْخَافِضُ	Al-Khaafid	The Reducer	The Abaser, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction and raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.
23	الرَّافِعُ	Ar-Rafi	The Elevating One	The Exalter, The Elevator, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction and raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.
24	الْمُعِزُّ	Al-Mu’izz	The Honourer-Bestower	He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him; And He degrades whoever He willed, hence there is no one to give Him esteem.
25	المُذِلُّ	Al-Muzil	The Abaser	The Dishonourer, The Humiliator, He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him; And He degrades whoever He willed, hence there is no one to give Him esteem.
26	السَّمِيعُ	As-Sami’	The All-Hearer	The Hearer, The One who Hears all things that are heard by His Eternal Hearing without an ear, instrument or organ.
27	الْبَصِيرُ	Al-Baseer	The All-Seeing	The All-Noticing, The One who Sees all things that are seen by His Eternal Seeing without a pupil or any other instrument.
28	الْحَكَمُ	Al-Hakam	The Impartial Judge	The Judge, He is the Ruler and His judgment is His Word.
29	الْعَدْلُ	Al-Adl	The Embodiment of Justice	The Just, The One who is entitled to do what He does.
30	اللَّطِيفُ	Al-Lateef	The Knower of Subtleties	The Subtle One, The Gracious, The One who is kind to His slaves and endows upon them.
31	الْخَبِيرُ	Al-Khabeer	The All-Aware One	The One who knows the truth of things.
32	الْحَلِيمُ	Al-Haleem	The Clement One	The Forebearing, The One who delays the punishment for those who deserve it and then He might forgive them.
33	الْعَظِيمُ	Al-Azeem	The Magnificent One	The Great One, The Mighty, The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment, Glory, Extolement, and Purity from all imperfection.
34	الْغَفُورُ	Al-Ghafoor	The Great Forgiver	The All-Forgiving, The Forgiving, The One who forgives a lot.
35	الشَّكُورُ	Ash-Shakoor	The Acknowledging One	The Grateful, The Appreciative, The One who gives a lot of reward for a little obedience.
36	الْعَلِيُّ	Al-Aliyy	The Sublime One	The Most High, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures.
37	الْكَبِيرُ	Al-Kabeer	The Great One	The Most Great, The Great, The One who is greater than everything in status.
38	الْحَفِيظُ	Al-Hafiz	The Guarding One	The Preserver, The Protector, The One who protects whatever and whoever He willed to protect.
39	المُقيِت	Al-Muqeet	The Sustaining One	The Maintainer, The Guardian, The Feeder, The One who has the Power.
40	الْحسِيبُ	Al-Haseeb	The Reckoning One	The Reckoner, The One who gives the satisfaction.
41	الْجَلِيلُ	Al-Jaleel	The Majestic One	The Sublime One, The Beneficent, The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.
42	الْكَرِيمُ	Al-Kareem	The Bountiful One	The Generous One, The Gracious, The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.
43	الرَّقِيبُ	Ar-Raqeeb	The Watchful One	The Watcher, The One that nothing is absent from Him. Hence it’s meaning is related to the attribute of Knowledge.
44	الْمُجِيبُ	Al-Mujeeb	The Responding One	The Responsive, The Hearkener, The One who answers the one in need if he asks Him and rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him.
45	الْوَاسِعُ	Al-Waasi’	The All-Pervading One	The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Knowledgeable.
46	الْحَكِيمُ	Al-Hakeem	The Wise One	The Wise, The Judge of Judges, The One who is correct in His doings.
47	الْوَدُودُ	Al-Wadud	The Loving One	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
48	الْمَجِيدُ	Al-Majeed	The Glorious One	The Most Glorious One, The One who is with perfect Power, High Status, Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.
49	الْبَاعِثُ	Al-Ba’ith	The Infuser of New Life	The Resurrector, The Raiser (from death), The One who resurrects His slaves after death for reward and/or punishment.
50	الشَّهِيدُ	Ash-Shaheed	The All Observing Witness	The Witness, The One who nothing is absent from Him.
51	الْحَقُّ	Al-Haqq	The Embodiment of Truth	The Truth, The True, The One who truly exists.
52	الْوَكِيلُ	Al-Wakeel	The Universal Trustee	The Trustee, The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.
53	الْقَوِيُّ	Al-Qawwiyy	The Strong One	The Most Strong, The Strong, The One with the complete Power
54	الْمَتِينُ	Al-Mateen	The Firm One	The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted and He does not get tired.
55	الْوَلِيُّ	Al-Waliyy	The Protecting Associate	The Protecting Friend, The Supporter.
56	الْحَمِيدُ	Al-Hameed	The Sole-Laudable One	The Praiseworthy, The praised One who deserves to be praised.
57	الْمُحْصِي	Al-Muhsee	The All-Enumerating One	The Counter, The Reckoner, The One who the count of things are known to him.
58	الْمُبْدِئُ	Al-Mubdi	The Originator	The One who started the human being. That is, He created him.
59	الْمُعِيدُ	Al-Mueed	The Restorer	The Reproducer, The One who brings back the creatures after death
60	الْمُحْيِي	Al-Muhyi	The Maintainer of life	The Restorer, The Giver of Life, The One who took out a living human from semen that does not have a soul. He gives life by giving the souls back to the worn out bodies on the resurrection day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge.
61	اَلْمُمِيتُ	Al-Mumeet	The Inflictor of Death	The Creator of Death, The Destroyer, The One who renders the living dead.
62	الْحَيُّ	Al-Hayy	The Eternally Living One	The Alive, The One attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of soul, flesh or blood.
63	الْقَيُّومُ	Al-Qayyoom	The Self-Subsisting One	The One who remains and does not end.
64	الْوَاجِدُ	Al-Waajid	The Pointing One	The Perceiver, The Finder, The Rich who is never poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.
65	الْمَاجِدُ	Al-Maajid	The All-Noble One	The Glorious, He who is Most Glorious.
66	الْواحِدُ	Al-Waahid	The Only One	The Unique, The One, The One without a partner
67	اَلاَحَدُ	Al-Ahad	The Sole One	The One
68	الصَّمَدُ	As-Samad	The Supreme Provider	The Eternal, The Independent, The Master who is relied upon in matters and reverted to in ones needs.
69	الْقَادِرُ	Al-Qaadir	The Omnipotent One	The Able, The Capable, The One attributed with Power.
70	الْمُقْتَدِرُ	Al-Muqtadir	The All Authoritative One	The Powerful, The Dominant, The One with the perfect Power that nothing is withheld from Him.
71	الْمُقَدِّمُ	Al-Muqaddim	The Expediting One	The Expediter, The Promoter, The One who puts things in their right places. He makes ahead what He wills and delays what He wills.
72	الْمُؤَخِّرُ	Al-Mu’akhkhir	The Procrastinator	The Delayer, the Retarder, The One who puts things in their right places. He makes ahead what He wills and delays what He wills.
73	الأوَّلُ	Al-Awwal	The Very First	The First, The One whose Existence is without a beginning.
74	الآخِرُ	Al-Akhir	The Infinite Last One	The Last, The One whose Existence is without an end.
75	الظَّاهِرُ	Az-Zaahir	The Perceptible	The Manifest, The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place. He, The Exalted, His Existence is obvious by proofs and He is clear from the delusions of attributes of bodies.
76	الْبَاطِنُ	Al-Baatin	The Imperceptible	The Hidden, The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place. He, The Exalted, His Existence is obvious by proofs and He is clear from the delusions of attributes of bodies.
77	الْوَالِي	Al-Waali	The Holder of Supreme Authority	The Governor, The One who owns things and manages them.
78	الْمُتَعَالِي	Al-Muta’ali	The Extremely Exalted One	The Most Exalted, The High Exalted, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.
79	الْبَرُّ	Al-Barr	The Fountain-Head of Truth	The Source of All Goodness, The Righteous, The One who is kind to His creatures, who covered them with His sustenance and specified whoever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy.
80	التَّوَابُ	At-Tawwaab	The Ever-Acceptor of Repentance	The Relenting, The One who grants repentance to whoever He willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance.
81	الْمُنْتَقِمُ	Al-Muntaqim	The Retaliator	The Avenger, The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. It may mean the One who destroys them.
82	العَفُوُّ	Al-Afuww	The Supreme Pardoner	The Forgiver, The One with wide forgiveness.
83	الرَّؤُوفُ	Ar-Ra’oof	The Benign One	The Compassionate, The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His will to endow upon whoever He willed among His creatures.
84	مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ	Maalik-ul-Mulk	The Eternal Possessor of Sovereignty	The One who controls the Dominion and gives dominion to whoever He willed.
85	ذُوالْجَلاَلِ وَالإكْرَامِ	Zul-Jalaali-wal-Ikram	The Possessor of Majesty and Honour	The Lord of Majesty and Bounty, The One who deserves to be Exalted and not denied.
86	الْمُقْسِطُ	Al-Muqsit	The Just One	The Equitable, The One who is Just in His judgment.
87	الْجَامِعُ	Al-Jaami’	The Assembler of Scattered Creations	The Gatherer, The One who gathers the creatures on a day that there is no doubt about, that is the Day of Judgment.
88	الْغَنِيُّ	Al-Ghaniyy	The Self-Sufficient One	The One who does not need the creation.
89	الْمُغْنِي	Al-Mughni	The Bestower of Sufficiency	The Enricher, The One who satisfies the necessities of the creatures.
90	اَلْمَانِعُ	Al-Maani’	The Preventer	The Withholder.
91	الضَّارَّ	Ad-Daarr	The Distressor	The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit to whoever He willed.
92	النَّافِعُ	An-Naafi’	The Bestower of Benefits	The Propitious, The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit to whoever He willed.
93	النُّورُ	An-Noor	The Prime Light	The Light, The One who guides.
94	الْهَادِي	Al-Haadi	The Provider of Guidance	The Guide, The One whom with His Guidance His believers were guided, and with His Guidance the living beings have been guided to what is beneficial for them and protected from what is harmful to them.
95	الْبَدِيعُ	Al-Badi’	The Unique One	The Incomparable, The One who created the creation and formed it without any preceding example.
96	اَلْبَاقِي	Al-Baaqi	The Ever Surviving One	The Everlasting, The One that the state of non-existence is impossible for Him.
97	الْوَارِثُ	Al-Waaris	The Eternal Inheritor	The Heir, The One whose Existence remains.
98	الرَّشِيدُ	Ar-Rasheed	The Guide to Path of Rectitude	The Guide to the Right Path, The One who guides.
99	الصَّبُورُ	As-Saboor	The Extensively Enduring One	The Patient, The One who does not quickly punish the sinners.