Allaah's Beautiful and Perfect Names






 1. Translated Introduction to the Book 'Mukhtasir Fiqh al Asmaa' by Shaykh 'AbdurRazaaq Click here
2. Important Notes to Understand Allaah's Names and Attributes Click here
3. Full list of Allaah's Names with Meanings in English.  Click here
4. Alphabetical Order Worksheet  Click here.
5. Worksheet Click here
6. Sources Used Click here
7. Comparison of translations for Allaah's Names Click here
8. Cross Reference of Allaah's Names in different books Click here
9. Links to jpeg Madeenah Exhibition Information for each name.  Click here.
10. Blank Form to list Allaah's Names. Click here.
11. Names Grouped according to Categories Click here     Blank form to fill in click here
12. Paired Names in the Qur'aan Click here
13. Inseparable Names by Ibnul Qayyim Click here
14. Video to learn the Names Click here
15. PDF of the video Click here
16. PowerPoint of the video Click here
17. Online Quiz based on the names Click here
18. Names of Allaah that occur most frequently in the Qur'aan Click here
19. Names only found in the Sunnah Click here
20. Shaykh Sa'dee's List of Names not found in Qawaa'id al Muthlaa Click here
21. Tips on how to learn the names   Click here
22. Audio files for each of Allaah's Names grouped according to the Arabic Alphabet Click here

Go to the blog specially for Allaah's Beautiful Names www.Allaahsbeautifulnames.blogspot.com

See the post for the Madeenah Exhibition on Allaah's Names. Click here.


Important Notes to Understand Allaah’s Names and Attributes

1.       Allaah’s Beautiful Names come under the 3rd category of Tawheed:

a.       Tawheed of Lordship
b.      Tawheed of Worship
c.       Tawheed of Allaah’s Names and Attributes

2.       All of Allaah’s Names are Beautiful and Perfect

Aayaat:

وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
 And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah , so call on Him by them, and leave the company of those who belie or deny (or utter impious speech against) His Names. They will be requited for what they used to do. [‘Aaraaf :180]

قُلِ ادْعُوا اللَّهَ أَوِ ادْعُوا الرَّحْمَٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
 Say (O Muhammad): "Invoke Allah or invoke the Most Beneficent (Allah), by whatever name you invoke Him (it is the same), for to Him belong the Best Names [al Israa’ 17:110]

Allaah’s Names do not contain any defects.
Allaah’s Name ‘Al Hayy’ ‘The Living’ includes perfect life not preceded by absence or followed by death.
Allaah’s Name ‘Al ‘Aleem’ ‘The All-Knowing’ includes perfect knowledge – not preceded by  ignorance nor followed by forgetfulness.
Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al Jaami said that if a characteristic involves both perfection and imperfection, then only the perfection aspect of the characteristic is applied to Allaah.

There is a hadeeth that mentions الشر ليس إليك ‘Evil cannot be attributed to Allaah’

3.       Combining Allaah’s Names increases their Beauty and Perfection.

In the Qur’aan certain names are paired with others.
For example, العزيز الحكيم The All-Mighty, the All-Wise.
العزيز The All-Mighty – is Allaah’s Might (with no oppression, tyranny or evil) combined with الحكيم The All-Wise - His Wisdom (with no disgrace or humiliation)

4.       Allaah’s Names are both Proper Nouns and Descriptions.

They are proper nouns as they refer to Him and they are descriptions as they refer to the meanings. For example, al Hayy, al Qadeer, al ‘Azeez are all Names of Allaah that refer back to Him. However, each name has a separate meaning. The Name is not just a name without meaning. As-Samee’ means the All-Hearing, so Allaah ‘Hears’. Some deviant sects negate the meanings for Allaah’s Names and say that Allaah is All-Hearing without ‘hearing’. Everything in existence has more than one attribute or description.


5.       The Names sometimes include a ruling related to it.
Some Names include three matters:
a.       An established Name. E.g.  السميع as-Samee’ The All-Hearing
b.      An established Attribute included in the meaning of the Name. E.g. السمع hearing.
c.       An established ruling and implication. E.g. Allaah Hears all secret talk.
         Some Names only include two matters:
a.       An established Name. E.g.  الحي al Hayy The Living
b.      An established Attribute included in the meaning of the Name. E.g. الحياة Life

6.       Allaah’s Names are fixed and cannot be invented.

We cannot say that something is a Name of Allaah but there is no proof for it. Neither can we say that this is not a name when Allaah Says it is. We need to stick to the Qur’aan and Sunnah.

Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al Jaami mentions that if Allaah is described with doing a specific action it does not mean that you can make that action into a Name of Allaah. For example, Allaah is described as being the Best of Planners. Allaah ‘plans’. (The verb is ‘plan’ and the noun or derived name from that verb could be ‘the planner’). But it is not correct to derive a name from an action without proof that the Name exists in the Qur’aan or Sunnah.

7.       Allaah’s Names are not limited to a set number.

The hadeeth mentioning 99 Names does not prove there are only 99. The list of Names was added to the hadeeth collected in at Tirmidhee and was not originally from the hadeeth of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al ‘Uthaymeen listed 81 names from the Qur’aan and 18 names from the Sunnah making a total of 99 names in his book Qawaa’idul Muthlaa.

The Hadeeth is:      

“Allaah has ninety-nine names and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly will enter Paradise; and Allaah is Witr (One) and loves al witr.” (Bukhaaree no. 6410; Muslim no. 2677)

The hadeeth mention أحصاها which can mean ‘count them; memorize them; know them; believe in them; act upon them’ etc. an Najdi in his book (p38-39) an Nahj al Asmaa mentions that this means to memorize them, call upon Allaah using these Names and praise Allaah by using these Names.

Example 1:  If a person says ‘Yaa Rahmaan yaa Raheem’ (O Most Merciful One, O Bestower of Mercy) he remembers Allaah’s Attribute of ‘mercy’ and he believes that it is from Allaah’s Attributes so he hopes for His Mercy and does not despair from His Forgiveness.

Example 2: If a person says ‘as Samee al Baseer’ (The All Hearing, the All Seeing). He knows that Allaah Hears him and Sees him and that nothing is hidden from Him. So he fears Allaah secretly and openly and he knows that Allaah is Watching him in every situation.

Example 3: If a person says ‘Ar Razzaaq’ (The Provider) he believes that Allaah will take care of his provisions and that he will receive the provision at the appointed time so he trusts in this and he knows that there is no Provider except for Him.

8.       Deviation from the Correct Belief in Allaah’s Names
Ilhaad is mentioned in the aayah in Surah al ‘Araaf 7:180. This deviation is straying from the obligatory manner of believing in the Names. Some of this deviation can be shirk, kufr or less than that. Ilhaad is:
a.       To reject some of the Names or some of the related Attributes or resulting rulings. This is what the People of ‘Ta’teel’ from the Jahmiyyah Sect do.
b.      To liken Allaah to His creation ‘tashbeeh’.
c.       To ascribe a Name to Allaah that He did not name Himself with. E.g. the Christians call Allaah ‘the Father’. The Philosophers call Allaah ‘The Root Cause of Everything’ العلة الفاعلة.
d.      To derive names of idols from the linguistic roots of Allaah’s Names. E.g. the polytheists called their idols ‘al ‘Uzza’ derived from Allaah’s Name al ‘Azeez, and the name of their idol ‘al Laat’ from Allaah’s Name al Ilaah.

9.       Some words which are Names of Allaah can be used for the creation.

However the reality of the meaning is vastly different when used for the creation. There is no comparison.
For e.g. Allaah is al Haleem, The Forbearing. The word ‘haleem’ has also been used to describe the Prophet Ibraaheem in the Qur’aan [9:114]

10.   Translation Point

Allaah’s Names must be kept in their original Arabic. The meaning of the Names can be conveyed but that meaning cannot be used as a perfect Translation of the Name which is then used instead of the Original Arabic.

It is not allowed to say that ‘The Most High’ for example is Allaah’s ‘Name’. The Arabic name الأعلى  al-A’laa must be used and the English is just an explanation of that name.

The above notes were taken from the following sources:
  1. Exemplary Foundations Concerning the Beautiful Names and Attributes of Allaah, by Muhammad Ibn Saalih al ‘Uthaymeen. Translated by Moosa Richardson. 2003. TROID.
  2. القواعد المثلى في صفات الله وأسمائه الحسنى مجموع فتاوى مجلد ۳ ص 265 محمد بن صالح العثيمين
  3. الصفات الإلهيه  محمد أمان بن علي الجامي
  4. شرح أسماء الله الحسنى في ضوء الكتاب والسنه   سعيد بن علىبن وهف القحطاني
5.       النهج الأسمى في شرح أسماء الله الحسنى محمد الحمود النجدي  2011


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List of Allaah’s Beautiful and Perfect Names (105)
Arabic
Transliteration
Translation
Ref.
Occurs
x
1
الله
Allaah
Allaah
2:255
2724
2
الأحَد
Al-Ahad
The Unique
112:1
1
3
الأعْلَى
Al-A’laa
The Most High
87:1
2
4
الأكْرَم
Al-Akram
The Most Generous
96:3
1
5
الإلَه
Al-Ilaah
The One Who alone deserves to be worshipped
2:163

6
الأوَّل
Al-Awwal
The First
57:3
1
7
الآخِر
Al-Aakhir
The Last
57:3
1
8
الباطِن
Al-Baatin
The Closest One
57:3
1
9
البارِئ
Al-Baari
The Originator )the Maker(
59:24
3
10
الباسِط
Al-Baasit
The Granter of extensive provision
Abu Dawood
3451

11
البَرّ
Al-Barr
The Most Benign and Kind
52:28
1
12
البَصِير
Al-Baseer
The All-Seeing
17:1
42
13
التَّوَّاب
At-Tawwaab
The One Who accepts repentance again and again
2:37
11
14
الجَبَّار
Al-Jabbaar
The Exalted and All-Mighty Compeller
59:23
1
15
الْجَمِيل
Al-Jameel
The Beautiful
Muslim
9:1

16
الْجَوَاد
Al-Jawaad
The Most Generous
Ahmad
5/154
21367

17
الْحافِظ
Al- Haafidh
The Protector
12:64
3
18
الْحَسِيب
Al-Haseeb
The Reckoner who suffices
4:86
3
19
الحفي
Al Hafee
The Gracious


20
الْحَفِيظ
Al-Hafeedh
The Guardian and Preserver
34:21
3
21
الْحِقّ
Al-Haaqq
The True One
24:25
10
22
الحَكَم
Al-Hakam
The Judge
6:114
1
23
الْحَكِيم
Al-Hakeem
The All-Wise
3:6
91
24
الْحَلِيم
Al-Haleem
The Forbearing
3:155
11
25
الْحَمِيد
Al-Hameed
The One Who is deservedly praised/ The Praiseworthy
31:26
17
26
الْحَيّ
Al-Hayy
The Ever-Living
2:255
5
27
الحيي
Al-Hayyiyy
The One Possessing Honourable Shame
Ahmad
4/224  17970

28
الْخَالِق
Al-Khaaliq
The Creator and Maker
57:24
8
29
الْخَلاَّق
Al-Khallaaq
The Ever-Creating
15:86
2
30
الْخَبِير
Al-Khabeer
The Fully-Aware
22:63
45
31
الْدَيَّان
Ad-Dayyaan
The Supreme Judge
Al Haakim

32
الرَّؤُوف
Ar-Ra’oof
The Compassionate and Kind
24:20
10
33
الرَّبّ
Ar-Rabb
The Lord and Nurturer
1:2
900
34
الرَّحْمَن
Ar-Rahmaan
The Extremely Merciful
1:3
57
35
الرَّحِيم
Ar-Raheem
The Bestower of Mercy
1:3
123
36
الرازِق
Ar Raaziq
The Best of Sustainers
5:115
5
37
الرَّزَّاق
Ar-Razzaaq
The Great Provider
51:58
1
38
الرَّفِيق
Ar Rafeeq
The Gentle
Bukhari 6927

39
الرَّقِيب
Ar-Raqeeb
The Ever-Watchful Guardian
5:117
3
40
السُّبُّوح
As Subbooh
The Supremely Glorious


41
السِّتِّير
As Sitteer
The Concealer of sins


42
السَّلاَم
As-Salaam
The One Free from all defects
59:23
1
43
السَّمِيع
As-Samee
The All-Hearing
17:1
45
44
السَّيِّد
As Sayyid
The Lord and Master / The Owner of the creation


45
الشَّافِي
Ash Shaafee
The One Who Cures


46
الشَّاكِر
Ash-Shaakir
The Appreciative
2:158
2
47
الشَّكُور
Ash-Shakoor
The One Most ready to appreciate and reward abundantly
42:23
4
48
الشَّهِيد
Ash-Shaheed
The Witness
5:117
18
49
الصَّمَد
As-Samad
The Self Sufficient Master/
The Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom everything depends totally
112:2
1
50
الطَّيِّب
At Tayyib
The Pure One


51
الظّاهِر
Adh-Dhaahir
The Uppermost/ The Most High
57:3
1
52
الْعَزِيز
Al-‘Azeez
The All-Mighty and Invincible
59:23
92
53
الْعَظِيم
Al-‘Adheem
The Most Great/
The Magnificent
2:255
9
54
الْعَفُوّ
Al-‘Afuww
The Pardoner Who pardons sins again and again
4:149
5
55
الْعَلِيّ
Al-‘Alee
The Exalted
2:255
8
56
العالِم
Al-‘Aalim
The Knower
6:73
13
57
الْعَلِيم
Al-‘Aleem
The All Knowing
15:86
157
58
الْغَفَّار
Al-Ghaffaar
The Oft-Forgiving
38:66
5
59
الْغَفُور
Al-Ghafoor
The Ever-Forgiving
3:155
91
60
الْغَنِيّ
Al-Ghaneee
The Rich Free of all need
31:26
57:24
18
61
الْفَتَّاح
Al-Fattaah
The Just Judge
34:26
1
62
الْقَابِض
Al Qaabidh
The Withholder


63
الْقَادِر
Al-Qaadir
The Fully-Able
6:65
12
64
الْقَدِير
Al-Qadeer
The All-Powerful
4:149
45
65
الْقَاهِر
Al-Qaahir
The Invincible Subduer
6:18
2
66
الْقَهَّار
Al-Qahhaar
The Overwhelming Subduer Who is never overcome
39:4
6
67
الْقُدُّوس
Al-Quddoos
The Pure and Perfect
59:23
2
68
الْقَرِيب
Al-Qareeb
The One Who is Near
11:61
3
69
الْقَوِىّ
Al-Qawee
The One Perfect in Strength
11:66
9
70
الْقَيُّوم
Al-Qayyoom
The Self-Subsisting Sustainer of all the creation
2:255
3
71
الكافي
Al Kaafee
The Sufficient
39:36

72
الْكَبِير
Al-Kabeer
The Most Great
13:9
6
73
الْكَرِيم
Al-Kareem
The Generous and Bountiful
82:6
3
74
اللَّطِيف
Al-Lateef
The Subtle and Kind
22:63
7
75
الْمُؤَخِّر
Al Mu’akhkhir
The One Who puts back whatever deserves to be put back/ The Delayer


76
الْمُؤْمِن
Al-Mu’min
The Giver of Security
59:23
1
77
الْمُبِين
Al-Mubeen
The Clear and Manifest One
24:25

78
الْمُتَعَالِ
Al Muta’aal
The Supreme and Exalted One
13:9
1
79
الْمُتَكَبِّر
Al-Mutakabbir
The One Supreme in Glory; The Rightfully Proud
59:23
1
80
الْمَتِين
Al-Mateen
The Strong
59:23
1
81
الْمُجِيب
Al-Mujeeb
The Responsive
11:61
1
82
الْمَجِيد
Al-Majeed
The One perfect in Glory and Honour/ The All-Glorious
11:73
2
83
الْمُحْسِن
Al Muhsin
The One Whose actions are all perfect and good


84
الْمُحِيط
Al-Muheet
The All Encompassing
41:54
8
85
الْمُصَوِّر
Al-Musawwir
The Bestower of forms
57:24
1
86
المُعطِي
Al Mu’tee
The Giver


87
الْمُقْتَدِر
Al-Muqtadir
The All-Capable
55:54
4
88
الْمُقَدِّم
Al Muqaddim
The One Who gives precedence


89
الْمُقِيت
Al-Muqeet
The All-Powerful Maintainer and Guardian
4:85
1
90
المالِك
Al-Maalik
The Possessor

2
91
الْمَلِك
Al-Malik
The King
59:23
5
92
الْمَلِيك
Al-Maleek
The Supreme Sovereign
55:54
1
93
الْمَنَّان
Al Mannaan
The Ever Bestowing


94
الْمُهَيْمِن
Al-Muhaymin
The Ever Watchful Witness
59:23
1
95
الْمَولَى
Al-Mawlaa
The Protector and Supporter
8:40
12
96
النَّصِير
An-Naseer
The Helper
8:40
4
97
الهادي
Al Haadee
The Guide

2
98
الْوَاحِد
Al-Waahid
The One and Only
39:4
22
99
الوَارِث
Al-Waarith
The Inheritor
The One who remains forever
15:23
3
100
الْوَاسِع
Al-Waasi
The Vast One
2:115
9
101
الْوِتْر
Al Witr
The Singular One


102
الْوَدُود
Al-Wadood
The Loving and the Beloved
85:15
2
103
الْوَكِيل
Al-Wakeel
The Guardian
39:62
14
104
الْوَلِي
Al-Walee
The Protector
42:9
15
105
الْوَهَّاب
Al-Wah-haab
The Bestower
3:8
3





Allaah’s Beautiful and Perfect Names (105)
Arabic Alphabetical Order – Arabic only




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3
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7

الديان
الخالق
الحافظ
الجبار

التواب
الباطن
الله
1

الخلاق
الحسيب
الجميل


البارئ
الأحد
2

الخبير
الحفي
الجواد


الباسط
الأعلى
3


الحفيظ



البر
الأكرم
4


الحق



البصير
الإله
5


الحكم




الأول
6


الحكيم




الآخر
7


الحليم





8


الحميد





9


الحي





10


الحيي





11

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غ
ع
ظ
ط
ض
ص
ش
س
ز
ر

1
3
6
1
1
0
1
4
5
0
8

الفتاح
الغفار
العزيز
الظاهر
الطيب

الصمد
الشافي
السبوح

الرؤوف
1

الغفور
العظيم




الشاكر
الستير

الرب
2

الغني
العفو




الشكور
السلام

الرحمن
3


العالم




الشهيد
السميع

الرحيم
4


العلى





السيد

الرازق
5


العليم







الرزّاق
6










الرفيق
7










الرقيب
8

ي
و
ه
ن
م
ل
ك
ق

0
8
1
1
21
1
3
9


الواحد
الهادي
النصير
المؤخر
اللطيف
الكافي
القابض
1

الوارث


المؤمن

الكبير
القادر
2

الواسع


المبين

الكريم
القدير
3

الوتر


المتعال


القاهر
4

الودود


المتكبر


القهار
5

 الوكيل


المتين


القدوس
6

الولي


المجيب


القريب
7

الوهاب


المجيد


القوى
8




المحسن


القيوم
9




المحيط



10




المصور



11




المعطي



12




المقتدر



13




المقدم



14




المقيت



15




المالك



16




الملك



17




المليك



18




المنان



19




المهيمن



20




المولى



21



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Sources Used:
1.       The Noble Qur’aan by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-din al Hilali and Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khan (Shaykh Bin Baz gave permission for it to be distributed 1404/1982)  now:  1438/2016. King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qu’raan (Madeenah, Saudi Arabia)
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3.       The Beautiful Names of Allaah. Darussalam. 2011
4.       An Explanation to the Beautiful and Perfect Names of Allaah by Nasir as Sa’di. Translated by Abu Rumaysah. Daar us-Sunnah Publications 2001.
5.       List of Allaah’s Names Translated by Abu Talhah (my personal copy).
6.       The Beautiful Names of Allaah. Muhammad Mustafa Bakri as Sayyid. Samaya Holding. 1435/2013. (Madeenah Exhibition) www.Allahsnames.net
7.       The Beautiful Names of Allaah. Darussalam. 2011
8.      Hadeeth recorded in at Tirmidhee with the added list of Allaah’s Names which is idraaj and not part of the hadeeth.
9.       القواعد المثلى في صفات الله وأسمائه الحسنى مجموع فتاوى مجلد ۳ ص 265 محمد بن صالح العثيمين
10.   النهج الأسمى في شرح أسماء الله الحسنى محمد الحمود النجدي  2011
11.   تيسير الكريم الرحمن في تفسير كلام المنان  عبد الرحمن بن ناصر السعدي فصل ص 1218-1225
12.   الصفات الإلهيه  محمد أمان بن علي الجامي
13.   لله الأسماء الحسنى  محمد مصتفى بكري السيد
14.   شرح أسماء الله الحسنى في ضوء الكتاب والسنه   سعيد بن علىبن وهف القحطاني
15.   مختصر فقه أسماء الحسنى عبد الرزاق عبد المحسن البدر  al-badr.net
16.   Aqeedah Tahawiyyah  by Imam Aboo Ja’far Ahmad bin Muhammad at Tahaawee (d. 322)
17.   اقتران الأسماء الحسنى في أواخر الآيات من سورة البقرة سليمان بن قاسم العيد        
18.   أسماء و صفات الله تعالى المركبة في القرآن الكريم أبو إسلام أحمد بن علي (NB. Beware of references to Razi).
*Note: Transliteration of the Names mostly taken from Moosa Richardson. The References were also taken from his book. The Hadeeth references were taken from Darussalaam’s book.
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