names of Allah
February 7th, 2008NAMES IN THE QURAN:
First Category: Those Names found not in annexation nor in plural form,
but in Singular Word or Noun :
1. ALLAH, la Ilaha illa Huwa, i.e, there is no god but He:
The most common Name found in the Quran and Sunnah.
First proof in the Quran (1:1) meaning Surah (i.e, chapter) 1, and Ayah (i.e, verse) 1.
2. Ar-RAHMAAN: (1:3)
3. Ar-RAHEEM: (1:3)
4. Al-MALIK: (59:23)
5. Al-QUDDUUS: (59:23)
6. AS-SALAAM: (59:23)
7. Al-MU’MIN: (59:23)
8. Al-MUHAYMIN: (59:23)
10. Al-JABBAAR: (59:23)
11. Al-MUTAKABBIR: (59:23)
12. Al-KHAALIQ: (59:24)
14. Al-MUSAWWIR: (59:24)
17. Al-AAKHIR: (57:3)
18. At-THAAHIR: (57:3)
29. Al-GHAFUUR: (22:60)
35. Al-KHABEER: (22:63)
36. Al-GHANIYY: (22:64)
40. Al-QAHHAAR: (39:4)
41. Al-GHAFFAAR: (39:5)
42. Al-WAHHAAB: (3:8)
43. Ar-RAZZAAQ: (51:58)
45. Al-FATTAAH: (34:26)
48. As-SHAAKIR: (2:158)
49. As-SHAKUUR: (35:30)
50. Al-HAFEEDH: (11:57)
58. As-SHAHEED: (85:9)
64. Al-GHAALIB: (12:21)
69. Al-MUHEEDH: (2:19)
72. Al-MUQTADIR: (54:55)
73. Al-MUTA’AAL: (13:9)
75. At-TAWWAAB: (49:12)
76. Al-MUSTA’AAN: (21:112)
77. Al-KHALLAAQ: (15:86)
Second Category: Those Names that were derived as they happened
in plural form though the meaning is singular since Allah is One:
83. Al-WAARITH: (15:23)
Third Category: Those Names found in annexation with other Nouns:
90. Al-GHAAFIR: (40:3)
Fourth Category: Those Names found with ‘Dhu’ or ‘Dhi’ or ‘Dhal’:
94. Dhul Fadhl: (2:105)
96. Dhil Ma’aarij: (70:3)
97. Dhul Jalali wal Ikram: (55:27)
NAMES FOUND IN THE SUNNAH:
99. SUBBUUH (i.e, The Exalted):
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) would say while in Salaah in Ruku’ (i.e, bowing) and in Sujuud (i.e, prostrating):
‘Subbuuh, Qudduus, Rabbul Malaaikah wa Ruuh‘
(i.e, Exalted is He, Holy is He, Lord of the angels and the Ruuh, i.e, Jibreel).”
(Related by Muslim; See Husnil Muslim of Qahtaani, #35)
100,101,102. QAYYIM, MUQADDIM, MU’AKHKHIR
(i.e, The Keeper, The Expeditor, The Delayer):
Ibn Abbaas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When the Prophet (Peace be upon him) got up at night (for Tahajjud, i.e, latenight prayer), he would say in Du’aa Istiftah (i.e, opening his prayer):
‘O Allah! All Praise belongs to You, You are Nuur (i.e, The Light) of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. All Praise is due to You, You are Qayyim (i.e, The Keeper) of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. To You belongs all Praise, You are Rabb (i.e, The Lord) of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. Praise be to You, to You belong the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. Praise to You, You are Malik (i.e, The King) of the heavens and the earth. And ‘Lakal Hamdu’ (i.e, All Praise due to You), You are Al-Haqq (i.e, The Truth), Your promise is true, Your Word is true, meeting You (in the hereafter) is true, Al-Jannah (i.e, the Garden of Paradise) is true, An-Naar (i.e, Hellfire) is true, the Prophets are true, Muhammad (PBUH) is true, and the Final Hour (of the end this world) is true. O Allah! unto You I submit, in You I believe, upon You I rely, to You I turn in repentance, for you I have fought, and to you I seek arbitration. So forgive me of my sins: for what I have done in the past, and what will come to pass, and what I have hidden, and what I have confessed, and what You know better than me (of what I did or will do). You are Al-Muqaddim (i.e, The One who favours and puts forward whom He pleases), and You are Al-Mu’akhkhir (i.e, The One who delays and holds back whom He pleases), there is no god but You, and You are my Ilah (i.e, God), none has the right to be worshipped except You.” (Related by Bukhari and Muslim and others; See Husnil Muslim of Qahtaani, #32)
103, 104. HANNAAN, MANNAAN (i.e, The Compassionate, The Benefactor):
Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was sitting in a gathering with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), and a man was standing for Salaah, after bowing and prostrating he sat. He said Tashahhud and then supplicated saying, ‘O Allah! Verily, I ask of You, by the fact that to You belongs all Praise, there is no god except You, You alone and You have no partners, Al-Mannaan (i.e, The Benefactor), O Badee’ (i.e, Originator) of the heavens and the earth, O Dhal Jalali wal Ikram (i.e, Lord of Majesty, Bounty and Honour), O Hayy (i.e, The Everliving) and O Qayyum (i.e, The Self-subsisting): Indeed I ask of You Al-Jannah (i.e, The Garden of Paradise), and I seek refuge with You from An-Naar (i.e, Hellfire)’. The Prophet (PBUH) said to his companions, ‘Do you know with what he had supplicated?’ They said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best. He (PBUH) said, ‘By Him in Whose Hand is my soul! he has supplicated Allah with His Greatest Name, The One with Which if He is supplicated (in Duaa) He answers, and with Which if He is asked He gives’.” (Related by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasaa’i, Ibn Maajah; Albaani declared it Sahih in ‘Sifatu Salatu Nabi’; See Husnil Muslim of Qahtaani, #64)
In a version of the same above hadith of Anas ibn Malik, related by Imaam Ahmed in his Musnad: The Name of Allah Al-Hannaan (i.e, The Compassionate), is there instead of Al-Mannaan (i.e, The Benefactor). (Musnad, Vol. 3, p. 158; Albaani said it is Sahih in Mishkat Masaabih, Kitab Da’wat, #2290; See Fath Rabbani by Ahmed Al-Banna, Vol. 14, p. 279)
105. AS-SHAAFI (i.e, The Curer or Healer):
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: Whenever the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) paid a visit to a patient or a patient was brought to him, he used to supplicate,
‘ O Allah! Rabbi Naas (i.e, Lord of Mankind)! Remove the trouble and heal the patient, for You are As-Shaafi (i.e, The Healer). No healing is of any avail but Yours, healing that will leave behind no trace’.” (Related by Bukhari, Vol. 7, Kitab ‘Dhib’; and Muslim in Kitab ‘Salaam’;
See Lu’lu wal Marjan, #1414)
106. HAYIYY (i.e, The Modest):
Salmaan Al-Faarisi (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, Allah (Most High) is Hayiyy (i.e, Modest), and Kareem (i.e, Generous), and He is ashamed to turn away empty the hands of His slave when he raises them to Him.” (Related by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, and Ahmed; See Sahih Jaami Sagheer of Albaani, #1757)
107. SITTEER (i.e, The One Who covers faults):
Ya’ala ibn Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Verily, Allah is Hayiyy (i.e, Modest), and Sitteer (i.e, Covers faults), and He loves modesty and covering other’s faults.” (Related by Abu Dawud, Nasaa’i, and Ahmed; See Sahih Jaami Sagheer of Albaani, #1756)
108. TAYYIB (i.e, The Good):
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, ” Verily, Allah (Most High) is Tayyib (i.e, Good), and He accepts only that which is good.” (Related by Muslim in Kitab ‘Zakaah’; See Arba’iin Nawawi, #10)
109. RAFEEQ (i.e, The Kind):
A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, ” Verily, Allah is Rafeeq (i.e, Kind), and likes kindness in all matters.” (Related by Bukhari and Muslim; See Riyadh Saleheen of Nawawi, #633)
110. JAMEEL (i.e, The Beautiful or Elegant):
Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, “ ‘Anyone who has an iota of ‘Kibr’ (i.e, Pride and Arrogance) will not Paradise’. Someone said, ‘What about a man who likes to have nice clothes and nice shoes? He (PBUH) replied, ‘Verily, Allah is Jameel (i.e, Beautiful), and He loves beauty (and elegance). ‘Kibr’ (i.e, Pride and Arrogance) means rejecting the truth and looking down on other people.’” (Related by Muslim; See Riyadh Saleheen of Nawawi, #612)
111. MUHSIN (i.e, Doer of that which is best)
Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ” If you discharge judgment between people be just, and if you kill do it well, verily, Allah is Muhsin (i.e, Doer of that which is best), and He loves those who do the best (i.e, the appropriate, or be just, or be humane, or be more efficient).” (Related by Ibn Abi Aasim and Abu Nu’aim; See Silsilah Sahihah of Albaani, #469)
112, 113, 114, 115. QAABIT, BAASIT, RAAZIQ, MUSA’IR,
(i.e, Constrictor, Releaser, Nourisher, Appraiser):
Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The people said to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him), ‘O Messenger of Allah! Prices (for goods) are expensive, so can you set them aright for us?’ He (PBUH) replied, ‘Verily, He is Allah Who is Al-Khaaliq (i.e, Creator), Al-Qaabit (i.e, The Constrictor), Al-Baasit (i.e, The Releaser), Ar-Raaziq (i.e, Sustainer), and Al-Musa’ir (i.e, The Appraiser). Indeed I hope to meet my Lord without anyone of you holding against me any act of injustice with respect to blood or wealth’.” (Related by Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, and Ahmed; See Sahih Jaami Sagheer of Albaani, #1846)
116. AL-MU’DHI (i.e, The Giver)
Mu’awiya (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, ” If Allah wants to do good for somebody, He makes him comprehend the religion. And Allah is Al-Mu’dhi (i.e, The Giver) and I am Al-Qasim (i.e, the distributor).” (Related by Bukhari, Vol. 4, Kitab ‘Fardh Khumus’, #3116)
117. DAYYAAN (i.e, Final Supreme Justice)
Abdullah ibn Unais (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say, “Allah (Mighty and Glorious is He) will gather the people, and call them with a Voice which will be heard by those who will be far away and those who will be near, by saying,
‘I am Al-Malik (i.e, The True and Only King), I am Ad-Dayyaan (i.e, The Final Supreme Judge).”
(Related by Bukhari, Vol. 9, Kitab ‘Tawhid’)
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