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The Ninety- Nine Names

أَسْمَاءُ اللَّهِ الْحُسْنَىٰ

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Pocket Companion · 07 of 09

The Ninety- Nine Names

أَسْمَاءُ اللَّهِ الْحُسْنَىٰ

Asmā’ullāhil-ḥusnā

“To Allah belong the most beautiful names — so call upon Him by them.”

2 · Names 1–14

3 · 15–28

4 · 29–42

5 · 43–56

6 · 57–70

7 · 71–85

8 · 86–99

The enumeration narrated by at-Tirmidhī. The names themselves are in the Qur’ān and Sunnah; scholars differ on the list, not on the names.

02Names 1–14

1Ar-Raḥmān · The Most Compassionate

2Ar-Raḥīm · The Most Merciful

3Al-Malik · The Sovereign

4Al-Quddūs · The Most Holy

5As-Salām · The Source of Peace

6Al-Mu’min · The Giver of Faith

7Al-Muhaymin · The Guardian

8Al-‘Azīz · The Almighty

9Al-Jabbār · The Compeller

10Al-Mutakabbir · The Supreme

11Al-Khāliq · The Creator

12Al-Bāri’ · The Originator

13Al-Muṣawwir · The Fashioner

14Al-Ghaffār · The Ever-Forgiving

0315–28

15Al-Qahhār · The Subduer

16Al-Wahhāb · The Bestower

17Ar-Razzāq · The Provider

18Al-Fattāḥ · The Opener

19Al-‘Alīm · The All-Knowing

20Al-Qābiḍ · The Withholder

21Al-Bāsiṭ · The Extender

22Al-Khāfiḍ · The Abaser

23Ar-Rāfi‘ · The Exalter

24Al-Mu‘izz · The Giver of Honour

25Al-Mudhill · The Humiliator

26As-Samī‘ · The All-Hearing

27Al-Baṣīr · The All-Seeing

28Al-Ḥakam · The Judge

0429–42

29Al-‘Adl · The Utterly Just

30Al-Laṭīf · The Subtly Kind

31Al-Khabīr · The All-Aware

32Al-Ḥalīm · The Forbearing

33Al-‘Aẓīm · The Magnificent

34Al-Ghafūr · The Oft-Forgiving

35Ash-Shakūr · The Appreciative

36Al-‘Alī · The Most High

37Al-Kabīr · The Most Great

38Al-Ḥafīẓ · The Preserver

39Al-Muqīt · The Sustainer

40Al-Ḥasīb · The Reckoner

41Al-Jalīl · The Majestic

42Al-Karīm · The Most Generous

0543–56

43Ar-Raqīb · The Watchful

44Al-Mujīb · The Responsive

45Al-Wāsi‘ · The All-Encompassing

46Al-Ḥakīm · The All-Wise

47Al-Wadūd · The Most Loving

48Al-Majīd · The Glorious

49Al-Bā‘ith · The Resurrector

50Ash-Shahīd · The Witness

51Al-Ḥaqq · The Absolute Truth

52Al-Wakīl · The Trustee

53Al-Qawī · The All-Strong

54Al-Matīn · The Firm

55Al-Walī · The Protecting Friend

56Al-Ḥamīd · The Praiseworthy

0657–70

57Al-Muḥṣī · The Accounter

58Al-Mubdi’ · The Initiator

59Al-Mu‘īd · The Restorer

60Al-Muḥyī · The Giver of Life

61Al-Mumīt · The Bringer of Death

62Al-Ḥayy · The Ever-Living

63Al-Qayyūm · The Self-Subsisting

64Al-Wājid · The Finder

65Al-Mājid · The Noble

66Al-Wāḥid · The One

67Al-Aḥad · The Unique

68Aṣ-Ṣamad · The Eternal Refuge

69Al-Qādir · The Able

70Al-Muqtadir · The Omnipotent

0771–85

71Al-Muqaddim · The Expediter

72Al-Mu’akhkhir · The Delayer

73Al-Awwal · The First

74Al-Ākhir · The Last

75Aẓ-Ẓāhir · The Manifest

76Al-Bāṭin · The Hidden

77Al-Wālī · The Governor

78Al-Muta‘ālī · The Most Exalted

79Al-Barr · The Source of Good

80At-Tawwāb · The Acceptor of Repentance

81Al-Muntaqim · The Avenger

82Al-‘Afū · The Pardoner

83Ar-Ra’ūf · The Most Kind

84Mālik al-Mulk · Owner of all Sovereignty

85Dhul-Jalāli wal-Ikrām · Possessor of Majesty and Honour

0886–99

86Al-Muqsiṭ · The Equitable

87Al-Jāmi‘ · The Gatherer

88Al-Ghanī · The Self-Sufficient

89Al-Mughnī · The Enricher

90Al-Māni‘ · The Withholder

91Aḍ-Ḍārr · The Bringer of Adversity

92An-Nāfi‘ · The Bringer of Benefit

93An-Nūr · The Light

94Al-Hādī · The Guide

95Al-Badī‘ · The Incomparable Originator

96Al-Bāqī · The Everlasting

97Al-Wārith · The Inheritor

98Ar-Rashīd · The Guide to the Right Path

99Aṣ-Ṣabūr · The Most Patient

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — “Allah has ninety-nine names; whoever retains them enters Paradise.” Qur’ān 7:180.

Lines with a dotted edge give the sound of the Arabic, worked out by rule from its vowel marks. They are not from the print titles and have not been reviewed: where one differs from the Arabic, the Arabic is right.