The Names of Allah

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  الرَّحْمَنُ

  Ar Rahmaan

  The Beneficent

  He who wills goodness and mercy for all His creatures
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  الرَّحِيمُ

  Ar Raheem

  The Merciful

  He who acts with extreme kindness
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  الْمَلِكُ

  Al Malik

  The King

  Al-Malik translates to The King or The Sovereign. This name of Allah signifies His absolute dominion and ownership over all of creation, highlighting His supreme authority.
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  الْقُدُّوسُ

  Al Quddus

  The Purest

  The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries
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  السَّلاَمُ

  As Salaam

  The Source of Peace

  The one who provides peace, calm and serenity. By citing this name, we declare peace for ourselves and for those around us.
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  الْمُؤْمِنُ

  Al Mu'min

  The Inspirer of Faith

  This name is mysterious even for Muslims because "Al-Mu'min" comes from the name "Al-iman" which means to believe, from where comes the name "Al-Mu'minoune" which means believers, it is the name of the Koran for people who believe in 6 things: the oneness of God, the existence of angels, holy books (Torah, Gospel and Psalms (Zabor) unmodified and the Koran), the prophets, the last day (the day of judgment) and fate its evil and its good. The exact meaning of this name is very difficult to pin down in its original meaning but can be understood from a deeper and more mystical point of view.
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  الْمُهَيْمِنُ

  Al Muhaymin

  The Guardian

  Whoever dominates His creation and by His omnipotence in all aspects, no state or aspect in this world or the other escapes His will.
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  الْعَزِيزُ

  Al Azeez

  The Almighty

  This name signifies Allah's absolute strength, might, and dominion, emphasizing that He is the one who cannot be overcome.
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  الْجَبَّارُ

  Al Jabbaar

  The Compeller

  The grandiose, the ultimate powerful by His greatness and His unlimited strength. When He destroys the oppressors (unjust and sinners) He applies His sentence with righteousness.
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  الْمُتَكَبِّرُ

  Al Mutakabbir

  The Greatest

  He who is superior to His creatures, no creature has the right to claim greatness.
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  الْخَالِقُ

  Al Khaaliq

  The Creator

  The Creator of all existences, living or dead, mobile or frozen.
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  الْبَارِئُ

  Al Baari

  The Maker of Order

  He who lifts His creation above all faults or imperfections.
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  الْمُصَوِّرُ

  Al Musawwir

  The Shaper of Beauty

  The one who gives the look and the appearance to each creation from the inside as well as from the outside. In lost Arabic, literally, this word means sculptor and, in modern Arabic, literally means designer.
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  الْغَفَّارُ

  Al Ghaffaar

  The Forgiving

  Is the One who forgives what He wants to whom He wants.
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  الْقَهَّارُ

  Al Qahhaar

  The Subduer

  Is the One who is almighty to submit all creation to His will.
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  الْوَهَّابُ

  Al Wahhaab

  The Giver of All

  Is the One who gives immensely without receiving anything in return
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  الرَّزَّاقُ

  Ar Razzaaq

  The Sustainer

  Is the One who makes distribute to every creature what it needs.
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  الْفَتَّاحُ

  Al Fattaah

  The Opener

  Is He Who alone knows the keys to the future and the unknown, by His knowledge and by His wisdom. This name is often associated with the following name "Al-‘Alīm".
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  اَلْعَلِيمُ

  Al 'Aleem

  The Knower of All

  The one from whom nothing can hide, for He knows everything and is aware of everything.
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  الْقَابِضُ

  Al Qaabid

  The Constrictor

  Is the One who restricts His good according to wisdom.
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  الْبَاسِطُ

  Al Baasit

  The Reliever

  Is the One who frees, increases and multiplies his good according to wisdom.
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  الْخَافِضُ

  Al Khaafid

  The Abaser

  Is the One who destines the oppressors and the proud to demeanor and chastisement.
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  الرَّافِعُ

  Ar Raafi'

  The Exalter

  The Breeder in the sense of raising, the one who elevates the honor, the status and the prestige of a being in this lower world and in the hereafter.
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  الْمُعِزُّ

  Al Mu'iz

  The Bestower of Honour

  One who offers honor and precious value.
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  المُذِلُّ

  Al Mudhil

  The Humiliator

  Is the One who can humiliate and devalue any valiant.
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  السَّمِيعُ

  As Samee'

  The Hearer of All

  One who hears any noise or sound in His kingdom emanating from any creature and also One who listens to the invocations of His creatures to respond to their invocations.
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  الْبَصِيرُ

  Al Baseer

  The Seer of All

  Is the One from whom nothing that exists or comes into existence can escape without the slightest use of an eye, instrument or organ.
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  الْحَكَمُ

  Al Hakam

  The Judge

  He is the One who judges and decides between creatures here below and in the hereafter and He who ensures equity between the creatures and no one else will and will not be able to decide between them and judge them; and the Judgment in the hereafter will be perfectly just and appropriate.
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  الْعَدْلُ

  Al 'Adl

  The Just

  Is the One who is free from all forms of injustice and / or oppression.
• 30

  اللَّطِيفُ

  Al Lateef

  The Subtle One

  Is the One who grants his creatures His gentleness and His benevolence.
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  الْخَبِيرُ

  Al Khabeer

  The All Aware

  He is the One from whom cannot be hidden the reality of everything that exists, that is to say the truth of things; no detail escapes Him, neither the thing as a whole, nor each of its parts; and to claim to be able to hide things from the One who creates everything is a delusion and a disbelief.
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  الْحَلِيمُ

  Al Haleem

  The Forebearing

  Is the One whose patience towards the disbeliefs of sinners exceeds all imagination (it is possible that forgiveness will be granted to them).
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  الْعَظِيمُ

  Al 'Azeem

  The Magnificent

  This name signifies the absolute and immeasurable greatness of God. It implies a level of grandeur and majesty that is beyond human comprehension.
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  الْغَفُورُ

  Al Ghafoor

  The Great Forgiver

  Is the One who forgives immensely over and over again.
• 35

  الشَّكُورُ

  Ash Shakoor

  The Rewarder of Thankfulness

  Is the One who shows His gratitude for worshipers, however incredibly easy to perform.
• 36

  الْعَلِيُّ

  Al 'Aliyy

  The Highest

  Is the One who is above all that He created perfectly and unimaginably.
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  الْكَبِيرُ

  Al Kabeer

  The Greatest

  The Great: One who is greater than His creation, a greatness that only He knows.
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  الْحَفِيظُ

  Al Hafeez

  The Preserver

  Is the One who protects and preserves His good.
• 39

  المُقيِت

  Al Muqeet

  The Sustainer

  This word is among the lost words of the ancient Arabic language; very difficult to translate even in modern Arabic. It would mean: Is the One who leaves no detail when He judges, even the most trivial.
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  الْحسِيبُ

  Al Haseeb

  The Reckoner, The Sufficient

  He is the One who will count all the facts of His creatures without forgetting or error.
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  الْجَلِيلُ

  Al Jaleel

  The Majestic

  Is the One who is perfectly exempt from being compared to His creatures or from being like Him.
• 42

  الْكَرِيمُ

  Al Kareem

  The Most Generous

  Is the One who flooded His creation with His generosity.
• 43

  الرَّقِيبُ

  Ar Raqeeb

  The Watchful One

  Is the One who observes and beholds all that He has created (and the actions of creatures are also creations).
• 44

  الْمُجِيبُ

  Al Mujeeb

  The Responder to Prayer

  Is the One who answers the invocations of His creatures if He wills and to whom He wills.
• 45

  الْوَاسِعُ

  Al Waasi'

  The All-Encompassing

  This name in Arabic means: immensely wide, but to qualify God it is understood that He has filled every void and has contained all things in a way that only He knows.
• 46

  الْحَكِيمُ

  Al Hakeem

  The Perfectly Wise

  He whose Wisdom has dazzled, dazzled and will dazzle any conscious and intelligent mind.
• 47

  الْوَدُودُ

  Al Wudood

  The Most Loving

  This word in Arabic means: The one who draws near to his beloved by mercy, pity and beneficence, but when one reads this name in the "Quran", one feels each time different meanings which are difficult to translate into words. We can try to translate it: The one who draws near to His servants out of pity although they move away from Him and do not glorify Him.
• 48

  الْمَجِيدُ

  Al Majeed

  The Glorious One, The Most Honorable

  Is the One who is glorified in the infinitely past, present and eternal.
• 49

  الْبَاعِثُ

  Al Baa'ith

  The Resurrector

  Is the One who raises the dead and deploys life in whatever He wants, be they men, animals or simply earth.
• 50

  الشَّهِيدُ

  Ash Shaheed

  The Witness

  The Witness: Allah is the ultimate and perfect witness to all that has happened in His kingdom, with clear and blatant evidence, perfectly blameless.
• 51

  الْحَقُّ

  Al Haqq

  The Truth

  Is the One who holds the absolute Truth.
• 52

  الْوَكِيلُ

  Al Wakeel

  The Trustee

  Is the One who guarantees the sustenance of creatures and the One from whom nothing of their every state can be concealed
• 53

  الْقَوِيُّ

  Al Qawiyy

  The Possessor of All Strength

  The Mighty: Allah is the most powerful, the strongest, his strength has no limit and is not described with definitions of physical strength.
• 54

  الْمَتِينُ

  Al Mateen

  The Forceful

  The Enduring: An endurance worthy of Him, unlimited, indefatigable, and which is not marred by any weakness, without pause, without interruption and which no factor can attenuate.
• 55

  الْوَلِيُّ

  Al Waliyy

  The Protector

  Is the One who preserves the believing servants, so the prophets and those who follow them are those who are the "preserved people" in the sense that they have been guided to the obligatory thanks to Him who makes them exist, that is, that is to say with regard to Allah
• 56

  الْحَمِيدُ

  Al Hameed

  The Praised

  Is the One who deserves the thanksgiving, the glorification and the song of praise more than any other
• 57

  الْمُحْصِي

  Al Muhsi

  The All-Enumerating

  Literally translated as the counter but means the One who counts every creature, every act, every speck of dust in his kingdom and of whom nothing escapes his knowledge
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  الْمُبْدِئُ

  Al Mubdi

  The Originator

  Is the One who gives a beginning to what does not exist without a beginning, without a model, that is to say, the One who creates creatures
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  الْمُعِيدُ

  Al Mu'eed

  The Restorer

  Is the One who brings the living back to death after life and the One who brings the dead back to life after death
• 60

  الْمُحْيِي

  Al Muhiy

  The Giver of Life

  Is the One who gives life to a mixture of maniyy, that is to say of seminal liquid, devoid of soul and makes him a living being and the One who gives life to the bodies of humans, jinns and angels by reuniting them with their souls during the resurrection
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  اَلْمُمِيتُ

  Al Mumeet

  The Taker of Life

  He is the One who kills living beings and the One who cancels out the power of the powerful of this world by death
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  الْحَيُّ

  Al Haiyy

  The Ever Living

  The Living One: Is the One who does not come into existence and yet exists, and the One who possesses a hayah and this attribute is not a life as is the hayah of creatures made up of a combination of soul, flesh and of blood Imam At-Tahawiyy said in his treatise on belief that "he who attributes to Allah an attribute in a sense which is among those which can be attributed to human beings is disbeliever"
• 63

  الْقَيُّومُ

  Al Qayyoom

  The Self Existing

  Is the One who exists, is eternal and does not change and the One who is not affected by non-existence or annihilation and is in no way affected by controlling and creating the acts of human beings
• 64

  الْوَاجِدُ

  Al Waajid

  The Perceiver

  Is the One who does not need anything and is not reached or concerned with want, lack or need
• 65

  الْمَاجِدُ

  Al Maajid

  The Glorious

  Is the One who is better than any other and the One who bestows innumerable benefits very widely and without compensation
• 66

  الْوَاحِدُ

  Al Waahid

  The Only One

  The Unique: Is the One who has no alter ego, whether in His Being, in His Act, or in His Attributes. Nothing is like him
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  اَلأَحَدُ

  Al Ahad

  The One

  The One: Is He Who has uniqueness as an attribute
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  الصَّمَدُ

  As Samad

  The Supreme Provider

  Is the One to whom we can rely for any business and who can be called upon for all our needs; One who has no children or parents, neither like nor equivalent, according to Al-Hakim's explanation; The One who needs nothing and the One who everything needs, in order to exist, etc.
• 69

  الْقَادِرُ

  Al Qaadir

  The Powerful

  Is the One who is unaffected by weakness, the One whose power is absolute and dominates all creatures and the One whom absolutely nothing can weaken
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  الْمُقْتَدِرُ

  Al Muqtadir

  The Creator of All Power

  Is the One who is mighty over all things and the One whose capacities are absolutely limitless
• 71

  الْمُقَدِّمُ

  Al Muqaddim

  The Expediter

  Is He who is free from the characteristics of creatures and better than any creature; He who fixes the speed of events, accelerates certain things in the eyes of people according to a destiny and grants each thing a value, a rank, a time and characteristics which suit Him according to wisdom
• 72

  الْمُؤَخِّرُ

  Al Mu’akhir

  The Delayer

  Is He who is free from the characteristics of creatures and better than any creature; The one who intends the slowness of events and slows down certain things in the eyes of people according to a destiny and grants each thing a value, a rank, a time and characteristics which suit it according to a wisdom (cf no 71)
• 73

  الأوَّلُ

  Al Awwal

  The First

  The First: Is the One who exists without creatures, without beginning and without time; One who is exempt from being created, from the appearance of a new attribute and from change, One who exists without coming into existence
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  الآخِرُ

  Al Aakhir

  The Last

  The Last: Is the One who exists without interruption while the creatures are annihilated at every moment; He who is eternal, He who annihilates and is exempt from being annihilated and the disappearance of one or more attributes; The one that exists without being concerned by the notion of end and annihilation
• 75

  الظَّاهِرُ

  Az Zaahir

  The Manifest

  Is the One whose existence is manifested in everything by proofs, from the point of view of power and domination and not what would be present in any body from the point of view of place, image and how
• 76

  الْبَاطِنُ

  Al Baatin

  The Hidden

  Is the One who is preserved from the delusions of creatures attempting to attribute to the Creator human characteristics or characteristics of creatures and the One who creates the characteristics of creatures and their images
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  الْوَالِي

  Al Waali

  The Governor

  Is the One who owns, manages and controls all things and the One who creates everything according to wisdom
• 78

  الْمُتَعَالِي

  Al Muta’ali

  The Supreme One

  Is the One who is free from the attributes of creatures and the One whose power over creatures is boundless
• 79

  الْبَرُّ

  Al Barr

  The Doer of Good

  Is the One who has the ability to bestow faith and blessings on all creatures, and among them some are grateful and some are not: the former are called Muslims or believers and others are called non-Muslims or non-believers
• 80

  التَّوَّابُ

  At Tawwaab

  The Guide to Repentance

  Is the One who grants forgiveness to those who repent every time they repent
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  الْمُنْتَقِمُ

  Al Muntaqim

  The Avenger

  Is the avenger
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  العَفُوُّ

  Al Afuww

  The Forgiver

  Is the One who sets aside and forgives sin and the One who preserves in every seemingly hopeless situation a door to honor, maintenance and blessings or to immediate repentance
• 83

  الرَّؤُفُ

  Ar Ra’oof

  The Most Kind

  Is the One who can offer an immensity of benefits without counterpart and without necessity
• 84

  مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ

  Maalik Ul Mulk

  Master of the Kingdom

  This name signifies Allah's absolute and complete control over all dominion, emphasizing that He is the sole possessor and ruler of everything that exists.
• 85

  ذُوالْجَلالِ وَالإكْرَامِ

  Dhu Al Jalaali Wa Al Ikraam

  Possessor of Majesty and Bounty

  That is, Allah is the One who is better than any other in reality and all the evidence confirms this and denies the contrary so it is not valid to dispute this point, to deny it or to be hostile against this subject; is the One who fills with blessings those who will have understood this who will know the general holiness, will have success and will be well guided on the Day of Judgment
• 86

  الْمُقْسِطُ

  Al Muqsit

  The Equitable One

  Is the One who judges according to the greatest justice, the One who is free from all forms of injustice and tyranny, and the One who has absolutely no accountability
• 87

  الْجَامِعُ

  Al Jaami'

  The Gatherer

  Is the One who gathers all creatures, the One who gathers the hearts and the One who gathers everything according to His will on the Day of Judgment
• 88

  الْغَنِيُّ

  Al Ghaniyy

  The Rich

  Is the One who is free from all needs and wants, the One whose wealth is infinite and the One who enriches His creatures according to His will
• 89

  الْمُغْنِي

  Al Mughni

  The Enricher

  Is the One who grants wealth to whomever He wills and the One who makes His creatures free from want
• 90

  الْمَانِعُ

  Al Maani’

  The Preventer

  Is the One who prevents and withholds according to His wisdom, protecting His creatures from harm or denying them what is not in their best interest
• 91

  الضَّارُ

  Ad Daar

  The Distressor

  Is the One who creates distress and affliction as a test or punishment according to His wisdom and justice
• 92

  النَّافِعُ

  An Naafi’

  The Propitious

  Is the One who grants benefit and advantage to His creatures according to His wisdom
• 93

  النُّورُ

  An Noor

  The Light

  Is the One who is the light of the heavens and the earth, guiding His creatures to truth and illuminating their hearts with faith
• 94

  الْهَادِي

  Al Haadi

  The Guide

  Is the One who guides His creatures to what is beneficial for them, both in this world and the hereafter
• 95

  الْبَدِيعُ

  Al Badee’

  The Incomparable Originator

  Is the One who creates everything without precedent or model, with absolute originality and perfection
• 96

  الْبَاقِي

  Al Baaqi

  The Everlasting

  Is the One who remains forever, while all else perishes, eternal and unchanging
• 97

  الْوَارِثُ

  Al Waarith

  The Inheritor

  Is the One who remains after all creation has perished, inheriting everything, as He is the ultimate owner of all
• 98

  الرَّشِيدُ

  Ar Rasheed

  The Righteous Guide

  Is the One who guides to the right path without error, leading His creatures to what is just and true
• 99

  الصَّبُورُ

  As Saboor

  The Patient

  Is the One who is infinitely patient, delaying punishment and granting time to His creatures to repent, out of His mercy