Reference
The 99 Names of Allah
Al-Asma ul-Husna, the most beautiful names. Each page gives the Arabic, the meaning, and the trilateral root the meaning comes from — because names that share a root, like Ar-Rahman and Ar-Raheem, are related without being interchangeable.
- 1Ar-RahmanThe Most Compassionateالرَّحْمَٰن
- 2Ar-RaheemThe Most Mercifulالرَّحِيم
- 3Al-MalikThe Kingالْمَلِك
- 4Al-QuddusThe Most Holyالْقُدُّوس
- 5As-SalamThe Source of Peaceالسَّلَام
- 6Al-Mu'minThe Granter of Securityالْمُؤْمِن
- 7Al-MuhayminThe Guardianالْمُهَيْمِن
- 8Al-AzizThe Almightyالْعَزِيز
- 9Al-JabbarThe Compellerالْجَبَّار
- 10Al-MutakabbirThe Supremeالْمُتَكَبِّر
- 11Al-KhaliqThe Creatorالْخَالِق
- 12Al-BariThe Originatorالْبَارِئ
- 13Al-MusawwirThe Fashionerالْمُصَوِّر
- 14Al-GhaffarThe Ever-Forgivingالْغَفَّار
- 15Al-QahharThe Subduerالْقَهَّار
- 16Al-WahhabThe Bestowerالْوَهَّاب
- 17Ar-RazzaqThe Providerالرَّزَّاق
- 18Al-FattahThe Openerالْفَتَّاح
- 19Al-AlimThe All-Knowingالْعَلِيم
- 20Al-QabidThe Withholderالْقَابِض
- 21Al-BasitThe Extenderالْبَاسِط
- 22Al-KhafidThe Abaserالْخَافِض
- 23Ar-Rafi'The Exalterالرَّافِع
- 24Al-Mu'izzThe Honourerالْمُعِزّ
- 25Al-MudhillThe Humiliatorالْمُذِلّ
- 26As-Sami'The All-Hearingالسَّمِيع
- 27Al-BasirThe All-Seeingالْبَصِير
- 28Al-HakamThe Judgeالْحَكَم
- 29Al-AdlThe Utterly Justالْعَدْل
- 30Al-LatifThe Subtle Oneاللَّطِيف
- 31Al-KhabirThe All-Awareالْخَبِير
- 32Al-HalimThe Forbearingالْحَلِيم
- 33Al-AzimThe Magnificentالْعَظِيم
- 34Al-GhafurThe Much-Forgivingالْغَفُور
- 35Ash-ShakurThe Appreciativeالشَّكُور
- 36Al-AliThe Most Highالْعَلِيّ
- 37Al-KabirThe Most Greatالْكَبِير
- 38Al-HafizThe Preserverالْحَفِيظ
- 39Al-MuqitThe Sustainerالْمُقِيت
- 40Al-HasibThe Reckonerالْحَسِيب
- 41Al-JalilThe Majesticالْجَلِيل
- 42Al-KarimThe Most Generousالْكَرِيم
- 43Ar-RaqibThe Watchfulالرَّقِيب
- 44Al-MujibThe Responsiveالْمُجِيب
- 45Al-Wasi'The All-Encompassingالْوَاسِع
- 46Al-HakimThe All-Wiseالْحَكِيم
- 47Al-WadudThe Most Lovingالْوَدُود
- 48Al-MajidThe Most Gloriousالْمَجِيد
- 49Al-Ba'ithThe Resurrectorالْبَاعِث
- 50Ash-ShahidThe Witnessالشَّهِيد
- 51Al-HaqqThe Absolute Truthالْحَقّ
- 52Al-WakilThe Trusteeالْوَكِيل
- 53Al-QawiyyThe All-Strongالْقَوِيّ
- 54Al-MatinThe Firmالْمَتِين
- 55Al-WaliyyThe Protecting Friendالْوَلِيّ
- 56Al-HamidThe Praiseworthyالْحَمِيد
- 57Al-MuhsiThe Accounterالْمُحْصِي
- 58Al-MubdiThe Originatorالْمُبْدِئ
- 59Al-Mu'idThe Restorerالْمُعِيد
- 60Al-MuhyiThe Giver of Lifeالْمُحْيِي
- 61Al-MumitThe Bringer of Deathالْمُمِيت
- 62Al-HayyThe Ever-Livingالْحَيّ
- 63Al-QayyumThe Self-Subsistingالْقَيُّوم
- 64Al-WajidThe Finderالْوَاجِد
- 65Al-MajidThe Nobleالْمَاجِد
- 66Al-WahidThe Oneالْوَاحِد
- 67Al-AhadThe Uniqueالْأَحَد
- 68As-SamadThe Eternal Refugeالصَّمَد
- 69Al-QadirThe All-Powerfulالْقَادِر
- 70Al-MuqtadirThe Omnipotentالْمُقْتَدِر
- 71Al-MuqaddimThe Expediterالْمُقَدِّم
- 72Al-Mu'akhkhirThe Delayerالْمُؤَخِّر
- 73Al-AwwalThe Firstالْأَوَّل
- 74Al-AkhirThe Lastالْآخِر
- 75Az-ZahirThe Manifestالظَّاهِر
- 76Al-BatinThe Hiddenالْبَاطِن
- 77Al-WaliThe Governorالْوَالِي
- 78Al-Muta'aliThe Most Exaltedالْمُتَعَالِي
- 79Al-BarrThe Source of Goodnessالْبَرّ
- 80At-TawwabThe Ever-Relentingالتَّوَّاب
- 81Al-MuntaqimThe Avengerالْمُنْتَقِم
- 82Al-AfuwwThe Pardonerالْعَفُوّ
- 83Ar-Ra'ufThe Most Kindالرَّءُوف
- 84Malik-ul-MulkMaster of the Kingdomمَالِكُ الْمُلْك
- 85Dhul-Jalali wal-IkramLord of Majesty and Generosityذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَام
- 86Al-MuqsitThe Equitableالْمُقْسِط
- 87Al-Jami'The Gathererالْجَامِع
- 88Al-GhaniyyThe Self-Sufficientالْغَنِيّ
- 89Al-MughniThe Enricherالْمُغْنِي
- 90Al-Mani'The Preventerالْمَانِع
- 91Ad-DarrThe Distresserالضَّارّ
- 92An-Nafi'The Benefiterالنَّافِع
- 93An-NurThe Lightالنُّور
- 94Al-HadiThe Guideالْهَادِي
- 95Al-Badi'The Incomparable Originatorالْبَدِيع
- 96Al-BaqiThe Everlastingالْبَاقِي
- 97Al-WarithThe Inheritorالْوَارِث
- 98Ar-RashidThe Guide to the Right Pathالرَّشِيد
- 99As-SaburThe Most Patientالصَّبُور
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Questions about the names
Are there exactly ninety-nine names?
The hadith mentions ninety-nine, and the lists that circulate are scholars’ compilations rather than a single revealed list. That is why compilations differ slightly from one another.
Why give the root letters for each name?
Because Arabic meaning lives in the root. Seeing that a name shares its root with an ordinary word is what turns memorising a list into understanding it.
Should a child memorise all of them?
Many do, and it is a good exercise. Understanding a handful properly is worth more than reciting all of them without meaning.
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