Why should we memorize the Names of Allah?.

Why should we memorize the Names of Allah?.

 The Most Beautiful Names of Allah indicate His monotheism, generosity, mercy, benevolence, and many other meanings of goodness and blessings that He has bestowed upon His creation, thereupon, Allah commanded His servants to call upon Him by His Names in Aya (180) of Surat Ala'raf saying "And to Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so Call Him by them", so Ask Him by any Name you want whether in general such as O Allah or O Most Gracious, for Allah says in Aya (110) of Surat Alisraa "Say Call upon Allah or Call upon the Most Gracious, whichever you call, to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names", or Ask by every Name what befits it such as Ya Rahman erhamni: O Most Merciful! Have mercy on me, or Ya Raziq erzuqni: O Provider! Provide for me, or Ya ghafuor eghfir lee: O All-Forgiving! Forgive me, and so on.

 Learning the Most beautiful Names of Allah has many benefits from which are acknowledging monotheism of Allah, disavowing polytheism, and achieving correct knowledge of Allah and His attributes, so human beings acknowledge through them Allah's power to do whatever He wills, and then they trust upon Allah in all of their affairs, fear His punishment if they disobeyed Him, hope for His mercy and forgiveness for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds, and hope for the blessings that Allah has prepared for the believers in Paradise on the day of resurrection.  

  And Allah's Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) urges the believers to memorize the Most beautiful Names of Allah, and then act according to it, when He said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "There are ninety-nine Names of Allah, whoever memorizes them shall enter Paradise, and indeed, Allah is Odd (One), and He loves odd number" (Sahih Muslim 2677 a).