99 Names of Allah

 

 Allah's Messenger, Muhammad (PBUH) said in narration of Abu Hurayrah: "Allah has ninety-nine Names, one hundred minus one, whoever memorizes them, will enter Paradise" (Sahih Albukhari 2736), and in another narration of Abu Hurayrah also: "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). Some books of Sunnah other than Albukhari and Muslim, such as Jami' Altirmidhi (3507) and Sunan Ibn Majah (3861), added further details about these Names, but they did not agree on a single list, and the scholars differed on the authenticity of Altirmidhi addition; some considered it authentic, some deemed it weak in the chain of its transmission. Still others said that it is the closest to the authentic narrations.

 There are also controversy regarding the Beautiful Names of Allah: Are they unlimited in number or Are they limited to ninety-nine?, one group adhered literally to the Hadith of ninety-nine Names, while another group gave an unlimited number saying that the Beautiful Names of Allah include every attribute that is appropriate to His Holy Self, and they went so far as to say that the benefit of limitation in the Hadith is that this number of the Beautiful Names of Allah has a promised favor with Allah , and their evidence for this is that there are Names of Allah mentioned in Altirmidhi's list that are not mentioned in the Holy Quran, and that there are Names mentioned in the Holy Quran that are not mentioned in Altirmidhi's list, in addition to other Names mentioned in the Prophetic Sunnah such as Al-Hannan: the One who shows favor and beneficence (Sunan Abi Dawood 1495).  

The following is a list of ninety-nine Names that Altirmidhi mentioned along with reference to one of their sources in the Holy Quran:  

1- Al-Rahman (The Most Gracious), Surat Alfatihah Aya (3).

2- Al-Rahim (The Most Merciful), Surat Albaqarah Aya (163). 

3- Al-Malik (The King), Surat Ta Ha Aya (114).

4- Al-Qudouss (The Holy), Surat Alhashr Aya (23). 

5- Al-Salam (The Giver of Peace), Surat Alhashr Aya (23).

6- Al-Mu'min (The Guarantor), Surat Alhashr Aya (23).

7- Al-Muhaimin (The Dominator), Surat Alhashr Aya (23).

8- Al-Aziz (The Almighty), Surat Alhashr Aya (23).

9- Al-Jabbar (The Irresistible), Surat Alhashr Aya (23). 

10- Al-Mutakabbir (The Majestic), Surat Alhashr Aya (23).

11- Al-Khalik (The Creator), Surat Alhashr Aya (24).

12- Al-Bari (The Designer), Surat Alhashr Aya (24).

13- Al-Musawwir (The Giver of shapes), Surat Alhashr Aya (24).

14- Al-Ghaffar (The Oft-Forgiving), Surat Sad Aya (66).

15- Al-Qahhar (The Oft-Omnipotent), Surat Ghafir Aya (16)

16- Al-Wahhab (The Oft-Giver), Surat Ali Imran Aya (8).

17- Al-Razzaq (The Sustainer), Surat Aldhariyat Aya (58).

 

18- Al-Fattah (The Judge), Surat Saba' Aya (26).

19- Al-Aleem (The All-Knower), Surat Saba' Aya (26).

20- Al-Qabid (The One who withholds), Surat Albaqarah Aya (245). 

21- Al-Basit (The One who extends), Surat Albaqarah Aya (245). 

22- Al-Khafid (The Degrading, the One who humbles), Surat Altin Aya (5).

23- Al-Rafi' (The One who raises), Surat Alan'am Aya (83).

24- Al-Mu'izz (The Giver of honor), Surat Ali Imran Aya (26).

25- Al-Muzill (The Giver of humiliation), Surat Ali Imran Aya (26).

26- Al-Sami' (The All-Hearing), Surat Albaqarah Aya (127).

27- Al-Basir (The All-Seeing), Surat Alisraa Aya (1)

28- Al-Hakam (The One who judges between creation), Surat Alzumar Aya (46).

29- Al-Adl (The Just), Surat Alahqaf Aya (19).

30- Al-Latif (The Subtle), Surat Alan'am Aya (103).

31- Al-Khabir (The All-Aware), Surat Alan'am Aya (103).

32- Al-Halim (The Most Forbearing), Surat Albaqarah Aya (225).

33- Al-Azim (The Most Great), Surat Albaqarah Aya (255).

34- Al-Ghafour (The All-Forgiving), Surat Yunus Aya (107).

35- Al-Shakour (The Most Appreciative), Surat Fatir Aya (30). 

36- Al-Aliyy (The Most High), Surat Albaqarah Aya (225).

37-Al-Kabir (The Grand), Surat Alra'd Aya (9).

38- Al-Hafiz (The Oft-Preserver), Surat Hud Aya (57).

39- Al-Muqit (The Keeper), Surat Alnisa' Aya (85). 

40- Al-Hasib (The Accountant), Surat Alnisa' Aya (6).

41- Al-Galil (The Glorious), Surat Alrahman Aya (27).

42- Al-Karim (The Generous), Surat Alinfitar Aya (6).

43- Al-Raqib (The Observer), Surat Alnisa' Aya (1).

44- Al-Mujib (The All-Responsive), Surat Hud Aya (61). 

45- Al-Wasi' (The All-Encompassing), Surat Albaqarah Aya (115).

46- Al-Hakim (The All-Wise), Surat Albaqarah Aya (32).

47- Al-Wadud (The Ever-Affectionate), Surat Hud Aya (90). 

48- Al-Majeed (The All-Glorious), Surat Hud Aya (73). 

49- Al-Ba'ith (The One who resurrects the creation), Surat Alhajj Aya (7).

50- Al-Shahid (The Witness), Surat Ali Imran Aya (98).

51- Al-Haqq (The Truth), Surat Yunus Aya (32).

52- Al-Wakil (The Best Guardian), Surat Ali Imran Aya (173).

53- Al-Qawwiy (The All-Strong), Surat Hud Aya (66).

54- Al-Matin (The Strong), Surat Aldhariyat Aya (58).

55- Al-Waliyy (The Protector), Surat Alshura Aya (9).

56- Al-Hamid (The Praiseworthy), Surat Alshura Aya (28).

 

57- Al-Muhsi (The Enumerator, the One who enumerate everything), Surat Alnaba' Aya (29).

58- Al-Mubdi' (The Producer, the One who begins the creation), Surat Yunus Aya (4).

59- Al-Muid (The Restorer, the One who repeats the creation), Surat Yunus Aya (4).

60- Al-Muhyiy (The One who gives life), Surat Ali Imran Aya (156).

61- Al-Mumit (The One who causes death), Surat Ali Imran Aya (156).

62- Al-Hayy (The Ever-Living), Surat Albaqarah Aya (255).

63- Al-Qayyum (The Sustainer of existence), Surat Albaqarah Aya (255).

64- Al-Wajid (The Bringer of existence), Surat Albaqarah Aya (29).

65- Al-Majid (The Magnificent, the Possessor of the great bounty), Surat Ali Imran Aya (74).

66- Al-Wahid (The Unique), Surat Sad Aya (65).

67- Al-Ahad (The One), Surat Alikhlas Aya (1).

68- Al-Samad (The Eternal Refuge), Surat Alikhlas Aya (2).

69- Al-Qader (The Able), Surat Alan'am Aya (37).

70- Al-Muqtadir (The Most Perfect in Ability), Surat Alqamar Aya (42).

71- Al-Muqaddim (The One who makes people forward), Surat Yusuf Aya (76).

72- Al-Mu'akhir (The One who delays or makes people backward), Surat Yusuf Aya (76).

73- Al-Awwal (The First), Surat Alhadid Aya (3).

74- Al-Akhir (The Last), Surat Alhadid Aya (3).

75- Al-Zahir (The Apparent), Surat Alhadid Aya (3).

76- Al-Bbatin (The Unapparent), Surat Alhadid Aya (3).

77- Al-Wali (The Patron who manages the matters), Surat Yunus Aya (3).

78- Al-Muta'ali (The Most High), Surat Alra'd Aya (9).

79- Al-Bbarr (The Source of All Goodness), Surat Altur Aya (28).

80- Al-Tawwab (The Ever accepting of repentance), Surat Albaqarah Aya (128).

81- Al-Muntaqim (The One who takes vengeance), Surat Alsajdah, Aya (22).

82- Al-Afuww (The Oft-Pardoning), Surat Alnisa' Aya (43).

83- Al-Raouf (The Most Kind), Surat Albaqarah Aya (143).

84- Malik Almulk (The Owner of the sovereignty), Surat Ali Imran Aya (173).

85- Zu-ljalali wal-ikraam (The Possessor of Majesty and Honor), Surat Alrahman Aya (27).

86- Al-Muqsit (The One who stands firm in Justice), Surat Ali Imran Aya (18).

87- Al-Jami' (The Gatherer of people), Surat Ali Imran Aya (9).

88- Al-Ghaniyy (The Free of Need), Surat Alan'am Aya (133).

89- Al-Mughni (The Enricher), Surat Altawbah Aya (28).

90- Al-Mani' (The Withholder), Surat Fatir Aya (2).

91- Al-Ddarr (The Bringer of adversity), Surat Yunus Aya (107).

92- Al-Nafi' (The Benefactor, the Bringer of good), Surat Yunus Aya (107).

93- Al-Noor (The Light), Surat Alnoor Aya (35).

94- Al-Hadi (The Guide), Surat Alfurqan Aya (31).

95- Al-Badi' (The Originator), Surat Albaqarah Aya (117).

96- Al-Baqi (The Remaining, The Everlasting), Surat Alrahman Aya (27).

97- Al-Warith (The Inheritor), Surat Alhijr Aya (23).

98- Al-Rashid (The One who guides to the right guidance), Surat Alkahf Aya (24).

99- Al-Sabour (The Patient), Surat Fatir Aya (45).