The ninety-nine

الأسماء الحسنى

The Most Beautiful Names of Allah

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏

And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. Al-Aʿrāf 7:180

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ اسْمًا مِائَةً إِلاَّ وَاحِدًا، مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ

Allah has ninety-nine names — one hundred less one. Whoever takes them all to heart enters Paradise. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7392 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2677

The Names

  1. اللَّهُ Allāh The Greatest Name
  2. الرَّحْمَنُ ar-Raḥmān The All-Merciful
  3. الرَّحِيمُ ar-Raḥīm The Most Compassionate
  4. الْمَلِكُ al-Malik The King
  5. الْقُدُّوسُ al-Quddūs The Most Holy
  6. السَّلاَمُ as-Salām The Source of Peace
  7. الْمُؤْمِنُ al-Muʾmin The Giver of Safety and Faith
  8. الْمُهَيْمِنُ al-Muhaymin The Watchful Guardian
  9. الْعَزِيزُ al-ʿAzīz The Almighty
  10. الْجَبَّارُ al-Jabbār The Compeller
  11. الْمُتَكَبِّرُ al-Mutakabbir The Supremely Great
  12. الْخَالِقُ al-Khāliq The Creator
  13. الْبَارِئُ al-Bāriʾ The Originator
  14. الْمُصَوِّرُ al-Muṣawwir The Fashioner of Forms
  15. الْغَفَّارُ al-Ghaffār The Ever-Forgiving
  16. الْقَهَّارُ al-Qahhār The All-Prevailing
  17. الْوَهَّابُ al-Wahhāb The Giver of Gifts
  18. الرَّزَّاقُ ar-Razzāq The Provider
  19. الْفَتَّاحُ al-Fattāḥ The Opener
  20. الْعَلِيمُ al-ʿAlīm The All-Knowing
  21. الْقَابِضُ al-Qābiḍ The Withholder
  22. الْبَاسِطُ al-Bāsiṭ The Expander
  23. الْخَافِضُ al-Khāfiḍ The One Who Lowers
  24. الرَّافِعُ ar-Rāfiʿ The Exalter
  25. الْمُعِزُّ al-Muʿizz The Giver of Honour
  26. الْمُذِلُّ al-Mudhill The Humbler
  27. السَّمِيعُ as-Samīʿ The All-Hearing
  28. الْبَصِيرُ al-Baṣīr The All-Seeing
  29. الْحَكَمُ al-Ḥakam The Judge
  30. الْعَدْلُ al-ʿAdl The Just
  31. اللَّطِيفُ al-Laṭīf The Subtle, the Gentle
  32. الْخَبِيرُ al-Khabīr The All-Aware
  33. الْحَلِيمُ al-Ḥalīm The Forbearing
  34. الْعَظِيمُ al-ʿAẓīm The Magnificent
  35. الْغَفُورُ al-Ghafūr The All-Forgiving
  36. الشَّكُورُ ash-Shakūr The Appreciative
  37. الْعَلِيُّ al-ʿAliyy The Most High
  38. الْكَبِيرُ al-Kabīr The Great
  39. الْحَفِيظُ al-Ḥafīẓ The Preserver
  40. الْمُقِيتُ al-Muqīt The Nourisher
  41. الْحَسِيبُ al-Ḥasīb The Reckoner
  42. الْجَلِيلُ al-Jalīl The Majestic
  43. الْكَرِيمُ al-Karīm The Generous
  44. الرَّقِيبُ ar-Raqīb The Watchful
  45. الْمُجِيبُ al-Mujīb The Responsive
  46. الْوَاسِعُ al-Wāsiʿ The All-Encompassing
  47. الْحَكِيمُ al-Ḥakīm The Wise
  48. الْوَدُودُ al-Wadūd The Loving
  49. الْمَجِيدُ al-Majīd The Glorious
  50. الْبَاعِثُ al-Bāʿith The Resurrector
  51. الشَّهِيدُ ash-Shahīd The Witness
  52. الْحَقُّ al-Ḥaqq The Truth
  53. الْوَكِيلُ al-Wakīl The Trustee
  54. الْقَوِيُّ al-Qawiyy The Strong
  55. الْمَتِينُ al-Matīn The Firm
  56. الْوَلِيُّ al-Waliyy The Protecting Friend
  57. الْحَمِيدُ al-Ḥamīd The Praiseworthy
  58. الْمُحْصِي al-Muḥṣī The Enumerator
  59. الْمُبْدِئُ al-Mubdiʾ The Originator
  60. الْمُعِيدُ al-Muʿīd The Restorer
  61. الْمُحْيِي al-Muḥyī The Giver of Life
  62. الْمُمِيتُ al-Mumīt The Bringer of Death
  63. الْحَيُّ al-Ḥayy The Ever-Living
  64. الْقَيُّومُ al-Qayyūm The Self-Sustaining
  65. الْوَاجِدُ al-Wājid The Finder
  66. الْمَاجِدُ al-Mājid The Noble
  67. الْوَاحِدُ al-Wāḥid The One
  68. الصَّمَدُ aṣ-Ṣamad The Eternal Refuge
  69. الْقَادِرُ al-Qādir The Able
  70. الْمُقْتَدِرُ al-Muqtadir The All-Powerful
  71. الْمُقَدِّمُ al-Muqaddim The One Who Brings Forward
  72. الْمُؤَخِّرُ al-Muʾakhkhir The One Who Puts Back
  73. الأَوَّلُ al-Awwal The First
  74. الآخِرُ al-Ākhir The Last
  75. الظَّاهِرُ aẓ-Ẓāhir The Manifest
  76. الْبَاطِنُ al-Bāṭin The Hidden
  77. الْوَالِي al-Wālī The Governor
  78. الْمُتَعَالِي al-Mutaʿālī The Supremely Exalted
  79. الْبَرُّ al-Barr The Source of All Goodness
  80. التَّوَّابُ at-Tawwāb The Ever-Relenting
  81. الْمُنْتَقِمُ al-Muntaqim The Avenger
  82. الْعَفُوُّ al-ʿAfuww The Pardoner
  83. الرَّءُوفُ ar-Raʾūf The Most Tender
  84. مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ Mālik al-Mulk Owner of All Sovereignty
  85. ذُو الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ Dhu-l-Jalāl wa-l-Ikrām Lord of Majesty and Generosity
  86. الْمُقْسِطُ al-Muqsiṭ The Just
  87. الْجَامِعُ al-Jāmiʿ The Gatherer
  88. الْغَنِيُّ al-Ghanī The Self-Sufficient
  89. الْمُغْنِي al-Mughnī The Enricher
  90. الْمَانِعُ al-Māniʿ The Withholder
  91. الضَّارُّ aḍ-Ḍārr The One Who Brings Harm
  92. النَّافِعُ an-Nāfiʿ The One Who Brings Benefit
  93. النُّورُ an-Nūr The Light
  94. الْهَادِي al-Hādī The Guide
  95. الْبَدِيعُ al-Badīʿ The Originator
  96. الْبَاقِي al-Bāqī The Everlasting
  97. الْوَارِثُ al-Wārith The Inheritor
  98. الرَّشِيدُ ar-Rashīd The Rightly Guiding
  99. الصَّبُورُ aṣ-Ṣabūr The Patient

The Names in the order of Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3507. Each is read with al-Ghazālī, al-Qushayrī, al-Khaṭṭābī and the masters of the language.