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Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā

The 99 Names.
The Most Beautiful.

أسماء الله الحسنى

"And to Allah belong the most beautiful names — so invoke Him by them." (Qurʾān 7:180)

Ninety-nine — with Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source.

01 الرَّحْمَٰنُ
The Most Compassionate

Mercy that extends to all of creation in this life.

Qurʾān 1:3

02 الرَّحِيمُ
The Most Merciful

Mercy specifically directed to the believers in the next life.

Qurʾān 1:3

03 الْمَلِكُ
The Sovereign King

Qurʾān 59:23

04 الْقُدُّوسُ
The Most Holy

Free of every deficiency, praised with every perfection.

Qurʾān 59:23

05 السَّلَامُ
The Source of Peace

Qurʾān 59:23

06 الْمُؤْمِنُ
The Giver of Security

The One who grants refuge and truth to His servants.

Qurʾān 59:23

07 الْمُهَيْمِنُ
The Guardian, Overseer

Qurʾān 59:23

09 الْجَبَّارُ
The Compeller, Restorer

Qurʾān 59:23

12 الْبَارِئُ
The Originator

The One who brings into being from nothing.

Qurʾān 59:24

16 الْوَهَّابُ
The Bestower of gifts

Qurʾān 3:8

20 الْقَابِضُ
The Withholder

He who contracts and restrains, by wisdom.

21 الْبَاسِطُ
The Expander

He who expands and gives without measure.

24 الْمُعِزُّ
The Giver of honour
25 الْمُذِلُّ
The Humiliator
29 الْعَدْلُ
The Utterly Just
30 اللَّطِيفُ
The Subtle, Kind

Whose kindness penetrates every created thing.

Qurʾān 6:103

39 الْمُقِيتُ
The Nourisher, Sustainer

Qurʾān 4:85

41 الْجَلِيلُ
The Majestic
43 الرَّقِيبُ
The Watchful

Qurʾān 4:1

53 الْقَوِيُّ
The Most Strong

Qurʾān 22:40

54 الْمَتِينُ
The Firm, Steadfast

Qurʾān 51:58

55 الْوَلِيُّ
The Protecting Friend

Qurʾān 42:28

58 الْمُبْدِئُ
The Originator
61 الْمُمِيتُ
The Taker of Life
64 الْوَاجِدُ
The Perceiver
65 الْمَاجِدُ
The Illustrious
69 الْقَادِرُ
The All-Powerful

Qurʾān 6:65

71 الْمُقَدِّمُ
The Expediter
77 الْوَالِي
The Governor
79 الْبَرُّ
The Source of all Goodness

Qurʾān 52:28

80 التَّوَّابُ
The Accepter of repentance

Qurʾān 2:37

81 الْمُنْتَقِمُ
The Avenger
84 مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ
Owner of all Sovereignty

Qurʾān 3:26

88 الْغَنِيُّ
The Self-Sufficient

Qurʾān 2:267

90 الْمَانِعُ
The Withholder
92 النَّافِعُ
The Benefactor
95 الْبَدِيعُ
The Incomparable Originator

Qurʾān 2:117

96 الْبَاقِي
The Everlasting
98 الرَّشِيدُ
The Guide to the right path

"Allah has ninety-nine names — one hundred less one. Whoever memorises them will enter Paradise."

— The Prophet ﷺ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2736, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2677
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Going deeper.

Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā

Al-Ghazālī on the names.

Imam al-Ghazālī wrote a dedicated treatise on the meanings of the 99 names, drawing on tafsīr, kalām, and the way of the heart. Our library's Iḥyāʾ carries this tradition forward.

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Tafsīr

The verses where they occur.

Most of the 99 names occur directly in the Qurʾān. Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr walks through the meanings verse by verse — clicking any Qurʾān reference above opens the passage in context.

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Where the scholars explain the names.

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