99 Names of Allah (s.w.t) 'Asma ul Husna'

[Surah Taha Ch: 20 V: 8]

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
 

"Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belongs the Most Beautiful Names." 

1. Ar-Rahman

• The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers and the blasphemers in this world and especially for the believers in the hereafter.
• The Most Merciful

2. Ar-Rahim

• The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers.
• The most Compassionate

3. Al-Malik

• The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection.
• The King, the Monarch

4. Al-Quddus

• The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries.
• The Holy one

5. As-Salam

• The One who is free from every imperfection.
• The Peace, The Tranquility

6. Al-Mu'min

• The One who witnessed for Himself that no one is God but Him. And He witnessed for His believers that they are truthful in their belief that no one is God but Him.
• The One with Faith
• The Faithful, The Trusted

7. Al-Muhaymin

• The One who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures.
• The Protector
• The vigilant, the controller

8. Al-'Aziz

• The Defeater who is not defeated.
• The Mighty
• The Almighty, the powerful

9. Al-Jabbar

• The One that nothing happens in His Dominion except that which He willed.
• The all Compelling

10. Al-Mutakabbir

• The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures and from resembling them.
• The Haughty, the Majestic
• The Imperious

11. Al-Khaliq

• The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence.
• The Creator, the Maker

12.Al-Bari'

• The Creator who has the Power to turn the entities.
• The Artificer, the Creator

13.Al-Musawwir

• The One who forms His creatures in different pictures.
• The Fashioner
• The Organizer, the Designer

14.Al-Ghaffar

• The One who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again.
• The Forgiving, the Forgiver

15.Al-Qahhar

• The Subduer who has the perfect Power and is not unable over anything.
• The Almighty, the Dominant

16.Al-Wahhab

• The One who is Generous in giving plenty without any return.
• The Donor, the Bestower

17. Ar-Razzaq

• The Provider, the Sustainer

18. Al-Fattah

• The One who opens for His slaves the closed worldly and religious matters.
• The Opener, the Revealer

19. Al-'Alim

• The Knowledgeable; The One nothing is absent from His knowledge.
• The all Knowing, the Omniscient

20. Al-Qabid

• The One who constricts the sustenance.
• The Contractor, The Restrainer, the Recipient.

21. Al-Basit

• The One who expands and widens.
• The Expander, He who expands

22. Al-Khafid

• The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction.
• The Abaser, the Humbler

23. Ar-Rafi'

• The One who raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.
• The Raiser, the Exalter

24. Al-Mu'iz

• He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him;
• The Honorer, the Exalter

25. Al-Muzil

• Degrades whoever he willed, hence there is no one to give him esteem.
• The Abaser, the Degrader, the Subduer

26. As-Sami'

• The One who Hears all things that are heard by His Eternal Hearing without an ear, instrument or organ.
• The Hearer, The All hearing, all knowing.

27. Al-Basir

• The One who Sees all things that are seen by His Eternal Seeing without a pupil or any other instrument.
• The Seer, The discerning, the All seeing.

28. Al-Hakam

• He is the Ruler and His judgment is His Word.
• The arbitrator, the Judge

29. Al-'Adl

• The One who is entitled to do what He does.
• The justice, the equitable. The Just.

30. Al-Latif

• The Most Gentle, the Gracious.
• The One who is kind

31. Al-Khabir

• The One who knows the truth of things.
• The Aware. The Sagacious, one is who is aware.

32. Al-Halim

• The One who delays the punishment for those who deserve it and then He might forgive them.
• The Gentle. The most patient, the Clement.

33. Al-'Azim

• The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment, Glory, Extolment, and Purity from all imperfection.
• The Great, Mighty

34. Al-Ghafoor

• The One who forgives a lot.
• The Forgiving, the Pardoner.

35. Ash-Shakur

• The One who gives a lot of reward for a little obedience.
• The Grateful, the Thankful

36. Al-'Ali

• The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures.
• The most high, the exalted.

37. Al-Kabir

• The One who is greater than everything in status.
• The great, the big.

38. Al-Hafiz

• The One who protects whatever and whoever He willed to protect.
• The Guardian, the preserver.

39. Al-Muqit

• The One who has the Power.
• The maintainer, The Nourisher

40. Al-Hasib

• The One who gives the satisfaction.
• The noble, The Reckoner

41. Aj-Jalil

• The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.
• The Majestic. The honorable, the exalted.

42. Al-Karim

• The One who is clear from abjectness.
• The most generous, the Bountiful.

43. Ar-Raqib

• The One that nothing is absent from Him. Hence it's meaning is related to the attribute of Knowledge.
• The Guardian, the watchful. Watcher.

44. Al-Mujib

• The One who answers the one in need if he asks Him and rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him.
• The Responder. The respondent, one who answers.

45. Al-Wasi'

• The Englober. The enricher, the Omnipresent, the Knowledgeable.

46. Al-Hakim

• The One who is correct in His doings.
• The most Wise, the Judicious.

47. Al-Wadud

• The Affectionate, the Loving.

48. Al-Majid

• The One who is with perfect Power, High Status, Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.
• The Glorious, the exalted.

49. Al-Ba'ith

• The One who resurrects for reward and/or punishment.
• The Resurrector, the Raiser from death.

50. Ash-Shahid

• The One who nothing is absent from Him.
• The Witness

51. Al-Haqq

• The One who truly exists.
• The Truth, the Just.

52. Al-Wakil

• The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.
• The Guardian, the Trustee

53. Al-Qawee

• The One with the complete Power.
• The powerful, the Almighty, The Strong

54. Al-Matin

• The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted and He does not get tired.
• The Strong, the Firm

55. Al-Walee

• The Supporter, the Friend, the Defender the master.

56. Al-Hamid

• The praised One who deserves to be praised.
• The Praiseworthy , the Commendable

57. Al-Muhsi

• The One who the count of things are known to him.
• The Counter

58. Al-Mubdi'

• The One who started the human being. That is, He created him.
• The Beginner, the Creator, The Originator

59. Al-Mu'eed

• The One who brings back the creatures after death.
• The Restorer, the Resurrector.

60. Al-Muhyee

• The One who took out a living human from semen that does not have a soul. He gives life by giving the souls back to the worn out bodies on the resurrection day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge.
• The Bestower, the Life Giver.

61. Al-Mumeet

• The One who renders the living dead.
• The Bringer of Death. The Death Giver.

62. Al-Hayy

• The One attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of soul, flesh or blood.
• The Living. The Alive, the ever living.

63. Al-Qayyum

• The One who remains and does not end.
• The Self-Subsistent, The Eternal, the Self Sustaining.

64. Al-Wajid

• The Rich who is never poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.
• The all perceiving, the Opulent, the Finder.

65. Al-Wahid

• The One without a partner.
• The One, the Unique.

66. Al-Majid

• The One who is Majid.
• The Noble, the illustrious.

67. Al-Ahad

• The only, the Unique.

68. As-Samad

• The Master who is relied upon in matters and reverted to in ones needs.
• The Perfect, the Eternal.

69. Al-Qadir

• The One attributed with Power.
• The Able, the Capable, the Omnipotent.

70. Al-Muqtadir

• The One with the perfect Power that nothing is withheld from Him.
• The Capable, The all Powerful

71. Al-Muqaddim

• He makes ahead what He wills.
• The Presenter, The Advancer, The Expediter

72. Al-Mu'akhkhir

• The One who delays what He wills.
• The Fulfiller, the keeper behind, The Deferrer

73. Al-'Awwal

• The One whose Existence is without a beginning.
• The First

74. Al-'Akhir

• The One whose Existence is without an end.
• The Last

75. Az-Zahir

• The Apparent, the Exterior, The Manifest
• The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place.

76. Al-Batin

• The Hidden, the Interior, the Latent

77. Al-Wali

• The One who owns things and manages them.
• The Governor, The Ruler, The Master

78. Al-Muta'ali

• The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.
• The Exalted, The most high, one above reproach.

79. Al-Barr

• The One who is kind to His creatures, who covered them with His sustenance and specified whoever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy.
• The Benefactor, The Beneficent, the Pious.

80. At-Tawwab

• The One who grants repentance to whoever He willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance.
• The Acceptor of Repentance, The Forgiver, the Relenting.

81. Al-Muntaqim

• The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. It may mean the One who destroys them.
• The Avenger

82. Al-'Afuww

• The One with wide forgiveness.
• The Forgiver, the effacer, the Pardoner

83. Ar-Ra'uf

• The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His will to endow upon whoever He willed among His creatures.
• The merciful, the Ever Indulgent.

84. Al-Muqsit

• The One who is Just in His judgment.
• The Just, the Equitable

85. Aj-Jami'

• The One who gathers the creatures on a day that there is no doubt about, that is the Day of Judgment.
• The Collector, the comprehensive, Gatherer

86. Al-Ghanee

• The One who does not need the creation.
• The rich, the all sufficing, Self-Sufficient

87. Al-Mughnee

• The One who satisfies the necessities of the creatures.
• The Enricher, sufficer, the bestower.

88. Al-Mani'

• The Supporter who protects and gives victory to His pious believers. Al-Mu'tiy
• The Withholder
• The Preventer, the prohibiter, the defender.

89. Ad-Darr

• The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed.
• The Distresser , The afflictor, the bringer of Adversity.

90. An-Nafi'

• The One who gives benefits to whoever He wills.
• The Beneficial Benefactor

91. An-Nur

• The One who guides.
• The Light

92. Al-Hadi

• The One whom with His Guidance His believers were guided, and with His Guidance the living beings have been guided to what is beneficial or them and protected from what is harmful to them.
• The Guide

93. Al-Badi'

• The One who created the creation and formed it without any preceding example.
• The Wonderful, the maker, Incomparable

94. Al-Baqi

• The One that the state of non-existence is impossible for Him.
• The Enduring, the Everlasting, the eternal

95. Al-Warith

• The One whose Existence remains.
• The Inheritor, The Heir

96. Ar-Rashid

• The One who guides.
• The Rightly Guided, The Conscious, the Guide

97. As-Sabur

• The One who does not quickly punish the sinners.
• The most Patient, the Enduring.

98. Malik Al-Mulk

• The One who controls the Dominion and gives dominion to whoever He willed.
• The Ruler of the Kingdom, king of the Universe

99. Zul-l-Jalal wal-Ikram

• The One who deserves to be Exalted and not denied.
• Lord of Majesty and Generosity

Why do women cry so easily?

 A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I need to" she said. "I don't understand," the boy said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?""All women cry for no reason," his dad answered carelessly.

 The little boy, still wondering why women cry, finally asked the old wise friend (his Islamic Teacher)."He surely knows the answer", he thought."My Respected Teacher! Why do women cry so easily?"The wise teacher replied,"When Allah (s.w.t) made the woman she had to be made so special. He made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. He gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that comes from her children. He gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going whenever everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining. He gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances,even when her child hurts her very badly. He gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his-rib to protect his heart. He gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him un falteringly.

And lastly, He gave her a tear. This is hers and only hers exclusively to use whenever she needs it. She needs no reason, no explanation,it ’s hers.You see my son, the beauty of woman is not in the clothes she wears, the beauty of her face, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."The little boy found the answer and never asked the same question again.

Short Story: 'Only for Allah (s.w.t)'

There was a pious man among the Banu Israel who always remained busy in the worship of Allah. A group of people came to him and told him that a tribe living nearby worshiped a tree. The news upset him, and with an axe on his shoulder he went to cut down that tree. On the way, Satan met him in the form of an old man and asked him where he was going. He said he was going to cut a particular tree. Satan said, "You have nothing to be concerned with this tree, you better mind your worship and do not give it up for the sake of something that does not concern you." "This is also worship," retorted the worshiper. Then Satan tried to prevent him from cutting the tree, and there followed a fight between the two, in which the worshiper overpowered the Satan. 

Finding himself completely helpless, Satan begged to be excused, and when the worshiper released him, he again said, "Allah has not made the cutting of this tree obligatory on you. You do not lose anything if you do not cut it. If its cutting were necessary, Allah could have got it done through one of his many Prophets." The worshiper insisted on cutting the tree. There was again a fight between the two and again the worshiper overpowered the Satan. "Well listen," said Satan, "I propose a settlement that will be to your advantage." The worshiper agreed, and Satan said, "You are a poor man, a mere burden on this earth. If you stay away from this act, I will pay you three gold coins everyday. You will daily find them lying under your pillow. By this money you can fulfill your own needs, can oblige your relative, help the needy, and do so many other virtuous things. Cutting the tree will be only one virtue, which will ultimately be of no use because the people will grow another tree." This proposal appealed to the worshiper, and he accepted it.

He found the money on two successive days, but on the third day there was nothing. He got enraged, picked up his axe and went to cut the tree. Satan as an old man again met him on the way and asked him where he was going. "To cut the tree," shouted the worshiper. "I will not let you do it," said Satan. A fight took place between the two again but this time Satan had the upper hand and overpowered the worshiper. The latter was surprised at his own defeat, and asked the former the cause of his success. Satan replied, "At first, your anger was purely for earning the pleasure of Allah, and therefore Almighty Allah helped you to overpower me, but now it has been partly for the sake of the gold coins and therefore you lost."

Source: From the book "Ihyaa-ul Uloom Ud Deen" by Imam Ghazzali (ra).