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Uswah

Names of Allah

The Ninety-Nine Names of Allah

Al-Asmā’ al-Ḥusnā, “the most beautiful names”. Each one describes something of who God is.

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  • 1

    الرَّحْمَٰنُ

    Ar-Raḥmān

    The Most Compassionate

  • 2

    الرَّحِيمُ

    Ar-Raḥīm

    The Most Merciful

  • 3

    الْمَلِكُ

    Al-Malik

    The Sovereign King

  • 4

    الْقُدُّوسُ

    Al-Quddūs

    The Most Holy

  • 5

    السَّلَامُ

    As-Salām

    The Source of Peace

  • 6

    الْمُؤْمِنُ

    Al-Muʾmin

    The Granter of Security

  • 7

    الْمُهَيْمِنُ

    Al-Muhaymin

    The Guardian Overseer

  • 8

    الْعَزِيزُ

    Al-ʿAzīz

    The Almighty

  • 9

    الْجَبَّارُ

    Al-Jabbār

    The Compeller

  • 10

    الْمُتَكَبِّرُ

    Al-Mutakabbir

    The Supreme in Greatness

  • 11

    الْخَالِقُ

    Al-Khāliq

    The Creator

  • 12

    الْبَارِئُ

    Al-Bāriʾ

    The Originator

  • 13

    الْمُصَوِّرُ

    Al-Muṣawwir

    The Fashioner of Forms

  • 14

    الْغَفَّارُ

    Al-Ghaffār

    The Ever-Forgiving

  • 15

    الْقَهَّارُ

    Al-Qahhār

    The Subduer

  • 16

    الْوَهَّابُ

    Al-Wahhāb

    The Bestower of Gifts

  • 17

    الرَّزَّاقُ

    Ar-Razzāq

    The Provider

  • 18

    الْفَتَّاحُ

    Al-Fattāḥ

    The Opener

  • 19

    الْعَلِيمُ

    Al-ʿAlīm

    The All-Knowing

  • 20

    الْقَابِضُ

    Al-Qābiḍ

    The Withholder

  • 21

    الْبَاسِطُ

    Al-Bāsiṭ

    The Extender

  • 22

    الْخَافِضُ

    Al-Khāfiḍ

    The Abaser

  • 23

    الرَّافِعُ

    Ar-Rāfiʿ

    The Exalter

  • 24

    الْمُعِزُّ

    Al-Muʿizz

    The Bestower of Honour

  • 25

    الْمُذِلُّ

    Al-Mudhill

    The Humbler

  • 26

    السَّمِيعُ

    As-Samīʿ

    The All-Hearing

  • 27

    الْبَصِيرُ

    Al-Baṣīr

    The All-Seeing

  • 28

    الْحَكَمُ

    Al-Ḥakam

    The Judge

  • 29

    الْعَدْلُ

    Al-ʿAdl

    The Utterly Just

  • 30

    اللَّطِيفُ

    Al-Laṭīf

    The Subtle and Kind

  • 31

    الْخَبِيرُ

    Al-Khabīr

    The All-Aware

  • 32

    الْحَلِيمُ

    Al-Ḥalīm

    The Forbearing

  • 33

    الْعَظِيمُ

    Al-ʿAẓīm

    The Magnificent

  • 34

    الْغَفُورُ

    Al-Ghafūr

    The All-Forgiving

  • 35

    الشَّكُورُ

    Ash-Shakūr

    The Appreciative

  • 36

    الْعَلِيُّ

    Al-ʿAliyy

    The Most High

  • 37

    الْكَبِيرُ

    Al-Kabīr

    The Most Great

  • 38

    الْحَفِيظُ

    Al-Ḥafīẓ

    The Preserver

  • 39

    الْمُقِيتُ

    Al-Muqīt

    The Sustainer

  • 40

    الْحَسِيبُ

    Al-Ḥasīb

    The Reckoner

  • 41

    الْجَلِيلُ

    Al-Jalīl

    The Majestic

  • 42

    الْكَرِيمُ

    Al-Karīm

    The Most Generous

  • 43

    الرَّقِيبُ

    Ar-Raqīb

    The Watchful

  • 44

    الْمُجِيبُ

    Al-Mujīb

    The Responsive

  • 45

    الْوَاسِعُ

    Al-Wāsiʿ

    The All-Encompassing

  • 46

    الْحَكِيمُ

    Al-Ḥakīm

    The All-Wise

  • 47

    الْوَدُودُ

    Al-Wadūd

    The Most Loving

  • 48

    الْمَجِيدُ

    Al-Majīd

    The Most Glorious

  • 49

    الْبَاعِثُ

    Al-Bāʿith

    The Resurrector

  • 50

    الشَّهِيدُ

    Ash-Shahīd

    The Witness

  • 51

    الْحَقُّ

    Al-Ḥaqq

    The Absolute Truth

  • 52

    الْوَكِيلُ

    Al-Wakīl

    The Trustee

  • 53

    الْقَوِيُّ

    Al-Qawiyy

    The All-Strong

  • 54

    الْمَتِينُ

    Al-Matīn

    The Firm and Steadfast

  • 55

    الْوَلِيُّ

    Al-Waliyy

    The Protecting Friend

  • 56

    الْحَمِيدُ

    Al-Ḥamīd

    The Praiseworthy

  • 57

    الْمُحْصِي

    Al-Muḥṣī

    The Recorder of All

  • 58

    الْمُبْدِئُ

    Al-Mubdiʾ

    The Initiator

  • 59

    الْمُعِيدُ

    Al-Muʿīd

    The Restorer

  • 60

    الْمُحْيِي

    Al-Muḥyī

    The Giver of Life

  • 61

    الْمُمِيتُ

    Al-Mumīt

    The Bringer of Death

  • 62

    الْحَيُّ

    Al-Ḥayy

    The Ever-Living

  • 63

    الْقَيُّومُ

    Al-Qayyūm

    The Self-Subsisting

  • 64

    الْوَاجِدُ

    Al-Wājid

    The Finder

  • 65

    الْمَاجِدُ

    Al-Mājid

    The Noble and Illustrious

  • 66

    الْوَاحِدُ

    Al-Wāḥid

    The One

  • 67

    الْأَحَدُ

    Al-Aḥad

    The Indivisible

  • 68

    الصَّمَدُ

    Aṣ-Ṣamad

    The Self-Sufficient Refuge

  • 69

    الْقَادِرُ

    Al-Qādir

    The Capable

  • 70

    الْمُقْتَدِرُ

    Al-Muqtadir

    The Omnipotent

  • 71

    الْمُقَدِّمُ

    Al-Muqaddim

    The Expediter

  • 72

    الْمُؤَخِّرُ

    Al-Muʾakhkhir

    The Delayer

  • 73

    الْأَوَّلُ

    Al-Awwal

    The First

  • 74

    الْآخِرُ

    Al-Ākhir

    The Last

  • 75

    الظَّاهِرُ

    Aẓ-Ẓāhir

    The Manifest

  • 76

    الْبَاطِنُ

    Al-Bāṭin

    The Hidden

  • 77

    الْوَالِي

    Al-Wālī

    The Sole Governor

  • 78

    الْمُتَعَالِي

    Al-Mutaʿālī

    The Most Exalted

  • 79

    الْبَرُّ

    Al-Barr

    The Source of All Good

  • 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 Kind

  • 84

    مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ

    Mālik al-Mulk

    Master of the Kingdom

  • 85

    ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

    Dhul-Jalāli wal-Ikrām

    Lord of Majesty and Honour

  • 86

    الْمُقْسِطُ

    Al-Muqsiṭ

    The Equitable

  • 87

    الْجَامِعُ

    Al-Jāmiʿ

    The Gatherer

  • 88

    الْغَنِيُّ

    Al-Ghaniyy

    The Self-Sufficient

  • 89

    الْمُغْنِي

    Al-Mughnī

    The Enricher

  • 90

    الْمَانِعُ

    Al-Māniʿ

    The Withholder

  • 91

    الضَّارُّ

    Aḍ-Ḍārr

    The Permitter of Harm

  • 92

    النَّافِعُ

    An-Nāfiʿ

    The Giver of Benefit

  • 93

    النُّورُ

    An-Nūr

    The Light

  • 94

    الْهَادِي

    Al-Hādī

    The Guide

  • 95

    الْبَدِيعُ

    Al-Badīʿ

    The Peerless Originator

  • 96

    الْبَاقِي

    Al-Bāqī

    The Everlasting

  • 97

    الْوَارِثُ

    Al-Wārith

    The Inheritor of All

  • 98

    الرَّشِيدُ

    Ar-Rashīd

    The Guide to Right Conduct

  • 99

    الصَّبُورُ

    Aṣ-Ṣabūr

    The Most Patient

This is the well-known list compiled from a narration in Sunan al-Tirmidhi. The Qur’an and Sunnah name more than ninety-nine attributes of God, and scholars have never fully agreed on which ninety-nine the hadith intends, so treat the numbering as a convention rather than as scripture.