99 Names of ALLAH

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad SAW said,

Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one,
and whoever knows them will go to Paradise.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari 50:894)

Name

Transliteration

Meaning

Explanation

Ar-Rahmaan

The Beneficent

He who wills goodness and

mercy for all His creatures

Ar-Raheem

The Merciful

He who acts with extreme

kindness

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Al-Malik

The Sovereign Lord, The

One with the complete
The Eternal Lord Dominion, the One Whose
Dominion is clear from
imperfection

Al-Quddus

The One who is pure from

any imperfection and clear
The Most Sacred
from
children
and
adversaries

As-Salam

The Embodiment of The One who is free from

Peace
every imperfection.

Al-Mumin

The Infuser of Faith 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
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Al-Muhaymin

Al-Aziz

The One who witnesses the

The Preserver of
saying and deeds of His
Safety
creatures
The Mighty One

The Strong, The Defeater

who is not defeated

Al-Jabbar

The One that nothing

The Omnipotent happens in His Dominion
One
except that which He
willed

Al-Mutakabbir

The One who is clear from

the attributes of the
The Dominant One
creatures
and
from
resembling them.
The Creator

The One who brings

everything from nonexistence to existence

Al-Baari

The Evolver

The Maker, The Creator

who has the Power to turn
the entities.

Al-Musawwir

The Flawless
Shaper

The One who forms His

creatures in different
pictures.

Al-Khaaliq

Al-Ghaffaar

The Forgiver, The One

who forgives the sins of
The Great Forgiver
His slaves time and time
again.

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Al-Qahhaar

The Dominant, The One

The All-Prevailing who has the perfect Power
One
and is not unable over
anything.

The Supreme
Bestower

The One who is Generous

in giving plenty without
any
return.
He
is
everything that benefits
whether Halal or Haram.

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Al-Wahhab

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Ar-Razzaq

The Total Provider

Al-Fattah

The Opener, The Reliever,

The Judge, The One who
The Supreme Solver opens for His slaves the
closed
worldly
and
religious matters.

Al-Alim

The Knowledgeable; The

The All-Knowing
One nothing is absent from
One
His knowledge

Al-Qaabid

The Constrictor, The

Withholder, The One who
constricts the sustenance
The Restricting One
by His wisdom and
expands and widens it with
His Generosity and Mercy.

Al-Baasit

The Extender

The Enlarger, The One

who
constricts
the
sustenance by His wisdom
and expands and widens it
with His Generosity and
Mercy.

Al-Khaafid

The Reducer

The Abaser, The One who

lowers whoever He willed

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The
Sustainer,
Provider.

The

by His Destruction and

raises whoever He willed
by His Endowment.

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Ar-Rafi

Al-Muizz

Al-Muzil

The Exalter, The Elevator,

The One who lowers
whoever He willed by His
The Elevating One
Destruction and raises
whoever He willed by His
Endowment.

The HonourerBestower

He gives esteem to
whoever He willed, hence
there is no one to degrade
Him; And He degrades
whoever He willed, hence
there is no one to give Him
esteem.

The Abaser

The Dishonourer, The

Humiliator, He gives
esteem to whoever He
willed, hence there is no
one to degrade Him; And
He degrades whoever He
willed, hence there is no
one to give Him esteem.

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As-Sami

The All-Hearer

The Hearer, The One who

Hears all things that are
heard by His Eternal
Hearing without an ear,
instrument or organ.

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Al-Baseer

The All-Seeing

The All-Noticing, The One

who Sees all things that are
seen by His Eternal Seeing

without a pupil or any

other instrument.
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Al-Hakam

The Judge, He is the Ruler

The Impartial Judge and His judgment is His
Word.

Al-Adl

The Just, The One who is

The Embodiment of
entitled to do what He
Justice
does.

Al-Lateef

The Knower of
Subtleties

The Subtle One, The

Gracious, The One who is
kind to His slaves and
endows upon them.

Al-Khabeer

The All-Aware One

The One who knows the

truth of things.

Al-Haleem

The Forebearing, The One

who delays the punishment
The Clement One for those who deserve it
and then He might forgive
them.

Al-Azeem

The Great One, The

Mighty,
The
One
The Magnificent deserving the attributes of
One
Exaltment,
Glory,
Extolments, and Purity
from all imperfection.

Al-Ghafoor

The All-Forgiving, The

The Great Forgiver Forgiving, The One who
forgives a lot.

Ash-Shakoor

The
Grateful,
The
The Acknowledging Appreciative, The One
One
who gives a lot of reward
for a little obedience.

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Al-Aliyy

Al-Kabeer

The Highest, The One who

The Sublime One is clear from the attributes
of the creatures.
The Great One

The Greatest, The Great,

The One who is greater
than everything in status.

Al-Hafiz

The
Preserver,
The
Protector, The One who
The Guarding One protects whatever and
whoever He willed to
protect.

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Al-Muqeet

The
Maintainer,
The
The Sustaining One Guardian, The Feeder, The
One who has the Power.

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Al-Haseeb

The Reckoning One

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The Reckoner, The One

who gives the satisfaction.

Al-Jaleel

The Sublime One, The

Beneficent, The One who
The Majestic One is attributed with greatness
of Power and Glory of
status.

Al-Kareem

The Generous One, The

Gracious, The One who is
The Bountiful One
attributed with greatness of
Power and Glory of status.

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Ar-Raqeeb

The Watcher, The One that

nothing is absent from
The Watchful One Him. Hence its meaning is
related to the attribute of
Knowledge.

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Al-Mujeeb

The Responding The Responsive, The

One
Hearkener, The One who

answers the one in need if

he asks Him and rescues
the learner if he calls upon
Him.
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Al-Waasi

Al-Hakeem

The Vast, The

The All-Pervading
Embracing,
One
Knowledgeable.
The Wise One

AllThe

The Wise, The Judge of

Judges, The One who is
correct in His doings.

Al-Wadud

The One who loves His

believing slaves and His
believing slaves love Him.
The Loving One
His love to His slaves is
His Will to be merciful to
them and praise them

Al-Majeed

The Most Glorious One,

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

Al-Baith

The Resurrector, The

Raiser (from death), The
The Infuser of New
One who resurrects His
Life
slaves after death for
reward and/or punishment.

Ash-Shaheed

The Witness, The One who

The All Observing
nothing is absent from
Witness
Him.

Al-Haqq

The Embodiment of The Truth, The True, The

Truth
One who truly exists.

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Al-Wakeel

Al-Qawwiyy

The Universal
Trustee

The Trustee, The One who

gives the satisfaction and is
relied upon.

The Strong One

The Strongest, The Strong,

The One with the complete
Power

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Al-Mateen

The Firm One

The One with extreme

Power which is uninterrupted and He does
not get tired.

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Al-Waliyy

The Protecting
Associate

The Protecting Friend, The

Supporter.

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Al-Hameed

The Praiseworthy, The

The Sole-Laudable
praised One who deserves
One
to be praised.

Al-Muhsee

The
Counter,
The
The AllReckoner, The One who
Enumerating One the count of things are
known to him.

Al-Mubdi

The Originator

The One who started the

human being. That is, He
created him.

The Restorer

The Reproducer, The One

who brings back the
creatures after death

Al-Mueed

Al-Muhyi

The Restorer, The Giver of

Life, The One who took
The Maintainer of out a living human from
semen that does not have a
life
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.
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Al-Mumeet

Al-Hayy

The Inflictor of
Death

The Creator of Death, The

Destroyer, The One who
renders the living dead.

The Eternally
Living One

The Alive, The One

attributed with a life that is
unlike our life and is not
that of a combination of
soul, flesh or blood.

Al-Qayyoom

The Self-Subsisting The One who remains and

One
does not end.

Al-Waajid

The Perceiver, The Finder,

The Pointing One The Rich who is never
poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.

Al-Maajid

The All-Noble One

The Glorious, He who is

Most Glorious.

Al-Waahid

The Only One

The Unique, The One, The

One without a partner

Al-Ahad

The Sole One

The One

The Supreme
Provider

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

As-Samad

Al-Qaadir

The Able, The Capable,

The Omnipotent
The One attributed with
One
Power.

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Al-Muqtadir

The
Powerful,
Dominant, The One
The All
the perfect Power
Authoritative One
nothing is withheld
Him.

The
with
that
from

Al-Muqaddim

The
Expediter,
The
Promoter, The One who
puts things in their right
The Expediting One
places. He makes ahead
what He wills and delays
what He wills.

Al-Muakhkhir

The Delayer, the Retarder,

The One who puts things in
The Procrastinator their right places. He
makes ahead what He wills
and delays what He wills.

Al-Awwal

The Very First

The First, The One whose

Existence is without a
beginning.

Al-Akhir

The Last, The One whose

The Infinite Last
Existence is without an
One
end.
The Manifest, The One
that nothing is above Him
and nothing is underneath
Him, hence He exists
without a place. He, The
Exalted, His Existence is
obvious by proofs and He
is clear from the delusions
of attributes of bodies.

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Az-Zaahir

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Al-Baatin

The Perceptible

The Imperceptible The Hidden, The One that

nothing is above Him and

nothing is underneath Him,

hence He exists without a
place. He, The Exalted, His
Existence is obvious by
proofs and He is clear from
the delusions of attributes
of bodies.
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Al-Waali

Al-Mutaali

The Governor, The One

The Holder of
who owns things and
Supreme Authority
manages them.
The Extremely
Exalted One

The Most Exalted, The

High Exalted, The One
who is clear from the
attributes of the creation.

Al-Barr

The Source of All

Goodness, The Righteous,
The One who is kind to His
creatures, who covered
The Fountain-Head
them with His sustenance
of Truth
and specified whoever He
willed among them by His
support, protection, and
special mercy.

At-Tawwaab

The Relenting, The One

who grants repentance to
The Ever-Acceptor
whoever He willed among
of Repentance
His creatures and accepts
his repentance.

Al-Muntaqim

The Avenger, The One

who victoriously prevails
over His enemies and
punishes them for their

The Retaliator

sins. It may mean the One

who destroys them.
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Al-Afuww

Ar-Raoof

Maalik-ul-Mulk

The Supreme
Pardoner

The Forgiver, The One

with wide forgiveness.

The Compassionate, The

One with extreme Mercy.
The Mercy of Allah is His
The Benign One
will to endow upon
whoever He willed among
His creatures.
The Eternal
Possessor of
Sovereignty

The One who controls the

Dominion
and
gives
dominion to whoever He
willed.

The Lord of Majesty and

Zul-Jalaali-wal- The Possessor of Bounty, The One who
Ikram
Majesty and Honour deserves to be Exalted and
not denied.

Al-Muqsit

Al-Jaami

The Just One

The Equitable, The One

who is Just in His
judgment.

The Gatherer, The One

who gathers the creatures
The Assembler of
on a day that there is no
Scattered Creations
doubt about, that is the Day
of Judgment.

Al-Ghaniyy

The Self-Sufficient The One who does not

One
need the creation.

Al-Mughni

The Enricher, The One

The Bestower of
who
satisfies
the
Sufficiency
necessities of the creatures.

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Al-Maani

Ad-Daarr

The Preventer

The Withholder.

The Distressor

The One who makes harm

reach to whoever He willed
and benefit to whoever He
willed.

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An-Naafi

The Propitious, The One

who makes harm reach to
The Bestower of
whoever He willed and
Benefits
benefit to whoever He
willed.

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An-Noor

The Prime Light

The Light, The One who

guides.

Al-Haadi

The Provider of
Guidance

The Guide, The One whom

with His Guidance His
believers were guided, and
with His Guidance the
living beings have been
guided to what is beneficial
for them and protected
from what is harmful to
them.

Al-Badi

The Incomparable, The

One who created the
The Unique One creation and formed it
without any preceding
example.
The Everlasting, The One
The Ever Surviving that the state of nonOne
existence is impossible for
Him.

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Al-Baaqi

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Al-Waaris

The Eternal
Inheritor

The Heir, The One whose

Existence remains.

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Ar-Rasheed

As-Saboor

The Guide to the Right

The Guide to Path
Path, The One who
of Rectitude
guides.
The Patient, The One who
The Extensively
does not quickly punish
Enduring One
the sinners.

Fee Amanillah