TALLAH
"He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, The Fashioner, to Him belong
the most beautiful names: whatever is
in the heavens and on
earth, do declare His praises and glory. And He is the Exalted in Might,
The Wise.
(Quran 59:24)
"The most beautiful names belong to God: so call on Him by them;..." (7:180)
It is not possible to
perfectly translate the names and attributes of Allah from their original
Arabic into
English. However, here
are some fairly close explanations.
^= letter ain of arabic '= letter hamza of arabic
1.Allah
Allah, He who has the Godhood which is the power to create the entities.
2.Ar-Rahmaan
The Compassionate, The Beneficient, The One who has plenty of mercy for
the believers and
the blasphemers in this world and especially for the believers in the hereafter.
3.Ar-Raheem
The Merciful, The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers.
4.Al-Malik
The King, The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One
Whose Dominion is
clear from imperfection.
5.Al-Quddoos
The Holy, The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children
and adversaries.
6.As-Salaam
The Source of Peace, The One who is free from every imperfection.
7.Al-Mu'min
Guardian 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.
8.Al-Muhaimin
The Protector, The One who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures.
9.Al-^Azeez
The Mighty, The Strong, The Defeater who is not defeated.
10.Al-Jabbaar
The Compeller, The One that nothing happens in His Dominion except that
which He willed.
11.Al-Mutakabbir
The Majestic, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures
and from resembling
them.
12.Al-Khaaliq
The Creator, The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence.
13.Al-Bari'
The Evolver, The Maker, The Creator who has the Power to turn the entities.
14.Al-Musawwir
The Fashioner, The One who forms His creatures in different pictures.
15.Al-Ghaffaar
The Great Forgiver, The Forgiver, The One who forgives the sins of His
slaves time and time
again.
16.Al-Qahhaar
The Subduer, The Dominant, The One who has the perfect Power and is not
unable over
anything.
17.Al-Wahhaab
The Bestower, The One who is Generous in giving plenty without any return.
He is everything
that benefits whether Halal or Haram.
18.Al-Razzaaq
The Sustainer, The Provider.
19.Al-Fattaah
The Opener, The Reliever, The Judge, The One who opens for His slaves the
closed worldy and
religious matters.
20.Al-^Aleem
The All-knowing, The Knowledgeable; The One nothing is absent from His
knowledge.
21.Al-Qaabid
The Constricter, The Retainer, The Withholder, The One who constricts the
sustenance by His
wisdomand expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.
22.Al-Baasit
The Expander, The Englarger, The One who constricts the sustenance by His
wisdomand
expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.
23.Al-Khaafid
The Abaser, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction and
raises whoever He
willed by His Endowment.
24.Ar-Raafi^
The Exalter, The Elevator, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His
Destruction and raises
whoever He willed by His Endowment.
25.Al-Mu^iz
The Honorer, 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.
26.Al-Muthil
The Dishonorer, 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.
27.As-Samee^
The All-Hearing, The Hearer, The One who Hears all things that are heard
by His Eternal Hearing
without an ear, instrument or organ.
28.Al-Baseer
The All-Seeing, The One who Sees all things that are seen by His Eternal
Seeing without a pupil
or any other instrument.
29.Al-Hakam
The Judge, He is the Ruler and His judgment is His Word.
30.Al-^Adl
The Just, The One who is entitled to do what He does.
31.Al-Lateef
The Subtle One, The Gracious, The One who is kind to His slaves and endows
upon them.
32.Al-Khabeer
The Aware, The One who knows the truth of things.
33.Al-Haleem
The Forebearing, The Clement, The One who delays the punishment for those
who deserve it
and then He might forgive them.
34.Al-^Azeem
The Great One, The Mighty, The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment,
Glory,
Extolement,and Purity from all imperfection.
35.Al-Ghafoor
The All-Forgiving, The Forgiving, The One who forgives a lot.
36.Ash-Shakoor
The Grateful, The Appreciative, The One who gives a lot of reward for a
little obedience.
37.Al-^Aliyy
The Most High, The Sublime, The One who is clear from the attributes of
the creatures.
38.Al-Kabeer
The Most Great, The Great, The One who is greater than everything in status.
39.Al-Hafeez
The Preserver, The Protector, The One who protects whatever and whoever
He willed to
protect.
40.Al-Muqeet
The Maintainer, The Guardian, The Feeder, The Sustainer, The One who has
the Power.
41.Al-Haseeb
The Reckoner, The One who gives the satisfaction.
42.Aj-Jaleel
The Sublime One, The Beneficent, The One who is attributed with greatness
of Power and Glory
of status.
43.Al-Kareem
The Generous One, The Bountiful, The Gracious, The One who is attributed
with greatness of
Power and Glory of status.
44.Ar-Raqeeb
The Watcher, The Watchful, The One that nothing is absent from Him. Hence
it's meaning is
related to the attribute of Knowledge.
45.Al-Mujeeb
The Responsive, The Hearkener, The One who answers the one in need if he
asks Him and
rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him.
46.Al-Wasi^
The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Knowledgeable.
47.Al-Hakeem
The Wise, The Judge of Judges, The One who is correct in His doings.
48.Al-Wadood
The Loving, The One who loves His believing slaves and His believing slaves
love Him. His love to
His slaves is His Will to be merciful to them and praise them:Hence it's
meaning is related to the
attributes of the Will and Kalam (His attribute with which He orders and
forbids and spoke to
Muhammad and Musa -peace be upon them- . It is not a sound nor a language
nor a letter.).
49.Al-Majeed
The Most Glorious One, The Glorious, The One who is with perfect Power,
High Status,
Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.
50.Al-Ba^ith
The Reserrector, The Raiser (from death), The One who resurrects His slaves
after death for
reward and/or punishment.
51.Ash-Shaheed
The Witness, The One who nothing is absent from Him.
52.Al-Haqq
The Truth, The True, The One who truly exists.
53.Al-Wakeel
The Trustee, The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.
54.Al-Qawiyy
The Most Strong, The Strong, The One with the complete Power.
55.Al-Mateen
The Firm One, The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted and He
does not get tired.
56.Al-Waliyy
The Protecting Friend, The Supporter.
57.Al-Hameed
The Praiseworthy, The praised One who deserves to be praised.
58.Al-Muhsee
The Counter, The Reckoner, The One who the count of things are known to
him.
59.Al-Mubdi'
The Originator, The One who started the human being. That is, He created
him.
60.Al-Mu^eed
The Reproducer, The One who brings back the creatures after death.
61.Al-Muhyi
The Restorer, The Giver of Life, 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.
62.Al-Mumeet
The Creator of Death, The Destroyer, The One who renders the living dead.
63.Al-Hayy
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.
64.Al-Qayyoom
The Self-Subsisting, The One who remains and does not end.
65.Al-Waajid
The Perceiver, The Finder, The Rich who is never poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.
66.Al-Waahid
The Unique, The One, The One without a partner.
67.Al-Ahad
The One.
68.As-Samad
The Eternal, The Independent, The Master who is relied upon in matters
and reverted to in ones
needs.
69.Al-Qaadir
The Able, The Capable, The One attributed with Power.
70.Al-Muqtadir
The Powerful, The Dominant, The One with the perfect Power that nothing
is withheld from Him.
71.Al-Muqaddim
The Expediter, The Promoter, The One who puts things in their right places.
He makes ahead
what He wills and delays what He wills.
72.Al-Mu'akh-khir
The Delayer, the Retarder, The One who puts things in their right places.
He makes ahead what
He wills and delays what He wills.
73.Al-'Awwal
The First, The One whose Existence is without a beginning.
74.Al-'Akhir
The Last, The One whose Existence is without an end.
75.Az-Zaahir
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.
76.Al-Baatin
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.
77.Al-Walee
The Governor, The One who owns things and manages them.
78.Al-Muta^ali
The Most Exalted, The High Exalted, The One who is clear from the attributes
of the creation.
79.Al-Barr
The Source of All Goodness, The Righteous, 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.
80.At-Tawwaab
The Acceptor of Repentance, The Relenting, The One who grants repentance
to whoever He
willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance.
81.Al-Muntaqim
The Avenger, The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes
them for their
sins. It may mean the One who destroys them.
82.Al-^Afuww
The Pardoner, The Forgiver, The One with wide forgiveness.
83.Ar-Ra'uf
The Compassionate, The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His
will to endow upon
whoever He willed among His creatures.
84.Malik
Al-Mulk
The Eternal Owner of Sovereignty, The One who controls the Dominion and
gives dominion to
whoever He willed.
85.Thul-Jalali
wal-Ikram
The Lord of Majesty and Bounty, The One who deserves to be Exalted and
not denied.
86.Al-Muqsit
The Equitable, The One who is Just in His judgment.
87.Aj-Jaami^
The Gatherer, The One who gathers the creatures on a day that there is
no doubt about, that
is the Day of Judgment.
88.Al-Ghaniyy
The Self-Sufficient, The One who does not need the creation.
89.Al-Mughni
The Enricher, The One who satisfies the necessities of the creatures.
90.Al-Maani^
The Preventer, The Withholder.
91.Ad-Daarr
The Distresser, The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit
to whoever He
willed.
92.An-Nafi^
The Propitious, The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit
to whoever He
willed.
93.An-Noor
The Light, The One who guides.
94.Al-Haadi
The Guide, The One whom with His Guidance His belivers 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.
95.Al-Badi^
The Incomparable, The One who created the creation and formed it without
any preceding
example.
96.Al-Baaqi
The Everlasting, The One that the state of non-existence is impossible
for Him.
97.Al-Waarith
The Supreme Inheritor, The Heir, The One whose Existence remains.
98.Ar-Rasheed
The Guide to the Right Path, The One who guides.
99.As-Saboor
The Patient, The One who does not quickly punish the sinners.
"...There is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears
and sees (all things).
Qur'an [42:11]
(Arabic transliteration: Laysa Kamithlihi Shayun Wa Huwa As-Sami' ul-Basir)
NOTE:
I found many different
versions of the 99 names. The above 99 are on a poster I have. Another
list includes
Al-Mu'tiy - The Bestower,
The Giver and does not have Al-Ahad - The One. Another list did not have
Al-Razzaaq -The Sustainer,
The Provider but did have Al-Maajid The Noble, The One who is Majid.
Allah (subhanahu wa ta`ala)'s
names are not limited to 99, which is a common misconception. There are
a
couple of evidences,
one is the du`aa where one calls upon Allah by the names He (subhanahu
wa ta`ala)
has kept to Himself
(obviously not taking these names since Allah has not revealed them to
us); another is
the fact that in the
narrations of the famous ninety nine names hadith that do contain 99 names,
the names
are not consistent between
narrations (for example, imam al-bayhaqi reports two versions of this hadith,
with different 99 names
in each). It is suggested by one commentator that the names were not explicitly
stated by the rasul
(sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam).