99 names of ALLAH

Al-Asma-ul-Husna ( ﺍَﻻﺳْﻤَﺎﺀُ ﺍﻟْﺤُﺴﻨﺎﻯ ) The 99
Most Beautiful Names and Attributes of
Allah the Almighty
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the
Fashioner; to Him belong the best names.
Whatever is in the heavens and earth is
exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in
Might, the Wise.
Surat Al-Hashr 59:24
And to Allah belong the best names, so
invoke Him by them
Surat Al-A’raf 7:180
Allah – there is no deity except Him. To Him
belong the best names.
Surat Taha 20:8
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 – Book 50 Hadith 894
Abu Huraira reported Prophet Muhammad
SAW as saying: Verily, there are ninety-
nine names for Allah, i.e. hundred
excepting one. He who enumerates them
would get into Paradise. And Hammam has
made this addition on the authority of Abu
Huraira who reported it from Prophet
Muhammad SAW that he said: “He is Odd
(one) and loves odd number.”
Sahih Muslim – Book 35 Hadith 6476
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 definitions.
ﻫُﻮَ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪُ ﺍﻟَّﺬِﻱ ﻻ ﺇﻟَﻪَ ﺇﻟَّﺎ ﻫُﻮَ
He is Allah, there is none worthy of worship
except for Him
Name Transliteration Meaning Explanation
1 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺣْﻤَﻦُ Ar-Rahmaan The
Beneficent
He who wills
goodness and
mercy for all His
creatures
2 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺣِﻴﻢُ Ar-Raheem The Merciful He who acts with
extreme kindness
3 ﺍﻟْﻤَﻠِﻚُ Al-Malik The Eternal
Lord
The Sovereign
Lord, The One with
the complete
Dominion, the One
Whose Dominion is
clear from
imperfection
4 ﺍﻟْﻘُﺪُّﻭﺱُ Al-Quddus The Most
Sacred
The One who is pure
from any
imperfection and
clear from
children and
adversaries
5 ﺍﻟﺴَّﻼَﻡُ As-Salam The
Embodiment
of Peace
The One who is free
from every
imperfection.
6 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺆْﻣِﻦُ Al-Mu’min 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
7 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻬَﻴْﻤِﻦُ Al-Muhaymin The Preserver
of Safety
The One who
witnesses the
saying and deeds
of His creatures
8 ﺍﻟْﻌَﺰِﻳﺰُ Al-Aziz The Mighty
One
The Strong, The
Defeater who is not
defeated
9 ﺍﻟْﺠَﺒَّﺎﺭُ Al-Jabbar The
Omnipotent
One
The One that
nothing happens in
His Dominion
except that which
He willed
10 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺘَﻜَﺒِّﺮُ Al-Mutakabbir The Dominant
One
The One who is
clear from the
attributes of the
creatures and
from resembling
them.
11 ﺍﻟْﺨَﺎﻟِﻖُ Al-Khaaliq The Creator The One who brings
everything from
non-existence to
existence
12 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺎﺭِﺉُ Al-Baari The Evolver The Maker, The
Creator who has
the Power to turn
the entities.
13 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺼَﻮِّﺭُ Al-Musawwir The Flawless
Shaper
The One who forms
His creatures in
different pictures.
14 ﺍﻟْﻐَﻔَّﺎﺭُ Al-Ghaffaar The Great
Forgiver
The Forgiver, The
One who forgives
the sins of His
slaves time and
time again.
15 ﺍﻟْﻘَﻬَّﺎﺭُ Al-Qahhaar The All-
Prevailing One
The Dominant, The
One who has the
perfect Power and
is not unable over
anything.
16 ﺍﻟْﻮَﻫَّﺎﺏُ Al-Wahhab The Supreme
Bestower
The One who is
Generous in giving
plenty without any
return. He is
everything that
benefits whether
Halal or Haram.
17 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺯَّﺍﻕُ Ar-Razzaq The Total
Provider
The Sustainer, The
Provider.
18 ﺍﻟْﻔَﺘَّﺎﺡُ Al-Fattah The Supreme
Solver
The Opener, The
Reliever, The
Judge, The One who
opens for His
slaves the closed
worldly and
religious matters.
19 ﺍَﻟْﻌَﻠِﻴْﻢُ Al-Alim The All-
Knowing One
The
Knowledgeable;
The One nothing is
absent from His
knowledge
20 ﺍﻟْﻘَﺎﺑِﺾُ Al-Qaabid The
Restricting
One
The Constrictor,
The Withholder,
The One who
constricts the
sustenance by His
wisdom and
expands and
widens it with His
Generosity and
Mercy.
21 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺎﺳِﻂُ Al-Baasit The Extender The Englarger, The
One who constricts
the sustenance by
His wisdom and
expands and
widens it with His
Generosity and
Mercy.
22 ﺍﻟْﺨَﺎﻓِﺾُ Al-Khaafid The Reducer The Abaser, The
One who lowers
whoever He willed
by His Destruction
and raises whoever
He willed by His
Endowment.
23 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺍﻓِﻊُ Ar-Rafi The Elevating
One
The Exalter, The
Elevator, The One
who lowers whoever
He willed by His
Destruction and
raises whoever He
willed by His
Endowment.
24 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻌِﺰُّ Al-Mu’izz The
Honourer-
Bestower
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.
25 ﺍﻟﻤُﺬِﻝُّ Al-Muzil 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.
26 ﺍﻟﺴَّﻤِﻴﻊُ 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.
27 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺼِﻴﺮُ 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.
28 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻜَﻢُ Al-Hakam The Impartial
Judge
The Judge, He is
the Ruler and His
judgment is His
Word.
29 ﺍﻟْﻌَﺪْﻝُ Al-Adl The
Embodiment
of Justice
The Just, The One
who is entitled to
do what He does.
30 ﺍﻟﻠَّﻄِﻴﻒُ Al-Lateef The Knower of
Subtleties
The Subtle One, The
Gracious, The One
who is kind to His
slaves and endows
upon them.
31 ﺍﻟْﺨَﺒِﻴﺮُ Al-Khabeer The All-Aware
One
The One who knows
the truth of
things.
32 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻠِﻴﻢُ Al-Haleem The Clement
One
The Forebearing,
The One who delays
the punishment for
those who deserve
it and then He
might forgive
them.
33 ﺍﻟْﻌَﻈِﻴﻢُ Al-Azeem The
Magnificent
One
The Great One, The
Mighty, The One
deserving the
attributes of
Exaltment, Glory,
Extolement, and
Purity from all
imperfection.
34 ﺍﻟْﻐَﻔُﻮﺭُ Al-Ghafoor The Great
Forgiver
The All-Forgiving,
The Forgiving, The
One who forgives a
lot.
35 ﺍﻟﺸَّﻜُﻮﺭُ Ash-Shakoor The
Acknowledging
One
The Grateful, The
Appreciative, The
One who gives a lot
of reward for a
little obedience.
36 ﺍﻟْﻌَﻠِﻲُّ Al-Aliyy The Sublime
One
The Most High, The
One who is clear
from the
attributes of the
creatures.
37 ﺍﻟْﻜَﺒِﻴﺮُ Al-Kabeer The Great One The Most Great,
The Great, The One
who is greater than
everything in
status.
38 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻔِﻴﻆُ Al-Hafiz The Guarding
One
The Preserver, The
Protector, The One
who protects
whatever and
whoever He willed
to protect.
39 ﺍﻟﻤُﻘﻴِﺖ Al-Muqeet The Sustaining
One
The Maintainer,
The Guardian, The
Feeder, The One
who has the Power.
40 ﺍﻟْﺤﺴِﻴﺐُ Al-Haseeb The Reckoning
One
The Reckoner, The
One who gives the
satisfaction.
41 ﺍﻟْﺠَﻠِﻴﻞُ Al-Jaleel The Majestic
One
The Sublime One,
The Beneficent,
The One who is
attributed with
greatness of Power
and Glory of
status.
42 ﺍﻟْﻜَﺮِﻳﻢُ Al-Kareem The Bountiful
One
The Generous One,
The Gracious, The
One who is
attributed with
greatness of Power
and Glory of
status.
43 ﺍﻟﺮَّﻗِﻴﺐُ Ar-Raqeeb The Watchful
One
The Watcher, The
One that nothing is
absent from Him.
Hence it’s meaning
is related to the
attribute of
Knowledge.
44 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺠِﻴﺐُ Al-Mujeeb The
Responding
One
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.
45 ﺍﻟْﻮَﺍﺳِﻊُ Al-Waasi’ The All-
Pervading One
The Vast, The All-
Embracing, The
Knowledgeable.
46 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻜِﻴﻢُ Al-Hakeem The Wise One The Wise, The
Judge of Judges,
The One who is
correct in His
doings.
47 ﺍﻟْﻮَﺩُﻭﺩُ Al-Wadud The Loving One 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
48 ﺍﻟْﻤَﺠِﻴﺪُ Al-Majeed The Glorious
One
The Most Glorious
One, The One who is
with perfect Power,
High Status,
Compassion,
Generosity and
Kindness.
49 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺎﻋِﺚُ Al-Ba’ith The Infuser
of New Life
The Resurrector,
The Raiser (from
death), The One
who resurrects His
slaves after death
for reward and/or
punishment.
50 ﺍﻟﺸَّﻬِﻴﺪُ Ash-Shaheed The All
Observing
Witness
The Witness, The
One who nothing is
absent from Him.
51 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻖُّ Al-Haqq The
Embodiment
of Truth
The Truth, The
True, The One who
truly exists.
52 ﺍﻟْﻮَﻛِﻴﻞُ Al-Wakeel The Universal
Trustee
The Trustee, The
One who gives the
satisfaction and is
relied upon.
53 ﺍﻟْﻘَﻮِﻱُّ Al-Qawwiyy The Strong
One
The Most Strong,
The Strong, The
One with the
complete Power
54 ﺍﻟْﻤَﺘِﻴﻦُ Al-Mateen The Firm One The One with
extreme Power
which is un-
interrupted and
He does not get
tired.
55 ﺍﻟْﻮَﻟِﻲُّ Al-Waliyy The Protecting
Associate
The Protecting
Friend, The
Supporter.
56 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻤِﻴﺪُ Al-Hameed The Sole-
Laudable One
The Praiseworthy,
The praised One
who deserves to be
praised.
57 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺤْﺼِﻲ Al-Muhsee The All-
Enumerating
One
The Counter, The
Reckoner, The One
who the count of
things are known
to him.
58 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺒْﺪِﺉُ Al-Mubdi The Originator The One who
started the human
being. That is, He
created him.
59 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻌِﻴﺪُ Al-Mueed The Restorer The Reproducer,
The One who brings
back the creatures
after death
60 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺤْﻴِﻲ Al-Muhyi The
Maintainer of
life
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.
61 ﺍَﻟْﻤُﻤِﻴﺖُ Al-Mumeet The Inflictor
of Death
The Creator of
Death, The
Destroyer, The One
who renders the
living dead.
62 ﺍﻟْﺤَﻲُّ Al-Hayy 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.
63 ﺍﻟْﻘَﻴُّﻮﻡُ Al-Qayyoom The Self-
Subsisting One
The One who
remains and does
not end.
64 ﺍﻟْﻮَﺍﺟِﺪُ Al-Waajid The Pointing
One
The Perceiver, The
Finder, The Rich
who is never poor.
Al-Wajd is
Richness.
65 ﺍﻟْﻤَﺎﺟِﺪُ Al-Maajid The All-Noble
One
The Glorious, He
who is Most
Glorious.
66 ﺍﻟْﻮﺍﺣِﺪُ Al-Waahid The Only One The Unique, The
One, The One
without a partner
67 ﺍَﻻَﺣَﺪُ Al-Ahad The Sole One The One
68 ﺍﻟﺼَّﻤَﺪُ As-Samad The Supreme
Provider
The Eternal, The
Independent, The
Master who is
relied upon in
matters and
reverted to in ones
needs.
69 ﺍﻟْﻘَﺎﺩِﺭُ Al-Qaadir The
Omnipotent
One
The Able, The
Capable, The One
attributed with
Power.
70 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻘْﺘَﺪِﺭُ Al-Muqtadir The All
Authoritative
One
The Powerful, The
Dominant, The One
with the perfect
Power that nothing
is withheld from
Him.
71 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻘَﺪِّﻡُ Al-Muqaddim The Expediting
One
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 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺆَﺧِّﺮُ Al-Mu’akhkhir The
Procrastinator
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 ﺍﻷﻭَّﻝُ Al-Awwal The Very First The First, The One
whose Existence is
without a
beginning.
74 ﺍﻵﺧِﺮُ Al-Akhir The Infinite
Last One
The Last, The One
whose Existence is
without an end.
75 ﺍﻟﻈَّﺎﻫِﺮُ Az-Zaahir The
Perceptible
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 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺎﻃِﻦُ Al-Baatin 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.
77 ﺍﻟْﻮَﺍﻟِﻲ Al-Waali The Holder of
Supreme
Authority
The Governor, The
One who owns
things and
manages them.
78 ﺍﻟْﻤُﺘَﻌَﺎﻟِﻲ Al-Muta’ali The Extremely
Exalted One
The Most Exalted,
The High Exalted,
The One who is
clear from the
attributes of the
creation.
79 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺮُّ Al-Barr The Fountain-
Head of Truth
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 ﺍﻟﺘَّﻮَﺍﺏُ At-Tawwaab The Ever-
Acceptor of
Repentance
The Relenting, The
One who grants
repentance to
whoever He willed
among His
creatures and
accepts his
repentance.
81 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻨْﺘَﻘِﻢُ Al-Muntaqim The Retaliator 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 ﺍﻟﻌَﻔُﻮُّ Al-Afuww The Supreme
Pardoner
The Forgiver, The
One with wide
forgiveness.
83 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺅُﻭﻑُ Ar-Ra’oof The Benign
One
The
Compassionate,
The One with
extreme Mercy. The
Mercy of Allah is
His will to endow
upon whoever He
willed among His
creatures.
84 ﻣَﺎﻟِﻚُ ﺍﻟْﻤُﻠْﻚِ Maalik-ul-Mulk The Eternal
Possessor of
Sovereignty
The One who
controls the
Dominion and gives
dominion to
whoever He willed.
85 ﺫُﻭﺍﻟْﺠَﻼَﻝِ ﻭَﺍﻹﻛْﺮَﺍﻡِ Zul-Jalaali-wal-Ikram The Possessor
of Majesty
and Honour
The Lord of
Majesty and
Bounty, The One
who deserves to be
Exalted and not
denied.
86 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻘْﺴِﻂُ Al-Muqsit The Just One The Equitable, The
One who is Just in
His judgment.
87 ﺍﻟْﺠَﺎﻣِﻊُ Al-Jaami’ The Assembler
of Scattered
Creations
The Gatherer, The
One who gathers
the creatures on a
day that there is
no doubt about,
that is the Day of
Judgment.
88 ﺍﻟْﻐَﻨِﻲُّ Al-Ghaniyy The Self-
Sufficient One
The One who does
not need the
creation.
89 ﺍﻟْﻤُﻐْﻨِﻲ Al-Mughni The Bestower
of Sufficiency
The Enricher, The
One who satisfies
the necessities of
the creatures.
90 ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺎﻧِﻊُ Al-Maani’ The Preventer The Withholder.
91 ﺍﻟﻀَّﺎﺭَّ Ad-Daarr The Distressor The One who makes
harm reach to
whoever He willed
and benefit to
whoever He willed.
92 ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﻓِﻊُ An-Naafi’ The Bestower
of Benefits
The Propitious, The
One who makes
harm reach to
whoever He willed
and benefit to
whoever He willed.
93 ﺍﻟﻨُّﻮﺭُ An-Noor The Prime
Light
The Light, The One
who guides.
94 ﺍﻟْﻬَﺎﺩِﻱ 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.
95 ﺍﻟْﺒَﺪِﻳﻊُ Al-Badi’ The Unique
One
The Incomparable,
The One who
created the
creation and
formed it without
any preceding
example.
96 ﺍَﻟْﺒَﺎﻗِﻲ Al-Baaqi The Ever
Surviving One
The Everlasting,
The One that the
state of non-
existence is
impossible for Him.
97 ﺍﻟْﻮَﺍﺭِﺙُ Al-Waaris The Eternal
Inheritor
The Heir, The One
whose Existence
remains.
98 ﺍﻟﺮَّﺷِﻴﺪُ Ar-Rasheed The Guide to
Path of
Rectitude
The Guide to the
Right Path, The
One who guides.
99 ﺍﻟﺼَّﺒُﻮﺭُ As-Saboor The
Extensively
Enduring One
The Patient, The
One who does not
quickly punish the
sinners