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Ar-Rahmaan (The Most Merciful): Allah is always Generous and

Kind to His servants. Everything we have- our health, wealth, spare
time, family etc.- is all from Allah. Ar-Rahmaan is the one who
shows Mercy to everyone whether or not they deserve it, such as the
unbelievers. Allah is Ar-Rahmaan in this world.

1. The Most
Merciful

Ar-Raheem (The Most Kind): Ar-Raheem is the One who shows

special Mercy to those who deserve it, such as the believers. Allah
is Ar-Raheem in the Hereafter.

2. The Most

Kind

AI-Malik (The True King): Allah is the King of Kings (Malikul

Amlaak) in this world and the only King of the Day of Judgment as
He alone will have the Power to rule on that Day. In the first Surah
of the Qur'an, Allah is described as "Master of the Day of Judg
ment" (Maaliki Yawmid Deen) and in the last Surah, He is described
as "King of Mankind" (Malikin Naas). Whereas other kings rule
specific territories, Allah has absolute control over everything.

AI-Quddoos (The Holy): Allah is free from error and He never

does anything wrong. He is absolutely Perfect and we must praise
Him.

3. The True

King

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4. The Holy

As-Salaam (The Source of Peace): Everyone wants peace but

Allah is the Source of all peace as He gives us peace. Islam means
peace and if we follow it, we will get real peace. We greet each
other with peace (Salaam). Our ultimate aim is to reach Paradise,
which is called the Abode of Peace (Daarus Salaam) in the
Qur'an.

5. The Source
of Peace

Al-Mu'min (The Giver of Faith): Allah places Faith (Iman) in the

hearts of His servants who believe in Him. He protects those who
turn to Him. Allah is the One who gives peace.

6. The Giver
of Faith

AI-Muhaymin (The Protector): Allah watches over and protects

all things.

7. The
Protector

Al-'Azeez (The Almighty):

match or beat Allah's Power.

Allah is Most Strong. No one can

8. The
Almighty

AI-Jabbaar (The Compeller): Allah repairs all broken things. He

finishes things which are incomplete. Allah has the ability to make
people do as He wants them to and no one can stop Him.

9. The

Compeller

AI-Mutakabbir (The Majestic): Allah shows His Greatness in all

things and in all ways.

10. The
Majestic

Al-Khaaliq (The Creator): Allah created everything from nothing.

Allah knows what will happen to all the things made by Him.

11. The

Creator

Al-Baari (The Maker): Allah creates all things in exactly the size,
shape and weight He wants.

12. The Maker

Al-Musawwir (The Fashioner): Allah designs all things as He

pleases.

13. The
Fashioner

Al-Ghaffar (The All-Forgiving): Allah is All-Forgiving. Allah

loves to forgive those who have done wrong and ask His forgiveness.

14. The All

Forgiving

AI-Qahhaar (The Powerful):

Power over everything.

Allah is the only One who has

15. The
Powerful '

Al-Wahhab (The Great Giver): Allah blesses us with goodness.

Everything we have is a 'gift' from Allah, which He freely gave to
us.

16. The Great

Giver

Ar-Razzaaq (The Provider): Allah provides us with all that we

need. He gives us things that will be of use to us. . Allah has cre
ated enough resources and means to feed all creatures on earth so
that they can continue living.

17. The
Provider

AI-Fattaah (The Opener): Allah opens the solution to all prob

lems, especially when we think that there is no way out. Allah gets
rid of the things, which are difficult or harmful for us, and makes
things easy for us.
18. The Opener

AI-'Aleem (The All-Knowing): Allah knows everything, even the

things we keep secret from others.

19. The AlI

Knowing

AI-Qaabid (The Withholder): Allah is the One who withholds or

holds back sustenance, wealth etc. from His servants when He
chooses to do so.

20. The
Witholder

Al-Baasit (The Expander): Allah is the One who gives and extends
sustenance to His creation.

21.The
Expander

AI-Khaafid (The Abaser): Allah is the One who brings down

whom He wishes by making them low, mainly because of their bad
deeds.

22. The
Abaser

Ar-Raafi' (The Exalter): Allah is the One who raises or exalts the
position and status of whomever He wishes.

23. The
Exalter

AI-Mu'izz (The Honourer): Allah is the One who honours and

gives might and power to whomever He wishes.

23. The
Honourer

AI-Mudhill (The Dishonourer): Allah is the One who makes low

and disgraces whom He wishes, especially for their bad actions.

24. The
Dishonourer

As-Samee' (The All-Hearing): Allah hears everything and nothing

is kept a secret from Him. When there is no one else who will listen
to us, Allah is always there for us. As He hears all, He will also
answer their prayers.

26.TheAIl
Hearing

AI-Baseer (The All-Seeing): Allah sees everything. When we

think we are alone, Allah is in fact watching our every move. Noth
ing is kept a secret from Him.

27. The All See-

AI-Hakam (The Judge): Allah judges us and we will be rewarded

or punished according to our actions.

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28. The Judge

Al-' Adl (The Just): Allah is Just and Fair in all matters. He
does not oppress anyone. He will judge us in a just way with
His Mercy and Forgiveness.

29. The Just

30 AI-Lateef (The Gentle One): Allah is Kind and Gentle. He

makes rules for us for our own good and not to cause us hardship.

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30. The Gentle

One

Al-Khabeer (The All-Aware): Allah has Knowledge of the most

secret parts of anything and nothing is unknown or a mystery to
Allah. He is Aware of everything, even what is in people's minds!

31. The All

Aware

AI-Haleem (The Forbearing): Allah overlooks our sins and does not
rush to punish us for these. Instead He gives us many opportunities to
turn back to Him and ask forgiveness of our sins. When someone an
gers us, we rush to respond back, but Allah does not do this.

32. The
Forebearing

AI-'Azeem (The Most Great): Allah is Most Great and everything

He has created is made perfectly. When we bow down in prayers
(Ruku '), we say: "Glory be to Allah the Most Great" (Subhaana
RabbiyaZ 'Azeem).

33. The Most

Great

AI-Ghafoor (The Most Forgiving):

Allah forgives all sins, no

matter how big or small they are. He loves people who tum to Him

and He is ready to forgive everyone for anything that they have

done. The only sin Allah does not forgive is Shirk (associating
partners with Allah).

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34. The Most

Forgiving

Ash-Shakoor (The Most Appreciative): Allah is Grateful and

gives rewards for good deeds done for His Pleasure. Whatever
good we do is for our own good and it does not benefit Allah at all
in the least.

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35. The Most

Appreciative

Al-'Aliyy (The Most High): Allah is the Most High. Every time
we are in prostration (Sujud) in our prayers, we are closest to Allah,
and we say: "Glory be to Allah the Most High" (Subhaana Rabbiyaf
A 'faa). This is done twice in every Rak'ah of the prayers. Nothing
is greater than Allah!

36. The Most

High

AI-Kabeer (The Great One): Allah is the Great One as no one is

greater than Him. No one can match Him in His Knowledge and
Actions. Everything He created is perfect. In every movement of
our prayers and in our Adhan, we proclaim the greatness of our
37. The Great
Creator by saying: "Allah is the Greatest!" (Allaahu Akbar).

One

AI-Hafeez (The Preserver): Allah is All-Powerful and He has

the Power to protect and preserve anything He wishes. If we truly
believe and trust in Him, He will protect and safeguard us from
any harm, whether from humans or Jinns. So we must always
seek His Protection and ask help from Him.

AI-Muqeet (The Maintainer): Allah provides us with what we

need. Everything we have is from Allah. Since Allah created every
thing and everyone, He creates the facilities to maintain His crea
tion. For example, Allah gives us light and warmth from the sun
and fresh air to breathe so that we can continue living.

. AI-Haseeb (The Sufficient): The Quran teaches us that "Allah

is enough for us" (Hasbunallaah) and we don't need to tum to
anyone else. Allah knows in detail the things we do throughout
our lives. He will measure all our actions and ask us to account
for these on the Day of Judgement.

38. Preserver

39. The
Maintainer

40. The
Sufficient

AI-Jaleel (The Exalted): Allah has no partner or equal to Him

self. All that He does is Perfect and Most Great. We often say
after mentioning the name of Allah "May He be exalted!" (Jalla
Jalaaluhoo).

41. The Exalted

AI-Kareem (The Most Generous): Allah is Most Generous in

what He gives to us. He does not care how much He gives and to
whom He gives. Allah forgives all sinners even though He is
capable of punishing whom He wills. Allah listens and answers
42. The Most
the prayers when we call on Him and He continues to give
Generous
generously, even without being asked.

Ar-Raqeeb (The Watchful): Allah Watches and Sees all things

and nothing escapes Him. Allah never gets tired and He knows
the unseen in the Heavens and on earth. Allah knows what we
are thinking too.

AI-Mujeeb (The One Who Responds): Allah says in the Qur'an:

"Call on Me and 1 will answer you" (40:60). Allah answers our
prayers out of His Loving Kindness. Allah drives away bad and
evil from us, as we do not know what is good for us. Allah answers
our Du'as even before they are said.

43. The
Watchful

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44. The One

who Responds

AI-Waasi' (The Vast): Allah's Knowledge is Vast and He is

Aware of everything that He has created. Allah is Vast in His For
giveness and will even forgive someone who has committed many
SInS.

45. The Vast

AI-Hakeem (The All-Wise): Allah's Knowledge and Power is Per

manent and will never decrease or escape Him. None can match His
Wisdom and Knowledge. Allah created everything for a purpose
and there is always great wisdom behind everything He does and
everything He has asked us to do. But because of our limited
knowledge, we cannot always understand this.

AI-Wadood (The All-Loving): Allah loves those who believe and

do good deeds. We cannot measure Allah's InfInite Love for His
creation. He loves and cares for us many times more than a mother
who cares for her young children .. Allah loves His creation greatly
by giving them knowledge of Him. His love for those who do
wrong is through forgiveness and Allah's love for all creation is
seen through the things that He has given to us, whether or not we
are grateful to Him.

46. The AII

Wise

47. The AII

Loving

AI-Majeed (The Most Glorious): Allah is absolutely Perfect in

Glory and Honour. He is Most High in Rank. His actions are full of
Goodness and whatever He gives, is given Openly.

48. The Most

Glorious

AI-Baa'ith (The Resurrector): Allah will raise us back to life

after our death on the Day of Judgment. He will then judge every
body and reward or punish them for their good or bad deeds.

49. The
Resurrector

Ash-Shaheed (The Witness): Allah is Witness to all things as He

is Present and notices everything. Nothing escapes His knowledge
as He knows the past, present and future. He was always there and
will always be there.

50. The Witness

AI-Haqq (The Absolute Truth): Allah is the only Truth for ever
and ever. The words we speak can either be true or false. The
most truthful of words are "There is no god but Allah" (Laa Ilaaha
fllallaah) and the most truthful of books is the Holy Qur'an as eve
rything in it is true without any doubt.

51. The

Absolute
Truth

AI-Wakeel (The Guardian): Allah helps and protects us in all

our affairs. He alone can be trusted with everything because it is
Allah who provides us with all that we need. The Qur'an says that
"Allah is the Guardian (AI-Wakeel) of all things" (39:62). He
protects all those who turn to Him and He satisfies us with His
gifts. We can ask different people to help us with different things,
but Allah alone can help us with everything in our lives.

AI-Qawiyy (The Strong): Allah is most Capable, Powerful and

Strong. He never becomes weak and nothing affects Him or makes
Him tired. We will never be able to imagine how strong Allah
really is.

52. The
Guardian

53. The Strong

AI-Mateen (The Firm): Allah is Firm in His actions and whatever

He decrees for His creation can never be changed by anyone. No

one can change His actions nor stop something from happening.
Allah is Perfect and His true Powers are unknown to us.

54. The Sure

AI-Waliyy (The Protecting Friend): Allah loves and protects His

believing servants who put their trust in Him. The Qur'an says that
"Allah is the Protecting Friend (AI-Waliyy) ofthose who believe and
He takes them out from darkness into Light" (2:257). Aliah is the
One who protects and keeps us safe from harm by guarding and
covering us.

55. The
Protecting
Friend

AI-Hameed (The Praiseworthy): Allah deserves to be praised

for everything He has done for us and He begins the Qur'an with
the words "All Praise be to Allah, Lord ofthe Worlds" (Alhamdu
Lillaahi Rabbi! 'Aalameen). We will not be able to count the nu
merous blessings of Allah upon us. Everything in Allah's creation 56. Praiseworthy
praises and glorifies Him. We should praise Allah at all times and

in all conditions. If we are grateful to Allah, He will give us more,

and if we are ungrateful then He will withdraw His blessings from

us or punish us.

AI-Muhsee (The Reckoner): Allah has count of everything in His

creation, as He never forgets what He has created. He knows what
He has created, how many He has created, where they are, what
they are doing and even what they are thinking! Allah also records
all our deeds, which do not go unnoticed by Him, and these will be
presented to us on the Day of Judgment. Those who get records of
their good deeds in their Right Hand will be living happily in Para
dise and those who get the records of their bad deeds in their Left
Hand will be punished in the Hell-fire.

57. The
Reckoner

AI-Mubdi' (The Originator): Allah created everything in the first

place without any model or sample to imitate. When there was ab
solutely nothing, Allah caused everything to come into existence for
the first time.

58. The
Originator

AI-Mu'eed (The Restorer): Allah Ta'ala not only created everything,

but He also restores His creation after they die or fade away. He con
tinues to create and recreate things so that the world continues to exist.
For example, He creates new plants and trees to produce new fruits.
Allah will also restore everyone back to life again after their death on
the Day of Judgment.

AI-Muhyee (The Giver of Life): When we were dead and not in existence,
Allah gave us life. This enables us to live in this world and He provided us eve
rything that we need to live such as air to breathe, the sun to give us heat and
light and water to drink. In the same way, Allah gave life to all His creation.
The Qur'an says that "Allah gives life to this earth after its death" (57:17).
When in Winter, the leaves fall off trees and there does not seem to be any life
left in the trees, Allah gives life again to the trees in Spring to produce new
leaves and fresh fruit. When our souls become 'dead', Allah gives new life to it
through His Guidance. Allah will also cause us to live again after our death in
the Hereafter.

59. The
Restorer

60. The Giver

of Life

AI-Mumeet (The Giver of Death): Allah Ta'ala, who gave us and

the whole creation 'life' in the first place, will also cause us to die
again and everything else will perish. The Qur'an says that "every
soul shall taste death" (3:185) and that "wherever you are, death
will overtake you (4:78). Everyone agrees that death is certain but
no one knows when and where they will die. So we have to be
'prepared' for death all the time.
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61. The Giver

of Death

AI-Hayy (The Ever-Living): Allah Ta'a1a was always there and

will always be there. He lives for ever and will never die. If Allah
were to die, then there will be no one to take control of the universe
and everything will be destroyed. Someone who is born must die.
Since Allah Ta'ala was never born, He will remain 'alive' for ever
and ever.

62. The Ever

Living

AI-Qayyoom (The Self-Existing): AI-Qayyoom is the One who

exists by Himself without being dependent on anyone else and He
will remain forever. Everything else in creation depends on Allah
for their existence, as they cannot exist by themselves. Allah
Ta'ala is the One who maintains the universe and all forms of life
in it.

63. The Self

Existing

AI-Waajid (The Finder): We don't always get what we want as

not everything is within our power or knowledge. But Allah Ta' ala
always Finds whatever He wishes and whenever He desires it.
When Allah wants to create something, He just says to it 'Be!' and
it becomes. AI-Wajid also means the One who brings everything
into existence. Nothing would exist if Allah Ta'ala did not bring it
into existence in the first place.

AI-Maajid (The All-Glorious): Allah Ta'ala is the All-Glorious and

the Most High. He is the Most Noble and Generous and this entitles
Him to be Glorified and Praised. That's why the Qur'an begins with
the words: "All praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds" (Alhamdu
Lillaahi Rabbi! 'Aalameen).

64. The Finder

65. The All

Glorious

AI-Waahid (The One): Allah Ta'ala is absolutely One and there is

none second to Him. He has no partners or associates in any way
whatsoever. There are no other gods besides Allah. Otherwise
there would have been a 'clash' between the gods as they struggled
over power and the world would have been destroyed. Allah Ta'ala
can never be compared to anyone or anything as the Qur' an says
that "there is nothing like Him" (42:11). The Qur'an reminds us
again and again that "Your Lord is but One God" (2:163) and that
was the message of all the Prophets.

66. The One

AI-Ahad (The One and Only): The first verse of Surah Ikhlas
teaches us to say "He is Allah, the One and Only" (112:1) and the
last verse says that "there is no one like Him" (112:4). So Allah is
only One and Unique and He cannot be compared to anything else
67. The One and
as the Qur' an says that "there is nothing like Him" (42: 11). This
Only
is known as Tawheed (oneness of Allah) and the opposite of this is
Shirk (associating partners with Allah).

As-Samad (The Eternal Absolute): Surah Ikhlas, which describes

the Unity of Allah, states that "Allah is As-Samad" (112:2). As
Samad is the One on whom everyone and everything depend but He
depends on no one. All creation of Allah rely and depend on Allah
for their needs and turn to Him for help in times of need, trouble or 68. The Eternal
Absolute
distress. But Allah Ta'ala is Self-Sufficient and He depends on no
one.

AI-Qaadir (The All-Capable): Allah is Able and Capable of doing

all things in the way He wishes as the Qur'an says: "Allah has
complete power over everything" (18:45). Allah needs no one to
help Him, nor does He require tools or things to make things hap
pen.

AI-Muqtadir (The All-Powerful):

Allah possesses Perfect
Power- nothing or no one can match His Power. He has complete
Power to do anything and no one can stop Him from doing as He
wishes. He is much more Powerful than the whole of creation put
together and He is not dependent on anyone.

69. The All

Capable

70. The All

Powerful

AI-Muqaddim (The Advancer): Allah Advances and Delays things

as He likes. He puts things in their right time and places as He thinks
fit, in His infinite wisdom. He puts some things ahead of others (e.g.
He causes some people to be born before others). Allah puts for
ward whom He pleases in this world and the next by increasing
whom He wishes with knowledge, love, piety, nearness to Him and
giving some higher positions in society than others.

71. The
Advancer

AI-Mu'akhkhir (The Delayer): Allah puts things in their right

time and places as He thinks fit, in His infinite wisdom. He delays
whatever He wants (e.g. deciding when to grant victory to Muslims
or delaying punishing evil people to give them another chance).
Allah decides what is right and when it is the right time to do 72. The Delayer
something and we must learn to 'trust' the decision of Allah.

AI-Awwal (The First): Allah is the First who was there before
anything ever existed. He is the First without a beginning.

73. The First

AI-Aakhir (The Last): Allah is the Last who will remain after
everything will come to an end. He is the Last without having an
end.

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74. The Last

Az-Zaahir (The Manifest): Although we cannot see Allah, we

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can see all the things around us in this great universe. This proves
that Allah is there and He takes control of everything. We can see
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given us. Al-Zaahir is also the one whose wishes will 'prevail' over 75. The Mamfest
all other wishes and everything will only happen according to His
wishes as the Qur'an says: "You do not wish except what Allah
. . vishes " (76:30).

Al-Baatin (The Hidden): Allah is Hidden and cannot be seen in

this world. When Prophet Musa wanted to see Allah, Allah told
Him "you cannot see me" (Zan taraanee). Only the believers will
see Allah in Paradise. Muslims must believe in the Unseen
(Ghayb).

AI-Waalee (The One Who Governs): Allah is the One who Governs
and Controls everything in the universe. It is Allah who manages,
sorts and organises His Kingdom. Everything is ruled by Him and is
in the Hands of Allah.

76. The Hidden

77. The One

Who Governs

AI-Muta'aalee (The Highly Exalted): Allah is High, Most Perfect

and above all things. Many human beings have made the mistake of
comparing Allah to a human being (e.g. Jesus) or giving Him some
fonn (e.g. idol-worshippers). But Allah cannot be compared to any
78. The Highly
thing as the Qur'an says that "nothing is like Him" (42: 11).

Exalted

AI-Barr (The All-Good): Allah continues to be Kind to us and

gives us good things, even when we disobey and forget Him. Allah
has taught us to pray and ask for His Goodness and had advised us
to do good to others. All our gifts are a favour from Him.
79. The All Good

At-Tawwaab (The Acceptor of Repentance): When we do something "I

wrong, Allah wants us to seek forgiveness and He is always ready to
forgive us. At the end of Surah Nasr (chapter 110), the last complete
Surah revealed to the Prophet (SAW), we are told: "Glorify the praise
80. The
ofyour Lord and seek His forgiveness. Indeed He is ready to accept
Acceptor of
repentance (AI-Tawwab) " (110:3).

Repentance

AI-Muntaqim (The Taker of Revenge): Allah is very Patient with His

servants when they sin and He does not rush to punish them. Before punish
ing any people, Allah warns them and gives them time to seek forgiveness.
But those who ignore these warnings and are determined to disobey Al
81. The Taker of
lah, then He punishes them severely and no one can stop Him. The
Qur'an mentions several times of the many people that were destroyed in
Revenge
the past because of their evil deeds such as the People ofNuh, 'Ad, Tha
mud, Madyan, People ofLut and Pharaoh. However, it is mentioned in many
places in the Qur'an that "Allah is never unjust to the people" (10:44).

Al-' Afuww (The Most Forgiving): Those who disobey Allah and
commit sins, then they deserve to be punished. However, Allah
overlooks the mistakes of His servants and gives them chances to
correct themselves and ask for His forgiveness. Allah has the
82. The
ability to let a sinner go unpunished. Because of the infinite
Most Forgiving
Mercy of Allah, He forgives people and the Qur'an teaches us to
forgive others too.

Ar-Raoof (The Most Compassionate): Allah is extremely Merciful and

Compassionate to His creation. In more than one place in the Qur'an, it is
mentioned that "Allah is indeed full of compassion for His ser
vants" (2:143). Allah's Love and Mercy for us could be seen by the many
83. The Most
Wonderful Gifts that He has given us. One Hadith says that Allah has di
vided Mercy into 100 parts and He has kept 99 parts to Himself for the be Compassionate
lievers in the Hereafter and He has distributed one part to the whole of
creation because of which they love one another. Another Hadith says:
"Show mercy to those on earth so that the One in Heaven may have mercy
on you".
Maalikul Mulk (The Owner of the Kingdom): The Qur'an says
that "to Allah belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens and the ~"~r!
earth" (3:189). Maalik means 'Owner' and Mulk means 'Power' or .....
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'Kingdom'. In one verse in the Qur'an, Allah teaches us to say: "0 84. The Owner
Allah! The Owner of the Kingdom! You give the kingdom to whom of the Kingdom
You wish and You take it away from whoever You wish" (3:26) .
Allah deals with His Kingdom as He pleases because He has full
control over everything.

Dhul Jalaali wal Ikraam (The Possessor of Majesty and Honour): Al (('"\If
lah is Perfect and He possesses all Majesty and Honour. So He deserves ..o :r
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to be praised and not ignored. The first revelation to the Prophet (SAW)
85. The
contained the command: "Read. and your Lord is the Most Honour
able" (96:3). He is the Possessor of Honour and Generosity and He grants
Possessor of
His creatures Honour and Gifts. Allah says: "If you try to count the num
Majesty and
ber ofAllah's blessings, you can never count them " (14:34). Surah Rah
Honour
man (chapter 55) mentions numerous favours of Allah and concludes by
saying: "Blessed be the Name of youI' Lord, Possessor of Majesty and
Honour " (55:78).

Al-Muqsit (The Most Fair): Allah is Fair and Just in all that He
decides, but we may not always understand it due to our limited
knowledge. Perfect fairness is an absolute quality of Allah. He ad
mires any good that people do, no matter how small it is, and re
wards them in return. We are told repeatedly in the Qur'an to stand
finn in justice and fairness and that Allah loves those people who
are fair and just.

86. The Fair &

Just

AJ-Jaami' (The Gatherer): Allah Gathers all kinds of things such as

bones, blood, flesh, hair and nails and brings these together in the human
body. Allah Gathers anything He wants, anywhere and at any time He
wants it to happen as He has Power over all things and no one can prevent
it happening. In the Qur'an, Allah Ta'ala says that "He will gathEr you on
the Day of Gathering (Yawm aI-Jam)" (64:9). That will be the Day of
Judgment when Allah will gather all human beings from the beginning to
end of creation and He will judge them according to their deeds. In Surah
Fatihah, Allah is described as the "Master of the Day of Judg
ment" (Maaliki Yawmid Deen).

AI-Ghaniyy (The All-Rich): Allah is Self-Sufficient and not in need

of His creation. He is Independent of everyone and everything. It is
He who is needed by everyone and it is He who is Rich beyond need
of anything. The Qur'an says: "0 mankind! You are poor in need of
Allah, and Allah is the Rich beyond need, the Praiseworthy" (35:15).
Allah is the All-Rich as He truly owns everything in the heavens and
the earth and everything returns back to Him. He has no need to tum
to anyone or anything else for anything.

AI-Mughnee (The Enricher): Allah is the One who satisfies the

necessities of His creation by providing everything that they require
for their existence. Allah gives openly to His creation all that they
need and He gives without limit. One of the greatest gifts that Allah
gives a person is the feeling of 'independence' from others, besides 89.
Him, so that they learn to trust in Allah alone. Although Allah is al
ways giving us things, He is in need of nothing. Allah is the One
who gives people wealth and riches and He can take it away from
anyone He wishes anytime He wants (e.g. as He did with Qarun).
AI-Maani' (The Preventer): Allah grants things to those He pleases and de
prives those He wishes. He gives, takes away from others, blesses and dis
tresses. Only Allah knows what is good for us. Just like the rich are 'tested'
with wealth, the poor are also tested with poverty and less resources. Every
one is tested in his or her own way. Allah reminds us many times in the
Qur'an about many of His gifts to us such as water and daylight and He repeatedly tells us to think about what it would be like without these gifts. He asks :
"Who shall provide for you if He withholds His sustenance?" (67:21). Allah
also protects our bodies, wealth, religion and us . Anything that is prevented
by Him can never be brought about by someone else.

87. The
Gatherer

88.

The All
Rich

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The Enricher

....

90. The
Preventer

Ad-Daarr (The Distresser): When something bad happens we must look to our
selves. Allah has said in the Qur'an: "Any good thing that happens to you comes
from Allah and any bad thing that happens to you comes from yourself" (4:79). Al
lah tests us by making us experience both happiness and times of difficulty to see
whether we remember and turn to Him in all situations. Sometimes He causes us
distress in different ways to make us 'think' and to bring us back to the Straight Path
and to strengthen our faith. He frustrates the plans of the unbelievers and inflicts
punishment on them. No affliction can be removed except by the permission of Al
lah and the examples of previous Prophets (e.g. Prophet Ayyub) are lessons for us.

An-Naafi' (The Giver of Benefit): Whatever Allah wishes, it hap

pens and whatever He does not wish, it will never happen. Allah is
the One who gives wealth, health, happiness, guidance and piety to
whomever He wishes. Humans can't benefit themselves in any way
by themselves but only through the Mercy of Allah. Allah gives
General Benefits such as air and varying degrees of Rizq
(sustenance) to everyone, but He gives Specific Benefits to whom
ever He wishes as a 'test' or 'gift' from Him.

91. The
Distresser

92. The Giver

of Benefit

An-Noor (The Light): Allah is the Light in every darkness, and reveals all that is
hidden. He gave us the sun, stars and the moon to light our path. He has Lit the be
lievers' hearts with faith. He is the Light and everything is from Him. Chapter 24 of
the Qur'an is called 'Surah Noor' and there it is mentioned that "Allah is the Light
ofthe Heavens and the earth" (24:35). The Qur'an is described as 'Light' as Allah
says: "Believe in Allah and His Messenger and in the Light that We have sent
down" (64:8). Through this Light of Guidance, Allah brings people "from darkness
into light" (2:257). Despite the fact that many people dislike it, Allah says that He
will make His Light 'perfect' and no one can put it out. A person who has the Light
of Faith truly 'sees' reality, while those who have no faith are spiritually 'blind'.

AI-Haadee (The Guide): Allah guides our souls at all stages of our development
and He Directs His servants to do good things to others. He Guides His creation
through their senses and feelings. Allah also Guides us through knowledge of Him
self through the messages given to the Prophets and through the Qur'an. The
Prophet (SAW) was told by Allah that ''your Lord is enough as a guide and
helper" (25:31). The Qur'an mentions many times that "Allah guides whom He
wills to the Straight Path" (2:213). Those who are guided by Allah are truly
guided. In times of confusion and disbelief, we should tum to Allah for guidance.
We should continually ask Allah to keep us on the Straight Path as we are taught in
Surah Fatihah to say "Guide us to the Straight Path" (I :6).

AI-Badee' (The Incomparable): Allah is the Originator of the

heavens and earth. Allah is the First who existed before anything
existed. Allah created and perfected all things. Allah created eve
rything without any model to imitate and it was easy for Him as He
only says 'Be!' and the thing comes into existence. Neither Allah
nor His Actions can be compared with anyone or anything else as
Allah Ta'ala is beyond any comparison.

93. The Light

94. The Guide

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~,

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95.
The

Incomparable

AI-Baaqi (The Everlasting): Allah is Eternal and Ever-Lasting.

Just like He is the First, He is also the Last as everything else will
perish and He will continue to live forever. We should also work
towards such things which are permanent and lasting i.e. good deeds
and not just accumulate worldly benefits which are temporary as Al
lah says: "What is with you will come to an end, but what is with
Allah goes on forever " (16:96).

AI-Waarith (The Inheritor): The Qur'an says that "to Allah be

longs the Inheritance of the Heavens and the earth" (3: 180). This
is because everything will return back to Allah and He will be the
True Owner of everything that people temporarily had possession
of in this world. Allah also gives inheritance of the earth to whom
He wishes and He replaces some by others. For example, after
Pharaoh caused corruption on earth, Allah made the oppressed peo
ple of Bani Israil to inherit ancient Egypt. The ultimate inheritance
of the believers is Paradise (Al-Jannah), our real Home.
Ar-Rasheed (The Guide): Allah has taken responsibility to Guide
us whenever we go astray and He has not left us alone in misguid
ance. That's why He sent all the Prophets for Guidance in every na
tion. There is no compulsion in religion as "Guidance is clear from
error " (2:256). If we obey Allah, we will reach our destination and
will never go wrong. Whoever Allah guides, only they are the Truly
Guided. It is Allah who gives people ' common sense' and directs
His servants to do good things to others.

96. The
Everlasting

97. The
Inheritor

98. The Guide

As-Saboor (The Patient): Allah is Patient with the unbelievers and

the disobedient people who either disbelieve in Him or disobey His
Orders. He does not take immediate revenge for such acts of treach
ery but gives people opportunities to correct themselves. Allah also
orders Muslims to be patient and it is a test of our faith. The Qur'an 99. The Guide
says that "Allah loves the patient ones" (3: 146).

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