.اَللهُ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
.اَللهُ لَآ إِلٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَهُ الْأَسْمَآءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ
Ilm ul Asmaa
The Ilm of Names which Allah bestowed is the reason that made Adam (A.S) superior to Malaika (angels)
Let’s Learn more about our Loving and Nurturing Creator’s Names, with all our respect and love.
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المقصد الأسنى في شرح معاني أسماء الله الحسنى
أبو حامد الغزالي
Explanation to the Beautiful and Perfect Names of ALLAH, Extracted from Taysir al Karim al Rahman
النور الأسنى في شرح أسماء الله الحُسْنَى
الشيخ أمين بن الحسن الأنصاري
فِقْهُ أسماء الحُسْنَى
عبدالرَّزاق بن عبدالمحسن البدر
Ad Dahir - The Dominant
Ad Dahir is the One who is absolutely dominant over everything. He has this unique characteristic to be apparent without having any physical appearance, in His creatures and His actions.
Ad Dahir is the sound and strong support system for all believers, as our backbone supports us to stay straight and strong. ظاهر is derived from the root of ظ ه ر which is the word used for back. May He be glorified and praised, He gives support to whomever He wills to be successful.
The human share in this powerful name is doing our continuous efforts, to receive the strength from Ad Dahir. For that, we need to correct and improve ourselves every day. We need to learn what is good and liked by ALLAH to include in our lives. Also to leave what is non-rewarding and not liked by our Rab, to get successful.
Al Awwal - The First One
Al Awwal is the One who is " The First". He is the origin of the universe and everything in it. He is the starting point of each and everything and He Himself does not have any starting point. There is no such time when He was not there.
He was not created by anyone but everyone else without any exception is invented, designed, created, and recreated by Him. His all qualities and His glory are the most superior, Highest, and at the First place.
The human share in this name is to keep ALLAH in the first place in our life in every matter, every task, and every thought. It is by doing every work and every role assigned by Him as He advised us in the best way and only focusing on His pleasure.
Al Muakhir - The Delaying Authority
Al Muakhir is the One who can delay or postpone the matters that He wills and make them happen later, in His own perfect timings. It is considered as an opposite to the Name of Al Muqaddim. So Al Muqaddim is the Rab who has the authority to promote and Al Muakhir on the other side is our Magnificent Rab who has the authority to delay.
This name has two distinct sides. Al Muakhir is the One who can delay certain matters until the time He decides. The other meaning is about pushing people behind from getting ahead. He does it for those who don't accept the words of ALLAH on repeated invitations and choose to live in darkness by their own choice.
The human share in this majestic name is about developing patience and understanding for ALLAH's written delays. Also to understand how we can prevent ourselves from being the pushed back people and make efforts to keep us in the forwarded ones.
Al Muqaddim - The Promoter
Al Muqaddim is the One who brings forward and promotes His slaves to real success.
ALLAH Al Muqaddim is our Majestic Rab who knows accurately who deserves which place in life and also the place with Him on the final day.
The human share in this Majestic Name of ALLAH is putting sincere efforts in the correct direction to get a place closer to ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala.
Al Muqtadir - The All-Determiner
Al Muqtadir" is the One who determines everyone’s fate and decides about every single step of the pathway of life, for us. No reason can change His decisions other than if He agrees to change or if He kindly blesses us to accept our prayers. The Qadr of ALLAH once decided can never with delayed or denied.
The human share in this name is submitting to His Majestic glory, controlling power, and total authority. When we submit ourselves in front of Him and try to do everything as He wants us to do, He will bless us one great day with endless success and beautiful return. His justice is without any fault. His promise is the most true one. May ALLAH help us to be in those who ALLAH will decide as successful. Aameen.
Al Qadir - The All Able
Al Qadir is the One who has all the ability to control and authority to decide what will happen and what will not happen. He is the One who possesses power.
Qadir is the doer noun اسم الفاعل form of root Qdr ق د ر.
Qadr is our accurately measured and written share in life that cannot be changed or moved. It is a fixed decision from ALLAH.
Al Qadir is our Rab, the only One who can control, decide, and implement Qadr.
The Human share in Al Qadir is acceptance of His qadr and the supremacy of His decisions as the biggest fact of our lives. Life is all about staying happy and satisfied with what Al Qadir wrote in our lives and what He did not write.
As Samad - The EverLasting Support
As Samad is the One who supports and strengthens without any demand of return. His system of support is consistently working and there is no discontinuity, no low times, no break times, and no end.
As Samad is the One we can rely upon and depend on without giving this idea a second thought. He is always there, always the most strong, and is always sufficient for us. SubhanALLAH.
Another great aspect of As Samad is He is the center of focus for all who are seeking. He is being called by countless hearts and tongues every moment and despite not having any need for anything or anyone, He listens, He fulfills and He shows all His kindness.
The human share in this majestic name is about getting dependent on As Samad after doing our end’s efforts, as He is the One who is self-sufficient and independent.
Al Wahid - The (Unique) One
Al Wahid is "the One" and "the Unique". He is the One who has absolute Unity. His Oneness is the same from always to forever.
Al Wahid is the core and origin of this world and whatever is in it. He is the One Creator, One Owner, and One Rab without any space of sharing or division.
For His all perfection and uniqueness, He deserves to be worshipped and to be obeyed. He deserves the topmost place in our lives. It is essential to continue reminding ourselves to keep Al Wahid above every other one and every other thing in life. To keep Him above our egos and pride. The honor and pride of an abd (servant of ALLAH) only lie in humbling in front of ALLAH and remaining obedient.
Al Wajid - The (Absolutely) Resourceful
Al Wajid is the One who has all the resources. He finds without searching what He wills. There is nothing said as a missing item for Him. He is the only fully resourceful Authority.
ALLAH - Al Wajid tests the humans He has created and decides who is better in the action.
Al Wajid blesses us with whatever He finds missing in our lives when He likes to fill that gap.
The human share in this name is to be reminded that we cannot find a helping sincere friend and protector other than Him. ALLAH is our Wali in this world and the next one. Let us try our best to be in a way that He may find and write us among His loving and obedient servants.
Al Qayyum - The Sustainer of Existence
Al Qayyum is the One who is absolutely self-sufficient and He is the only One self-existing. He is responsible for holding strong, everything existing in the skies and the earth and whoever is present within them.
So, ALLAH is essential for our lives to keep them sustained.
This name makes us understand well that the support that keeps us standing and the strength to make us stand again after a fall, is only from Our Rab-Al Qayyum. He is the One who has the right to be worshipped & look forward to.
Al Hayyi - The (Ever) Living
Al Hayyi is the One Who has eternal life. Nothing is before His life and there is no after as there is no end of His life. He is the "always Living" and the One who gives life & keeps others living for the time He wills.
Al Hayyi is the One whom we can rely upon. As there is an end to everything and everyone except Him.
Life is all about liveliness and vitality and these modalities are always related to our active and growing-up relationship with our Rab.
Al Mumit - The Death-Giving Authority
Al Mumit is the One who can decide and designate death. He is the only authorized One to give death to anyone living. It applies to humans as well as all creatures bigger or smaller than humans. No one can taste death without His order. No one can skip death as everliving is only ALLAH - Al Mumit who gives death to all.
This majestic name of ALLAH comes to help us and reassure us when we find our hearts fearful of the powers in the world other than ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala. There is no end to this life except what and when is written by ALLAH - Al Mumit.
Knowing that our death and our final homes are all in the hands of ALLAH, we cannot make them any better except by requesting Him and trying to make our best efforts. And for any effort to be accepted, we need to be true Muslims ie. our focus and target in everything should be ALLAH’s approval only.
Al Muhyi - The Life-Giving Authority
Al Muhyi is the One who has given the life. He is the only One who can give life. He is the giver of life for the first time and again revives life as well, in the same way, He has created it for the first time.
Al Muhyi is the characteristic of ALLAH that is exclusive to Him. None is the creator of life but ALLAH—may He be praised and exalted, and so there is no life-giver but only ALLAH Al Muhyi—the great and glorious.
By the simple rule, life belongs to Him who blessed us with this beautiful life. Everyone who knows the real value and position of ALLAH Al Muhyi will naturally keep His commands and His words as the highest priority and hence get the benefit of this choice in this world and the afterlife.
Al Mu'id- The (Repeated) Creator
Al Mu'id is the One who is capable of repeating what He has created the first time, He is who “recreates” and “restores”.
This repetition of creation is so effortless for Him that it is ongoing every moment in the world.
Another aspect of Al Mu'id is when He will restore the life on the day of Qiyamah after our death. From the particles of dust and bones, He will recreate our bodies.
The Human share in this majestic name of ALLAH is to rely on Him for our revival and understand that He is capable of bringing out life.
We get hurt by the struggles of life and by the unjust attitudes of fellow humans. Then He returns our strengths with time. This revival of strength and emotions is also under the name of Al Mu'id.
Al Mubdee - The (First Time) Originator
Al Mubdee is the One who is the originator of everything that is created. He started this from scratch and perfected this process of beginning, all alone, without any previous similar existence.
Al Mubdee is the name telling us the fantastic creative work of ALLAH, our Loving Rab, and that is also about creating the original and the perfect.
The human part in this name is how ALLAH invites us to various ayaat to see and think about His creations. How perfectly and beautifully He completed them in the best possible way.
It is also about looking now for a fresh start for our soul. The soul that loves ALLAH more than any time before. That can rely upon ALLAH on bright, grey, and dark all types of days in life.
Al Muhsee - The (Detailed) Counting Authority
Al Muhsee is the One who counts accurately, with all the precision and details. It is about the counting and recording of all the actions of His creatures. Not only is He counting accurate but it is detailed as well. This is to recount their actions on the day of the opening of accounts.
The verbal form of this name used in the Quran is أحْصَي which simply means to count, to keep a record accurately, to count and keep something safely so that it can be recounted later on. Muhsee is the doer noun form (اسم الفاعل) of this verb.
The human share in this name is believing that ALLAH is counting very efficiently every good and bad thing we do.
This gives us a sense of relief and a sense of caution at the same time, this makes us encourage to do good with our conscious and motivated efforts to please ALLAH.
Al Hameed - The All Praiseworthy
Al Hameed is the One most praised & the most rightly praised. The name of Al Hameed combines in it His majesty, exaltation, and perfection. He is surely praised for who He is and how He cares and the list of reasons is longer than as many of the creations He made.
The most praiseworthy among all humans on earth is our beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
We can gain praise in the eyes of ALLAH when we meet Him one day, by following His Book and the noble ways of His Messengerﷺ.
Al Wali - The Loving Protector
Al Wali is the friend and companion who loves and protects.
We trust our friends when we are in need they will be there to listen, to be honest in guiding us, and to help us in their best possible capacity.
ALLAH Al Wali is our best friend and protector, sometimes we even don’t understand His decisions. But the trust says He will always do the best and with time He may show us the logic.
The human share in this beautiful name is to love ALLAH and so, completely trust Him for His help, guidance, and protection.
Al Mateen - The Intensely Firm
Al Mateen is the One who is intense in His powers and firmness. He is the only One origin of all the strength and power in this world. He is deeply & firmly rooted within the hearts. There is no refuge in this world except His.
The human part of Al Mateen is simply about attaching ourselves to His original and limitless power instead of the limited powers of this world.
A true servant of Al Mateen is firm and helps all people around him to be better on the righteous path. Ummah is a strong wall and every one person is an important brick to it, to strengthen and support at all times.
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