ALLAH Al Afu is our Rab who forgives us. He not only forgives but on our asking, He erases our sins. When we do good acts to balance the dark effects of our sins, Al Afu even replaces our bad deeds with good ones. SubhanALLAH, there is no limit to His mercy and generosity.

The human share in this name has two obvious sides.

One is about asking ALLAH for goodness and His kindness.

The other side is forgiveness towards people for the sake of ALLAH. It is very much appreciated. This will give us the sweetness of reward twice. One is the pleasure of ALLAH's love and the second is about strong and respectful relationships which are not possible without kindness

At Tawwab is the One who forgives again and again on returning to Him. He guides us after our mistakes to return and repent. Then He accepts our tawba and helps us to bring ourselves out of the longer-lasting cycles of guilt.

He is extremely kind to cover us with His Rahmah and comfort our hearts with peace after the guilt, sorrow, and shame.

He likes to see us repenting and returning to Him with honest hearts and then continue going forward in our lives. He is the only King who is ready to accept us without any delay just for our sincerity.

The human share in this name is making efforts to follow our Rab in being kind and forgiving with an open heart. To overlook, ignore, forgive, and forget the mistakes and misbehaviors of others around us in the hope of ALLAH’s kindness to us and them.

Al Barr is a beautiful name of ALLAH among all His beautiful names. Al Barr is the One from whose essence the goodness originated. Barr simply means righteousness. But when we say " Al Barr" He is the origin and the center of all the goodness.

Al Barr is the One who does everything to the highest perfection of ihsaan in favor of His creatures, where the ihsaan is the doing good at its best.

Al Barr is our most kind and loving Rab, who waits and welcomes everyone, even the return of sinners and wrongdoers to Him, although His being free from all need. He again and again forgives and blesses all of us.

The human share of Al Barr is achieving faith and making sincere efforts to achieve goodness in our actions. This is a continuous process and efforts are needed lifelong. There are failures, drop down, and pushing back times but we need to continue our journey to achieve maximum good until we are alive.

Al Muta'ali is the One supreme in His Highness. He is way beyond everyone in His exalted nature, above every description and all the words of praise.

He is the One, higher than everything in His kingdom by His power of control and way above everyone for “His perfections”: the only One free from shortcomings and mistakes but perfect in all His qualities and actions.

The human share in this name is to surrender and submit with full heart to our most High Rab for His commands and His decisions. Whether they seem to be good or not so good at that time, we need to believe that He knows the best and He does the best for us.

The goal and focus of each of our intentions is to please ALLAH and to be nearer to Him. It is important to be conscious and consistent about this goal so that whenever we lose the way and make mistakes, we get the benefit of returning to Him without delay.

Al Waali is our Creator who manages all our matters and is responsible for implementing His plans and decisions to create an organized system in life. He is in total control. His commands have to be fulfilled. His decisions are final.

Al Wali الولي and Al Waali الوالي are from the same root of و ل ي yet they show us two different aspects of ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala. It is interesting to know both as both are equally important in our practical life.

Al Waali is our Creator who manages all our matters and is responsible for implementing His plans and decisions to create an organized system in life. He is in total control. His commands have to be fulfilled. His decisions are final.

Al Wali الولي and Al Waali الوالي are from the same root of و ل ي yet they show us two different aspects of ALLAH subhanahu wa ta’ala. It is interesting to know both as both are equally important in our practical life.

Human share in this name is twofold.

1- Understanding that ALLAH is our life's sole planner and governing power. We need to submit in front of Him

2- Not only does He have authority and ownership over us but also He is the owner of our capabilities and talents. Every one of us has a unique capacity and accordingly, Al Waali distributed the responsibilities. It is time to understand & value our individually chosen roles and, be true to them.

Al Batin is the One who is Hidden. He is hidden in each one of His creations for His beauty and perfection of creativity. Al Batin also has a meaning of being innermost. It is considered as the opposite of Ad Dahir.

As we know the ظاهر is derived from ظ ه ر which is the back. It is on the outer side of the body. On the other hand, باطن is derived from ب ط ن which is a word in Arabic for the belly.

The belly is part of the body that carries the internal organs and it is the hidden foundation for nourishment, strength, and growth for the whole body.

Likewise, the innermost hidden source of strength, motivation, and support that never leaves us alone is the presence of our Rab, which is hidden yet the most powerful & reliable for all who rely upon Him.

Human share in this name is the focus of our lives and that is the day we will finally see our Rab. Many ayaat and ahadith prove that believers will see their Rab on the Day of Qiyamah and onwards in Jannah. So that final success will qualify us to see our Rab. Each day in this life we may make our best efforts to prove ourselves successful to see our Rab in His pleasure.

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 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 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 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" 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.