.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
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.
Al Qawi - The All Strong
Al Qawi is the One “all Strong”. He has the perfection of strength which cannot be possible other than Him. Everyone other than Him has weak spots either physically or mentally. He is strong over all things in existence and cannot be forced by any other strength anyway. He does not require any help. He is not getting any provisions from anyone but He is providing everything to everyone. There is no strength in this world in front of His perfect strength.
Al Wakeel - The Trusted Authority
Al-Wakeel is the One who has all matters entrusted to Him. He is a trusted authority for all affairs of life. There are human authorities who are mostly specialized in one branch and one aspect but ALLAH does not have any such limitations. He is trusted and dependable in every aspect without any shortcomings.
This name has an element of defense. He is our defending & loving guardian who gives us chances to correct ourselves throughout life.
The human share in Al Wakeel is obvious. We need to trust and depend on our Rab for all our matters. Not only for ourselves but for our loved ones too for whom we think and worry a lot, we should keep our tawakkal only on ALLAH.
Al Haqq - The (Absolute) Truth
Al Haqq is the One who is the absolute and ultimate truth of this whole world. This name is a combination of truth and justice.
Truth is existence, His existence is independent of all others and is from always to forever without gaps or lapses. He will always be present everywhere.
Justice is His quality of doing what is exactly right and suitable for us, His justice fits in perfectly, never be loose or ill-fitted.
Humans sharing the name of Al Haqq will have the courage to always stand with the truth knowing that Al Haqq will bring out the truth from each matter. They try their best to be true to all their relations and give the right (haqq) to everyone for the sake of ALLAH. This belief in Al Haqq makes us true servants belonging to Him.
As Shaheed - The (Unlimited) Witness
As Shaheed is “The Universal Witness” who sees the actions that are open and also those that are hidden.
He is our Rab who is عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ
He is the One present in our life every moment and is enough to see and witness all actions.
ALLAH - the Great and Glorious will bear witness to mankind on the day of qiyamah from what He knows and has seen.
Al Ba'ith - The Raiser of the Dead
Al Ba'ith is the One who revives (gives life to the one who is dead) and appoints His messengers to revive His knowledge in human hearts.
ALLAH - Al Ba'ith is the only One to give life to the dead. Either It is bringing the dead body to life or the soul to the light. The Origin of light of life only comes from Al Ba'ith.
Human share in this name is beautiful. From the Quran, we know that ignorance is equal to death and knowledge is the noble life. Whoever lifts another human above the darkness of ignorance and brings him to the path of knowledge has contributed a new life and, we can say, revived him.
Al Majeed - The Gloriously Honorable
Al Majeed is the One “All the honor belongs to Him” only.
Al Majeed is the One extremely and highly honorable, Whose honor is the origin point of all the honor in this world.
His presence is the the most noble and glorified presence. His bounties are never-ending and His majestic beauty can be seen in every beautiful creature of this world.
The human part of this majestic name is in glorifying ALLAH by our tongues and by our actions. When we prioritize His pleasure in every work, then we become an evident sign of His majestic glory, as all His creatures are the signs and are glorifying Him at every moment.
Al Wadood - The Most Loving
Al Wadood is our loving Rab Who is kindly loving to care for all our matters before even asking. Al Wadood is outstanding due to His kind expression of love.
Derived from the root of ودد it is a superlative doer form, coming from the word of Al Wudd الودّ which simply means affection with active expression by actions.
The Quran gives us a good insight into He loves the people of ihsaan who give better than what is required from them. He loves the people of tawakkal who look towards Him in all best and worst circumstances and remain attached to Him.
A peaceful heart in this world is not possible without understanding and loving ALLAH back. Once we understand His loving kindness towards ourselves, we can get that everything is from ALLAH, and life will get much easier.
Al Hakeem - The All Wise
Al Hakeem is the One Who has perfect wisdom. Perfection is defined here as combined with a perfect vision, knowledge, and authority. This combination is only true for ALLAH and is impossible in any other case.
ALLAH Al Hakeem saves and protects us often by His wisely organized system. He sent us His Hakeem Book to save us from losing our way in life.
Hikmah of humans is getting to know more and more about his Rab- Al Hakeem. The beginning of wisdom is fear of ALLAH. The consciousness of ALLAH begins with knowledge of what He likes and what He dislikes. This can be learned by heartily understanding the Hakeem Book of ALLAH and implementing it honestly.
Al Wasay'- The Vastly Expansive
ALLAH Al Wasay’ is the One Who carries widespread rahmah, knowledge, wisdom, a widespread kingdom, and a limitless power to perform whatever He wills.
He has Widespread possibilities and kindness to forgive us when we ask Him. He gives us limitless chances and space to be better. His presence and kingdom are widespread without any limits
Al Mujeeb - The All Responsive
Al Mujeeb is the One All Responsive and who has all authority to fulfil requests in response.
The only One suitable for this name is our loving and caring Rab Al Mujeeb who listens, responds, and accepts our prayers. He responds and creates all means to nourish us, protect us, and comfort us in every difficult situation lifelong.
Ar Raqeeb - The (Keen) Observer
Ar Raqeeb is the One who knows and protects.
He is watchfully observing every one of us.
He cares to the extent of never forgetting, never leaving alone, and observes with a constant and persistent gaze.
This name has an element of warning, to be fearful of ALLAH’s observation, and an element of good reminder that He never leaves us alone and is always there to protect and care.
Al Kareem - The (Absolute) Generous
Al Kareem is the One Who has plenty of goodness and noble will to give. Whose blessings do not finish but always remain. Whose value is always the most honorable and the most noble. Who forgives despite He has all the power. He fulfills all His promises and exceeds the limits of expectations when he gives. He is our Rab-Al Kareem - The Owner of the kingdom and the generosity.
The human quality of “Karm” i.e. generosity is a gift from ALLAH.
The characteristic that makes a human noble is humbleness toward other humans when he is in a position of power and giving.
Al Jaleel - The Majestic
ALLAH - Al Jaleel is the One Who has all the Majesty and most superior glory.
This Name of ALLAH has a meaning that combines the perfection of majesty and the perfection of beauty.
The absolutely stunning one is ALLAH alone—may He be praised and exalted—All the beauty, perfection, and attractiveness in the world come from the lights of His essence and the traces of His beauty.
Human share in this name is, understanding that the majesty of a true slave is in submitting and glorifying his Rab. The majestic and beautiful among men are those who can soothe the restless hearts of fellow humans with their softness of talk and honest beautiful character, for the pleasure of ALLAH.
Al Haseeb - The (Alone) Sufficient
Al Haseeb is the One who is sufficient alone to His creations. He is the only One who alone is enough for us to live our life.
If we think that we need food, drink, earth, sky, sun, or humans around us, to feel that we need something other than Him, or that He is not all that we need.
But He is the one who supplies all these things and even more whatever we need, by creating food and drink, heavens and earth, so actually He is all we need.
Al Muqeet - The Nourisher
Al Muqeet is the One who nourishes every creature, provides the food for body sustenance, and provides the share of ilm as food for the soul. Al Muqeet is in a way similar to Ar Razzaq but rizq contains many provisions. The unique character of
Al Muqeet is that it is about nourishment-related
provision which includes food and knowledge.
Al Hafeez - The All Preserver
Al Hafeez is the One who has all ability to maintain, preserve and protect. Either it is this whole universe or our life.
The first way is preserving by maintenance, ALLAH the most high is the preserver of the heavens and earth, the angels, the humans and all existing things.
The second way is preserving by safeguarding, ALLAH the most high is preserving by providing safety, from external harms & from internal harms
Al Kabeer - The Grand
Al Kabeer is the One who possesses greatness [kibriya'],
Who is Grand. where greatness is in meaning of the perfection in existence.
ALLAH is having right to be believed as the greatest and most grand than anything else in the life. We have to be very clear about this that nothing in our life can be compared with His words, His love and His command. He is alone and only One on that place.
Learning point from Ayat
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