الأسماء الحسنى
The Ninety-Nine Names
Al-Asmāʼ al-Ḥusnā · The Ninety-Nine, in Seven Parts
Yusef Rawashdeh
A devotional work on the Names of God in Islam.
The ninety-nine Names of God in Islam, each in seven parts — the Name and its meaning, a short story, a poem, a reflection, the Qurʼanic verses, a transmitted supplication, and an authenticated hadith — with a separate Study apparatus. Creative writing is kept strictly separate from scripture. By Yusef Rawashdeh.
The ninety-nine Names
- 1الرحمنAr-RaḥmānThe Beneficent
- 2الرحيمAr-RaḥīmThe Merciful
- 3الملكAl-MalikThe Sovereign
- 4القدوسAl-QuddūsThe Most Holy
- 5السلامAs-SalāmThe Source of Peace
- 6المؤمنAl-MuʼminThe Giver of Security
- 7المهيمنAl-MuhayminThe Preserver of Safety
- 8العزيزAl-ʻAzīzThe Mighty
- 9الجبارAl-JabbārThe Compeller
- 10المتكبرAl-MutakabbirThe Supreme
- 11الخالقAl-KhāliqThe Creator
- 12البارئAl-BāriʼThe Maker
- 13المصورAl-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner
- 14الغفارAl-GhaffārThe Ever-Forgiving
- 15القهارAl-QahhārThe Subduer
- 16الوهابAl-WahhābThe Bestower
- 17الرزاقAr-RazzāqThe Provider
- 18الفتاحAl-FattāḥThe Opener
- 19العليمAl-ʻAlīmThe All-Knowing
- 20القابضAl-QābiḍThe Restrainer
- 21الباسطAl-BāsiṭThe Extender
- 22الخافضAl-KhāfiḍThe Abaser
- 23الرافعAr-RāfiʻThe Exalter
- 24المعزAl-MuʻizzThe Bestower of Honor
- 25المذلAl-MudhillThe Giver of Dishonor
- 26السميعAs-SamīʻThe All-Hearing
- 27البصيرAl-BaṣīrThe All-Seeing
- 28الحكمAl-ḤakamThe Impartial Judge
- 29العدلAl-ʻAdlThe Utterly Just
- 30اللطيفAl-LaṭīfThe Subtle One
- 31الخبيرAl-KhabīrThe All-Aware
- 32الحليمAl-ḤalīmThe Forbearing
- 33العظيمAl-ʻAẓīmThe Magnificent
- 34الغفورAl-GhafūrThe Much-Forgiving
- 35الشكورAsh-ShakūrThe Appreciative
- 36العليAl-ʻAlīThe Most High
- 37الكبيرAl-KabīrThe Great
- 38الحفيظAl-ḤafīẓThe Preserver
- 39المقيتAl-MuqītThe Nourisher
- 40الحسيبAl-ḤasībThe Reckoner
- 41الجليلAl-JalīlThe Majestic
- 42الكريمAl-KarīmThe Generous
- 43الرقيبAr-RaqībThe Watchful
- 44المجيبAl-MujībThe Responder
- 45الواسعAl-WāsiʻThe All-Encompassing
- 46الحكيمAl-ḤakīmThe Wise
- 47الودودAl-WadūdThe Loving
- 48المجيدAl-MajīdThe Glorious
- 49الباعثAl-BāʻithThe Resurrector
- 50الشهيدAsh-ShahīdThe Witness
- 51الحقAl-ḤaqqThe Truth
- 52الوكيلAl-WakīlThe Trustee
- 53القويAl-QawīThe Strong
- 54المتينAl-MatīnThe Firm
- 55الوليAl-WalīThe Protecting Friend
- 56الحميدAl-ḤamīdThe All-Praiseworthy
- 57المحصيAl-MuḥṣīThe Accounter
- 58المبدئAl-MubdiʼThe Originator
- 59المعيدAl-MuʻīdThe Restorer
- 60المحييAl-MuḥyīThe Giver of Life
- 61المميتAl-MumītThe Bringer of Death
- 62الحيAl-ḤayyThe Ever-Living
- 63القيومAl-QayyūmThe Self-Subsisting
- 64الواجدAl-WājidThe Finder
- 65الماجدAl-MājidThe Illustrious
- 66الواحدAl-WāḥidThe One
- 67الأحدAl-AḥadThe Unique
- 68الصمدAṣ-ṢamadThe Eternal Refuge
- 69القادرAl-QādirThe Able
- 70المقتدرAl-MuqtadirThe Determiner
- 71المقدمAl-MuqaddimThe Advancer
- 72المؤخرAl-MuʼakhkhirThe Delayer
- 73الأولAl-AwwalThe First
- 74الآخرAl-ĀkhirThe Last
- 75الظاهرAẓ-ẒāhirThe Manifest
- 76الباطنAl-BāṭinThe Hidden
- 77الواليAl-WālīThe Governor
- 78المتعاليAl-MutaʻālīThe Most Exalted
- 79البرAl-BarrThe Doer of Good
- 80التوابAt-TawwābThe Acceptor of Repentance
- 81المنتقمAl-MuntaqimThe Avenger
- 82العفوAl-ʻAfuwwThe Pardoner
- 83الرؤوفAr-RaʼūfThe Compassionate
- 84مالك الملكMālik-ul-MulkThe Owner of All Sovereignty
- 85ذو الجلال والإكرامDhū-l-Jalāli wa-l-IkrāmThe Lord of Majesty and Honour
- 86المقسطAl-MuqsiṭThe Equitable
- 87الجامعAl-JāmiʻThe Gatherer
- 88الغنيAl-GhanīThe Self-Sufficient
- 89المغنيAl-MughnīThe Enricher
- 90المانعAl-MāniʻThe Withholder
- 91الضارAḍ-ḌārrThe Bringer of Adversity
- 92النافعAn-NāfiʻThe Bringer of Benefit
- 93النورAn-NūrThe Light
- 94الهاديAl-HādīThe Guide
- 95البديعAl-BadīʻThe Incomparable Originator
- 96الباقيAl-BāqīThe Everlasting
- 97الوارثAl-WārithThe Inheritor
- 98الرشيدAr-RashīdThe Guide to the Right Path
- 99الصبورAṣ-ṢabūrThe Patient