The Ninety-Nine Names

Root index

The ninety-nine by their triliteral roots: 84 roots, of which 16 carry more than one Name. Letters and glosses are the entries’ own; a root is shown as shared only where the entry records it so, never because two Names happen to spell alike. Tap a Name to open it.

ʻ-d-l

evenness and equality; and, in the opposed sense, deviation

29 The Utterly Just
Al-ʻAdl

ʻ-f-w

leaving a thing

82 The Pardoner
Al-ʻAfuww

ʼ-kh-r · 2 Names

to put back, to defer

72 The Delayershared-explicit
Al-Muʼakhkhir 74 The Lastshared-explicit
Al-Ākhir

ʻ-l-m

knowledge; from a root for the mark that tells a thing apart

19 The All-Knowing
Al-ʻAlīm

ʻ-l-w · 2 Names

one root from which nothing departs: loftiness and elevation

36 The Most Highshared-explicit
Al-ʻAlī 78 The Most Exaltedshared-explicit
Al-Mutaʻālī

ʼ-m-n

security and stillness of heart; affirming as true

06 The Giver of Security
Al-Muʼmin

ʻ-w-d

doing a thing a second time

59 The Restorer
Al-Muʻīd

ʼ-w-l

the beginning of a matter

73 The First
Al-Awwal

ʻ-ẓ-m

one sound root: largeness and strength

33 The Magnificent
Al-ʻAẓīm

ʻ-z-z · 2 Names

strength and overcoming; also what is hard to reach or scarce

08 The Mightyshared-explicit
Al-ʻAzīz 24 The Bestower of Honorshared-explicit
Al-Muʻizz

b-ʻ-th

the rousing of a thing and the directing of it

49 The Resurrector
Al-Bāʻith

b-d-ʼ

the opening of a thing

58 The Originator
Al-Mubdiʼ

b-d-ʻ

beginning a thing and making it not from a model (ibtidāʼ ash-shayʼ wa-ṣunʻuhu lā ʻan mithāl)

95 The Incomparable Originator
Al-Badīʻ

b-q-y

continuance (ad-dawām)

96 The Everlasting
Al-Bāqī

b-r-ʼ

to create, to bring forth into being

12 The Maker
Al-Bāriʼ

b-r-r

truthfulness

79 The Doer of Good
Al-Barr

b-ṣ-r

the knowledge of a thing, and sight

27 The All-Seeing
Al-Baṣīr

b-s-ṭ

to extend and spread out, in breadth or otherwise; the opposite of qabḍ

21 The Extender
Al-Bāsiṭ

b-ṭ-n

the inner side of a thing

76 The Hidden
Al-Bāṭin

ḍ-r-r

the opposite of benefit (khilāf an-nafʻ); also the gathering of a thing, and strength

91 The Bringer of Adversity
Aḍ-Ḍārr

dh-l-l

lowness and abasement; also tractability

25 The Giver of Dishonor
Al-Mudhill

f-t-ḥ

the opposite of shutting, to open; hence to judge, and victory

18 The Opener
Al-Fattāḥ

gh-f-r · 2 Names

to cover; to forgive

14 The Ever-Forgivingshared-explicit
Al-Ghaffār 34 The Much-Forgivingshared-explicit
Al-Ghafūr

gh-n-y · 2 Names

sufficiency (al-kifāyah); to be free of need (ghaniya ʻan)

88 The Self-Sufficientshared-explicit
Al-Ghanī 89 The Enrichershared-explicit
Al-Mughnī

h-d-y

going ahead in order to direct (at-taqaddum li-l-irshād)

94 The Guide
Al-Hādī

ḥ-f-ẓ

one root: the tending of a thing, the opposite of forgetting

38 The Preserver
Al-Ḥafīẓ

ḥ-k-m · 2 Names

prevention, and from it judgment and wisdom

28 The Impartial Judgeshared-explicit
Al-Ḥakam 46 The Wiseshared-explicit
Al-Ḥakīm

ḥ-l-m

the first of three roots: leaving off haste — self-command against the surge of anger

32 The Forbearing
Al-Ḥalīm

ḥ-m-d

praise, the opposite of blame

56 The All-Praiseworthy
Al-Ḥamīd

ḥ-q-q

made firm and sound, and so true, owed and falling due

51 The Truth
Al-Ḥaqq

ḥ-s-b

faʻīl from al-ḥisāb in the sense of counting a thing up

40 The Reckoner
Al-Ḥasīb

ḥ-ṣ-y

counting a thing through and being equal to it

57 The Accounter
Al-Muḥṣī

h-y-m-n

watchfulness and guardianship; witnessing

07 The Preserver of Safety
Al-Muhaymin

ḥ-y-y · 2 Names

life, the opposite of death

60 The Giver of Lifeshared-explicit
Al-Muḥyī 62 The Ever-Livingshared-explicit
Al-Ḥayy

j-b-r

greatness and height; setting upright, mending; compelling

09 The Compeller
Al-Jabbār

j-l-l · 2 Names

greatness of worth, and covering a thing entirely

41 The Majesticshared-explicit
Al-Jalīl 85 The Lord of Majesty and Honourshared-explicit
Dhū-l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām

j-m-ʻ

to draw together, to gather (jamaʻa); a host (jamʻ)

87 The Gatherer
Al-Jāmiʻ

j-w-b

murājaʻat al-kalām — the returning of speech

44 The Responder
Al-Mujīb

k-b-r · 2 Names

greatness; of kibriyāʼ, refusing to yield

10 The Supremeshared-explicit
Al-Mutakabbir 37 The Greatshared-explicit
Al-Kabīr

k-r-m · 2 Names

nobility in a thing itself or in a trait of character

42 The Generousown
Al-Karīm 85 The Lord of Majesty and Honourshared-explicit
Dhū-l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām

kh-b-r

the first of two roots: knowledge — to know a thing as it really is

31 The All-Aware
Al-Khabīr

kh-f-ḍ

to lower and bring down, the opposite of raising; also ease and gentleness

22 The Abaser
Al-Khāfiḍ

kh-l-q

to measure out and proportion; to bring into being

11 The Creator
Al-Khāliq

l-ṭ-f

gentleness in the act, and fineness or smallness in a thing

30 The Subtle One
Al-Laṭīf

m-j-d · 2 Names

majd — the reaching of the utmost, in what is praised

48 The Gloriousshared-explicit
Al-Majīd 65 The Illustriousshared-explicit
Al-Mājid

m-l-k · 2 Names

strength in a thing and soundness (quwwah, ṣiḥḥah); ownership named from it

03 The Sovereignshared-explicit
Al-Malik 84 The Owner of All Sovereigntyshared-explicit
Mālik-ul-Mulk

m-n-ʻ

the opposite of giving (khilāf al-iʻṭāʼ); to withhold, to prevent, to protect

90 The Withholder
Al-Māniʻ

m-t-n

firmness and solidity; the matn is the back that takes weight

54 The Firm
Al-Matīn

m-w-t

the going of strength from a thing; death, the opposite of life

61 The Bringer of Death
Al-Mumīt

n-f-ʻ

the opposite of harm (khilāf aḍ-ḍarr)

92 The Bringer of Benefit
An-Nāfiʻ

n-q-m

disapproval of a thing and finding fault with it

81 The Avenger
Al-Muntaqim

n-w-r

illumination, agitation and little steadiness (iḍāʼah wa-ḍṭirāb wa-qillat thabāt)

93 The Light
An-Nūr

q-b-ḍ

to take hold of and draw in; to withhold

20 The Restrainer
Al-Qābiḍ

q-d-m

precedence and going before

71 The Advancer
Al-Muqaddim

q-d-r · 2 Names

the extent and measure of a thing; qudrah, power, as His giving each thing its measure

69 The Ableshared-explicit
Al-Qādir 70 The Determinershared-explicit
Al-Muqtadir

q-d-s

purity, sanctity, freedom from defect

04 The Most Holy
Al-Quddūs

q-h-r

overcoming and being above

15 The Subduer
Al-Qahhār

q-s-ṭ

justice (qisṭ, aqsaṭa); swerving from the truth (qāsiṭ)

86 The Equitable
Al-Muqsiṭ

q-w-m

standing upright, or taking a matter up; the one who upholds

63 The Self-Subsisting
Al-Qayyūm

q-w-t

one sound root: holding, keeping, and power over a thing

39 The Nourisher
Al-Muqīt

q-w-y

strength, the contrary of weakness — and, on a second origin, emptiness

53 The Strong
Al-Qawī

r-ʼ-f

tenderness and mercy

83 The Compassionate
Ar-Raʼūf

r-f-ʻ

to raise and lift up, the opposite of putting down

23 The Exalter
Ar-Rāfiʻ

r-ḥ-m · 2 Names

tenderness, inclining, compassion (riqqah, ʻaṭf, raʼfah)

01 The Beneficentshared-explicit
Ar-Raḥmān 02 The Mercifulshared-explicit
Ar-Raḥīm

r-q-b

standing erect for the tending of a thing

43 The Watchful
Ar-Raqīb

r-sh-d

the straightness of the way (istiqāmat aṭ-ṭarīq); rushd, the opposite of ghayy (khilāf al-ghayy)

98 The Guide to the Right Path
Ar-Rashīd

r-z-q

a giving made at its time, then any giving; what a creature draws benefit from

17 The Provider
Ar-Razzāq

ṣ-b-r

holding back (al-ḥabs); I held myself to that matter (ṣabartu nafsī ʻalā dhālika l-amr)

99 The Patient
Aṣ-Ṣabūr

s-l-m

peace, safety, wholeness

05 The Source of Peace
As-Salām

s-m-ʻ

hearing: the apprehending of a thing by the ear

26 The All-Hearing
As-Samīʻ

ṣ-m-d

aiming at (al-qaṣd), and hardness; ṣamad, the chief repaired to

68 The Eternal Refuge
Aṣ-Ṣamad

ṣ-w-r

form, the shape of a created thing

13 The Fashioner
Al-Muṣawwir

sh-h-d

presence first, and testimony because of it

50 The Witness
Ash-Shahīd

sh-k-r

the first of four roots: praise for a kindness done you

35 The Appreciative
Ash-Shakūr

t-w-b

to turn back

80 The Acceptor of Repentance
At-Tawwāb

w-d-d

wudd, love; and the verb of the root is wishing

47 The Loving
Al-Wadūd

w-h-b

to give; a gift free of any return or aim

16 The Bestower
Al-Wahhāb

w-ḥ-d · 2 Names

being single, alone (al-infirād); aḥad a branch of the root

66 The Oneshared-explicit
Al-Wāḥid 67 The Uniqueshared-explicit
Al-Aḥad

w-j-d

the thing one comes upon; to find; means (wujd)

64 The Finder
Al-Wājid

w-k-l

to hand an affair over and leave its running to another

52 The Trustee
Al-Wakīl

w-l-y · 2 Names

nearness, and the charge that nearness creates

55 The Protecting Friendshared-explicit
Al-Walī 77 The Governorshared-explicit
Al-Wālī

w-r-th

a thing belongs to one people and then passes to others, by kinship or by a cause (bi-nasabin aw sabab)

97 The Inheritor
Al-Wārith

w-s-ʻ

khilāf aḍ-ḍīq wa-l-ʻusr — the opposite of narrowness and hardship

45 The All-Encompassing
Al-Wāsiʻ

ẓ-h-r

strength and emergence

75 The Manifest
Aẓ-Ẓāhir