He is Allah; there is no Allah
but He...."[59:22] Allah is unique in terms of true Being. No other being can be
said to exist 'of itself'. In fact, "Everything perishes except His Presence
(Face)" [28:88]. It is probable that the name Allah occurs to indicate the
Absolute in the same way that proper nouns denote particular things. Everything
that can be said, however, in respect of the origin of the word is from the
human point of view, that is, relative and arbitrary. As Allah breathed His
Spirit on the human form it can aspire to actualize Allah's Qualities but the
possibility of this occurring is limited and relative to our own natural
disposition -- which Allah gave us -- and the extent of our directing our
motivations and perceptions towards this goal. However, gaining knowledge of
Allah's Most Beautiful Names and assuming them as noble or praiseworthy
character traits whatever possible makes us in no way comparable to Allah's
likeness. The Qur'an clearly states, "Naught is as His likeness" [16:74] nor
should one consider that sharing in every quality means a likeness. Likeness is
defined as sharing in a specific thing and in essence. A horse and a human being
may both be swift but their likeness ends here. The meaning of the name Allah is
so specific that it is inconceivable that there could be any sharing of the Name
whether it be metaphorically or literally. In view of this, the rest of the
Names are described as being the Names of Allâh and are defined in relation to
Allâh. One may say that the Patient, the Compeller, and the Sovereign are among
the Names of Allah but one cannot say that Allah is one of the Names of the
Patient, the Compeller, the Sovereign. This is because the Name Allah, is more
indicative of the true nature of the meaning of divinity and is, therefore, more
specific. As a result, one dispenses with trying to define it by something else
whereas the other Names are defined in relationship to the Name Allah. As the
Qur'an says, "Do you know of any other that can be named with His Name?" [19:65]
On Remembering Allah Allah the All-mighty has said "Therefore remember me. I
will remember you. be grateful to Me and never show me ingratitude".And He said:
"Oh you who believe, remember Allah time and again."And He said; "And the men
and women who remember Allah frequently, Allah has prepared for them forgiveness
and a great reward."And He said: "And remember your Lord by your tongue and
within yourself, humbly and in awe, without loudness, by words in the morning
and in the afternoon, and be not among those who are neglectful."The Prophet (SalAllahu
alayhi wasalam) said: "He who remembers his Lord and he who does not remember
his Lord are like the living and the dead."And he RasulAllah (SalAllahu alayhi
wasalam) said, "shall i not tell you about the best of your works, the purest of
your possesions, your most elevated station, the thing that is better for you
than spending your gold and silver in the way of Allah, and better for you than
meeting your enimies and slaying them and being slain?" "Oh yes" they said. He
RasulAllah saws said "Rememberance of Almighty Allah."And He RasulAllah (SalAllahu
alayhi wasalam) said: "Almighty Allah says, I am with my slave when he thinks of
Me and I am with him when he mentions Me. For if he mentions Me to himself, I
have mentioned him to Myself; and if he mentions Me in a gathering , I have
mentioned him in a superior gathering. If he approaches Me by a hands width, I
approach him by and arms length; and if he approaches Me with and arms length, I
approach him by a miles length. And if he comes to Me walking, I hasten to him
swiftly."Abdullah bin Busr related that a man asked the Prophet (SalAllahu
alayhi wasalam) , "Oh Prophet saws, there are so many ways that we are permitted
to worship Allah. Please give me a simple thing that i can do." The Prophet saws
said "let your tongue always be moist with the rememberance of Allah."And he
said: "Whoever reads one letter from the book of Allah, will receive one Hasana,
and one Hasana comes with ten like it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a
letter. Indeed Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."Uqbah bin
Amir (radiAllahu anhu) said: "Whoever sits and does not mention the name of
Allah before he rises will find it a cause of sorrow. whoever lies down to sleep
and does not mention the name of Allah before rising will find it a cause of
sorrow.£And the Prophet (SalAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "Whoever sits in an
assembly of people who do not mention the name of Allah in their gathering, and
who do not ask Allah for his blessings on their Prophet, will find it a cause of
sorrow. And if He Allah wishes He will forgive them."And he (SalAllahu alayhi
wasalam) said: "No people may rise from an assembly in which they have failed to
mention the name of Allah, without it being as if they were getting off a dead
donkeys rotting back, and it would be a cause of affliction for them Love Of
Allah Ta'ala Imam ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:"The reasons which cause the
mahabbah (love of Allah) to develop are ten: Reciting the Qur'an, reflecting
upon it and understanding its meanings; Drawing closer to Allah through the
performance of optional deeds, after fulfilling the obligatory deeds; Being
continuous in the dhikr (remembrance) of Allah - in all circumstances - with the
tongue, the heart and the limbs. The more constant the dhikr, the more mahabbah
intensifies; Giving precedence to what Allah loves - when being overcome with
desires - over what one personally loves and desires; Causing the heart to
contemplate over the Names and Attributes of Allah. Being a witness to what they
necessitate and causing the heart to be enlightened in the garden of this
realization; Witnessing the blessings and the favors of Allah - the apparent and
the hidden; Subduing the heart and humbling it before Allah, causing it to be in
awe of Him; Being in seclusion during the time in which Allah descends to the
lowest Heaven - reciting the Qur'an and finishing this recitation with seeking
Allah's forgiveness and sincerely repenting to Him; Sitting in the gatherings of
the sincere and true lovers of Allah - reaping the benefits of their teachings
and not speaking except when you know there is benefit in doing so and that such
speech will increase you in good and benefit others as well; Keeping clear from
all those matters which will cause the heart to distance itself from Allah, the
Mighty and Majestic. So these are ten matters which cause the lover to reach the
station of true love for Allah, so that he may then reach Allah, his Beloved.
Contemplating the Asma al Husna #fullpost{display:none;} How to use the 99 Names
of Allah in al Qur'anThere are the 99 Names or Attributes of Allah, that are
working in every human being at all times. We are not aware of this. All our
bodies are working with these Attributes.For example, there is the al-Basir
attribute of Allah. Now how does that work? It works with your sight. Allah has
given that to you.There is the Sami' attribute. How does that work? It works
with your hearing. Allah has given these attributes to the human being and the
human body is working with them. As we do Tafakkur, contemplative meditation, of
these attributes working inside the body, we can see how they work. That's why
Tafakkur carries so much importance. As a person does Taffakur, he gains
strength from the Dhikr, Divine Remembrance. His 'ishq, his Divine Love,
increases and he begins to feel a nearness to Allah. That's why in the Quran the
word "Tafakkur" is mentioned often. The Taffakur of every Asma' causes an
opening inside of a person.Tafakkur is practiced like this: through thinking you
place the Asma into your brain and then you're not to speak at all and you're to
try to listen to yourself. That Asma' will work on its own accord there. You can
do this when you're going down the road, when you're lying down. You can do this
at any time. No one will be aware of this. Only you will know, and it will make
you feel more at ease.As you do the Tafakkur, the Asma will bring about certain
changes in you. What's it going to do? Whatever is lacking in you may be opened
with that Asma' . Every Asma has been given to humanity for goodness and beauty.
That's why Allah says in the Quran-i Karim that these are the Asma al-husna, the
Most Beautiful Names. He says, "Bear witness to all things created in the 'alam
al-ghayb, (the unseen world)." There are many things in this 'alam al-ghayb that
we cannot see. Have faith and you will see. This Âyah (Quranic verse) has come
solely as testimony to this. These are working in every human being. So if a
person can make Tafakkur work within himself together with these Asma, then he
will be able to hear both the sound of beauty and goodness inside himself, and
he will also be able to hear the sounds of the beauty and goodness that Allah
has created outside. The Attributes of Allah Ta'ala "He is Allah, and there is
no God beside Him, the Knower of the unseen and the seen. He is Gracious, the
Merciful.He is Allah, and there is no God beside Him, the Sovereign, the Holy
One, the Source of Peace, the Bestower of Security, the Protector, the Mighty,
the Subduer, the Exalted. Holy is Allah far above that which they associate with
Him.He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most
Beautiful Names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He
is the Mighty the Wise.[59: 23-25]Allah is the proper name of God, however He
has many other names (and attributes) which He can be called. These attributes
describe how Allah manifests Himself to us. God's attributes are innumerable
since human intellect cannot possibly comprehend every aspect of the Supreme
Being. It is not possible to perfectly translate the names and attributes of
Allah from their original Arabic into English. However, here are some fairly
close explanations. AllahADH-DHaahir Qur'aan [57:3] Al-3aalim Qur'aan [6:73]
Al-3aDHeem Qur'aan [2:255] Al-3afuww Qur'aan [4:43] Al-3aleem Qur'aan [2:32]
Al-3aliy Qur'aan [2:255] Al-3azeez Qur'aan [2:129] Al-7aafiDH Qur'aan [12:64]
Al-7afeeDH Qur'aan [11:57] Al-7afiy Qur'aan [19:47] Al-7akeem Qur'aan [2:32]
Al-7aleem Qur'aan [2:225] Al-7ameed Qur'aan [14:1] Al-7aq Qur'aan [10:32]
Al-7aseeb Qur'aan [4:6] -7ayy Qur'aan [2:255] Al-a3laa Qur'aan [87:1] Al-a7ad
Qur'aan [112:1] Al-aakhir Qur'aan [57:3] Al-akram Qur'aan [96:3] Al-awwal
Qur'aan [57:3] Al-baari' Qur'aan [59:24] Al-baaTin Qur'aan [57:3] Al-barr
Qur'aan [52:28] Al-baSeer Qur'aan [17:1] Al-fattaa7 Qur'aan [34:26] Al-ghaffaar
Qur'aan [38:66] Al-ghafuur Qur'aan [10:107] Al-ghaniy Qur'aan [6:133] Al-ilaah
Qur'aan [2:133] Al-jabbaar Qur'aan [59:23] Al-kabeer Qur'aan [13:9] Al-kareem
Qur'aan [82:6] Al-khaaliq Qur'aan [59:24] Al-khabeer Qur'aan [6:18] Al-khallaaq
Qur'aan [15:86] ASMÂ ALLÂH UL HUSNÂ (NAMES OF GOD) #fullpost{display:none;} A
collection of the Ninety-nine Most Beautiful Names of Allah, in English, with a
brief explaination of each one.1. ALLAH- Allah.(1:1)(3:18)(5:109)(7:180)(8:40)
(16:91)(20:8)(57:5)(65:3)(74:56) (85:20)(98:5) 2. AR-RAHMAN - The Beneficent.He
who gives blessings and prosperity to all beings without showing
disparity.(1:3)(17:110)(19:58)(21:112) (27:30)(36:52)(50:33)(55:1)(59:22)
(78:38)3. AR-RAHIM - The Merciful.He who gives blessings and prosperity,
particularly to those who use these gifts as Allah has said, and is merciful to
the believers in the hereafter.(2:163)(3:31)(4:100)(5:3)(5:98)
(11:41)(12:53)(12:64)(26:9)(30:5) (36:58)4. AL-MALIK - The Sovereign Lord.He who
is the absolute king of the entire
universe.(20:114)(23:116)(59:23)(62:1)(114:2)5. AL-QUDDUS - The Holy.He who is
free from all error, absentmindedness, is free from incapability and from any
kind of defect.(59:23) (62:1)6. AS-SALAM - The Source of Peace.He who frees his
servants from all danger and obstruction. He who gives His greeting to those
fortunate people in heaven.(59:23)7. AL-MUMIN - The Guardian of Faith.He who
places faith in the heart of His servants, protects those who seek refuge in
Him, and gives tranquillity.(59:23)8. AL-MUHAYMIN - The Protector.He who watches
over and protects all things.(59:23)9. AL-AZIZ - The Mighty.The
Unconquerable.(3:6) (4:158) (9:40) (9:71) (48:7) (59:23) (61:1)10. AL-JABBAR -
The Compeller.He who repairs all broken things, who completes that which is
incomplete, and who has the ability, with force, to make people do whatever He
wants.(59:23)11. AL-MUTAKABBIR - The Majestic.He who shows His greatness in all
things and in all ways.(59:23)12. AL-KHALIQ - The Creator.He who creates
everything from nothing and creates all things with the knowledge of what will
happen to them.(6:102) (13:16) (39:62)(40:62)(59:24)13. AL-BARI - The Evolver.He
who creates all things in proportion.(59:24)14. AL-MUSAWWIR - The Fashioner.He
who designs all things.(59:24)15. AL-GHAFFAR - The Forgiver.He who is
all-forgiving.(20:82)(38:66)(39:5)(40:42)(71:10)16. AL-QAHHAR - The Subduer.He
who is victorious and dominant in a way that He can do anything He
wills.(13:16)(14:48)(38:65)(39:4)(40:16)17. AL-WAHHAB - The Bestower.He who
donates all blessings to His creatures.(3:8)(38:9)(38:35)18. AR-RAZZAQ - The
Provider.He who provides all things beneficial to His creatures.(51:58)19.
AL-FATTAH - The Opener.He who opens the solution to all problems, and eliminates
obstacles.(34:26)20. AL-ALIM - The All-Knowing.He who is all
knowing.(2:158)(3:92)(4:35)(24:41)(33:40) (35:38)(57:6)21. AL-QABID - The
Constrictor.He who constricts.(2: 245)22. AL-BASIT - The Expander.He who is the
expander.(2:245)23. AL-KHAFID - The Abaser.He who diminishes or decreases.24.
AL-RAFI - The Exalter.He who uplifts.25. AL-MUIZZ - The Honorer.He who makes one
glorious, gives dignity, and treats one with respect.(3:26)26. AL-MUZILL - The
Dishonorer.He who lowers and puts one in abasement and degradation.(3:26)27.
AS-SAMI - The All-Hearing.He who hears everything.(2:127) (2:137) (2:256) (8:17)
(49:1)28. AL-BASIR - The All-Seeing.He who sees everything.(4:58) (17:1) (42:11)
(42:27) (57:4) (67:19)29. AL-HAKAM - The Judge.He who judges and provides what
is due.(22:69)30. AL-ADL - The Just.The just one.(6:115)31. AL-LATIF - The
Subtle One.He who knows the delicate meanings of everything. He who creates
things most subtly, which cannot be understood by people, and He who gives
blessings to people in the most subtleways.(6:103) (22:63) (31:16) (33:34)
(67:14)33. AL-KHABIR - The Aware.He who has knowledge of the most secret parts
of everything, and knows their inner meanings.(6:18) (17:30) (49:13) (59:18)
(63:11)33. AL-HALIM - The Forbearing One.He who is clement.(2:225) (2:235)
(17:44) (22:59) (35:41)34. AL-AZIM - The Great One.He who is magnificent.(2:255)
(42:4) (56:96)35. AL-GHAFUR - The All-Forgiving.He who forgives all.(2:173)
(8:69) (16:110) (41:32) (60:7)36. ASH-SHAKUR - The Appreciative.He who is
grateful and gives rewards for deeds done for Him.(35:30) (35:34) (42:23)
(64:17)37. AL-ALIYY - The Most High.He who is most high.(2:255) (4:34) (31:30)
(42:4) (42:51)38. AL-KABIR - The Most Great.He who is most great.(13:9) (22:62)
(31:30) (34:23) (40:12)39. AL-HAFIZ - The Preserver.He who preserves all things
in detail, and for a time preserves them from misfortune and calamity.(11:57)
(34:21) (42:6)40. AL-MUQIT - The Maintainer.He who sustains.(4:85)41. AL-HASIB -
The Reckoner.He who knows in detail the account of things people do throughout
their lives.(4:6) (4:86) (33:39)42. AL-JALIL - The Sublime One.He who has
wealth, dominion and holiness.43. AL-KARIM - The Generous One.He who is
generous.(27:40) (82:6)44. AR-RAQIB - The Watchful.He who observes all
creatures, and every action is under His control.(4:1) (5:117)45. AL-MUJIB - The
Responsive.The One who responds to every need.(11:61)46. AL-WASI - The
All-Embracing.He who has limitless capacity and abundance.(2:115) (2:261)
(2:268) (3:73) (5:54)47. AL-HAKIM - The Wise.He who has wisdom in all orders and
actions.(2:129) (2:260) (31:27) (46:2) (57:1) (66:2)48. AL-WADUD - The Loving.He
who loves those who do good and bestows on them His compassion. He who is the
only one who should be loved and whose friendship is to be earned.(11:90)
(85:14)49. AL-MAJID - The Most Glorious One.He who is most glorious.(11:73)50.
AL-BAITH - The Resurrector.He who gives life to all creatures on the judgment
day.(22:7)51. ASH-SHAHID - The Witness.He who is present everywhere and observes
all things.(4:79)(4:166)(22:17)(41:53)(48:28)52. AL-HAQQ - The Truth.He whose
existence has no change.(6:62)(22:6)(23:116)(24:25)(31:30)53. AL-WAKIL - The
Trustee.He who provides a means to solve all problems in the best way.(3:173)
(4:171) (28:28) (33:3) (73:9)54. AL-QAWI - The Most
Strong.(22:40)(22:74)(42:19)(57:25)(58:21)55. AL-MATIN - The Firm One.(51:58)56.
AL-WALI - The Protecting Friend.He who is the Friend of His righteous
servants.(3:68) (4:45) (7:196) (42:28) (45:19)57. AL-HAMID - The Praiseworthy.He
who is the only one to be praised and glorified and thanked by all
creatures.(14:1) (14:8) (31:12) (31:26) (41:42)58. AL-MUHSI - The Reckoner.He
who knows the number of all things although they cannot be counted, and knows
each of them.59. AL-MUBDI - The Originator.He who has created for the first time
all beings from nothing and without any
model.(10:4)(10:34)(27:64)(29:19)(85:13)60. AL-MU'ID - The Restorer.He who
restores all beings.(10:4)(10:34)(27:64)(29:19)(85:13)61. AL-MUHYI - The Giver
of Life.He who gives life and health.(3:156) (7:158) (15:23)(30:50)(57:2)62.
AL-MUMIT - The Creator of Death.He who creates death.(3:156) (7:158) (15:23)
(57:2)63. AL-HAYY - The Alive.He is all-knowing and His strength is sufficient
for everything.(2:255)(3:2)(20:111)(25:58)(40:65)64. AL-QAYYUM - The
Self-Subsisting.He who holds the entire universe.(2:255) (3:2) (20:111)65.
AL-WAJID - The Finder.He who finds whatever He wants in the time He
desires.(38:44)66. AL-MAJID - The Noble.He whose highness is great, who is
beneficent, and His munificence is rich.67. AL-WAHID - The Unique.He who is One
in His actions, His Names, who has no partner or equal in His attributes,
personality and orders.(2:163) (5:73) (9:31) (18:110) (37:4)68. AS-SAMAD - The
Eternal.He who is the only being to apply to if one has any need to be competed
or any troubles to be eliminated.(112:2)69. AL-QADIR - The Able.He who is able
to do anything in the way He wills.(6:65) (36:81) (46:33) (75:40) (86:8)70.
AL-MUQTADIR - The Powerful.He who is more powerful than any being.(18:45)
(54:42) (54:55)71. AL-MUQADDIM - The Expediter.72. AL-MUAKHKHIR - The Delayer.He
who delays whatever He wants.(71:4)73. AL-AWWAL - The First.(57:3)74. AL-AKHIR -
The Last.(57:3)75. AZ-ZAHIR - The Manifest.(57:3)76. AL-BATIN - The
Hidden.(57:3)77. AL-WALI - The Governor.He who directs, manages, conducts,
governs, measures, plans every action which happens at any moment in the entire
universe.78. AL-MUTA'ALI - The Most Exalted.He who is higher than any action,
manner or condition, and any thought that any being may have. This Name
indicates that Allah is higher than the most evolved thought of man.(13:9)79.
AL-BARR - The Source of All Goodness.He who is tolerant to His servants, to all
creatures, and is good to them.(52:28)80. AT-TAWWAB - The Acceptor of
Repentance.(2:37) (2:128) (4:64) (49:12) (110:3)81. AL-MUNTAQIM - The Avenger.He
who punishes wrongdoers.(32:22) (43:41) (44:16)82. AL-AFUW - The Pardoner.He who
pardons all who repent sincerely as if they had no previous sin.(4:99) (4:149)
(22:60)83. AR-RAUF - The Compassionate.He who is benign.(2:143) (3:30) (9:117)
(57:9) (59:10)84. MALIK-UL-MULK - The Eternal Owner of Sovereignty.(3:26)85.
DHUL-JALAL-WAL-IKRAM - The Lord of Majesty and Honour.(55:27) (55:78)86.
AL-MUQSIT - The Equitable.He who does His work accordingly and in a balanced
way.87. AL-JAMI - The Gatherer.He who collects things, gathers them, anywhere He
wants, at any time.(3:9)88. AL-GHANI - The Self-Sufficient.(2:263) (3:97) (39:7)
(47:38) (57:24)89. AL-MUGHNI - The Enricher.(9:28)90. AL-MANI - The
Preventer.91. AD-DARR - The Distresser.He who creates that which makes one
despondent.92. AN-NAFI - The Propitious.He who creates all things which provide
goodness and benefit.93. AN-NUR - The Light.He who provides divine light to the
entire universe; to the faces, minds and hearts of His servants.(24:35)94.
AL-HADI - The Guide.He who guides, gives success and directs His servant to do
things beneficial to others.(25:31)95. AL-BADI - The Incomparable.He who creates
wonders in the universe without any design.(2:117) (6:101)96. AL-BAQI - The
Everlasting.(55:27)97. AL-WARITH - The Supreme Inheritor.He who has everlasting
ownership of all things. Finite man only has temporary ownership and at death
all creatures have nothing.(15:23)98. AR-RASHID - The Guide to the Right Path.He
who is the guide, with wisdom, to the right path according to His eternal
plan.99. AS-SABUR - The Patient.