The Ninety-Nine names of Allaah ‫سبحانه وتعالى‬

Taken from the lessons of Kitaab at-Tawheed of Shaykh Muhammad bin

AbdulWahhaab, rahimahullaah

Translated by Aboo Talhah Daawood Burbank, rahimahullaah

Saying of Allaah, the Most High:

َ ۚ ‫عوهُ َب َها ۖ َو َذ ُروا الهذَينَ ي أُل َحدُونَ فَي أ َ أس َمائَ َه‬

َ‫سيُجأ زَ أونَ َما َكانُوا َي أع َملُون‬ ُ ‫ّلِل أاْل َ أس َما ُء أال ُح أسن َٰى فَا أد‬
َ ‫َو َ ه‬
To Allaah belongs the most perfect and beautiful names so worship Him in
accordance with them and call upon Him by them and abandon those who deviate
with regard to His names.

(Sooratul-A`raf (7), aayah 180)

Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

“Allaah has ninety-nine names, one-hundred except for one, whoever correctly
preserves them and acts in accordance with them will enter Paradise.” 1

The addition which gives the actual list Names after it, reported by At-Tirmithee and
one narration reported by Ibn Majah and others reported by Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn
Hibbaan and others is not authentic as from the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam
but rather it was from the ijtihaad of some of the scholars that they strove to look
through the Book of Allaah and what they could find in the Sunnah.

So the scholars from the early times right until this day have striven to look through the
Book of Allaah and the authentic Sunnah and to extract these ninety-nine names. So
each scholar has come with a slightly different list of names and no one scholar will be
able to say “this is definitely the list”, which is why scholars have continued to strive in
that regard right until this time.

And as we mentioned one of the scholars in current times was Shaykh Muhammad ibn
Saalih al-`Uthaymeen rahimahullaah in his book Al-Qawaa`id al-Muthla. So he produced
a list and the scholars doing so hoping to fall into this hadeeth. One of the parts of ihsaa
(correctly preserving these names) is to look for these names and to compile them. so
amongst these scholars as we said Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen and he compiled a list of
ninety-nine names - not to say that Allaah’s names are restricted to these 99 but hoping

Reported by Bukhaariyy and Muslim, hadeeth of Aboo Hurayrah radiyAllaahu `anh.

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and striving to establish the ninety-nine names which are given that promise, that
whoever preserves them correctly and acts upon them will enter Paradise.

Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen rahimahullaah strove his best to find whatever names he
could as scholars usually do, they strove the best that they could to find the names in the
Qur’aan and when they fell short of the number 99 then whatever remained they would
look in the Sunnah. So this is what Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen did as well ,striving
initially to find the names in the Qur’aan and some scholars before for example Ibn
Hazm strove and making it a condition upon themselves that they would only bring a
name which they could find in the Qur’aan, when they did so their list usually came to
around 80 names or thereabouts. So therefore they ended up taking other names from
the authentic Sunnah which is revelation as the Qur’aan is revelation.

With regard to the names in addition, the ones from the Sunnah then the book of the
Shaykh gives you footnotes mentioning which hadeeth brings the names. Obviously, a
completion of the list to quote which aayah the name occurs in or if they’re from the
hadeeth then where the hadeeth is. In case anyone who hasn’t got this book, anyone
who can read Arabic and wants to benefit themselves with regard to the matter of
Allaah’s names and attributes then make it upon yourself to get hold of this book Al-
Qawaa`id al-Muthla. It’s a book of principles with regard to Allaah’s names, how we are
to understand Allaah’s names, the principles that are to be applied, the principles that
the people of the Sunnah are upon with regard to Allaah’s names, a refutation of the
people of innovation and deviation, where they go wrong and principles to prove where
they have gone wrong. This is one of the finest books written in this regard.

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The Shaykh Uthaymeen initially brings a list of 81 names extracted from the Book of
Allaah, the Qur’aan, and then he brings 11 names (from 82-99) extracted from the
authentic Sunnah.

So he says from the Book of Allaah, the Most High are:

01. ‫ هللا‬Allaah

02. ‫ األحَد‬Al-Ahad (The Unique)

03. ‫ األ ْعلَى‬Al-A’laa (The Most High)

04. ‫ األك َْرم‬Al-Akram (The Most Generous)

05. ‫ اإلله‬Al-Ilaah (The One Who alone deserves to be worshipped)

06. ‫األول‬
َّ Al Awwal (The First)

07. ‫اآلخر‬
ِ Al-Aakhir (The Last)

08.‫ الظا ِهر‬Adh-Dhaahir (The Uppermost One)

09.‫اطن‬
ِ َ‫ الب‬Al-Baatin (The Innermost One)

10. ‫البارئ‬
ِ Al-Baari` (The Originator)

11.‫ البَر‬Al-Barr (The Most Benign and Kind)

12.‫ البَ ِصير‬Al-Baseer (The All-Seeing)

13. ‫ التَّ َّواب‬At-Tawwaab (The One Who guides His servants to repent and accepts their
repentance)

14.‫ ال َج َّبار‬Al-Jabbaar (The Exalted and Almighty Compeller)

15. ‫ الحا ِفظ‬Al-Haafidh (The Protector)

16.‫ ال َحسِيب‬Al-Haseeb (The Reckoner Who suffices)

17.‫ ال َح ِفيظ‬Al-Hafeedh (The Guardian)

18. ‫ ال َح ِفي‬Al-Hafiyy (The Benevolent)

19. ‫ الحق‬Al-Haqq (The True One)

20. ‫ ال ُم ِبين‬Al-Mubeen (the Clear and Manifest One)

21. ‫ ال َح ِكيم‬Al-Hakeem (The One fully Wise) or Al-Haakim (The All-Wise)

22.‫ ال َح ِليم‬Al-Haleem (The Forbearing)

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23.‫ الح َِميد‬Al-Hameed (The One Who is deservedly praised)

24.‫ الحَي‬Al-Hayy (The Everliving),

25. ‫ القَيوم‬Al-Qayyoom (The Self-Subsisting One Upon Whom everything depends)

26.‫ ال َخبِير‬Al-Khabeer (The Fully Aware)

27.‫ ال َخا ِلق‬Al-Khaaliq (The Creator and Maker of everything)

28. ‫ ال َخالق‬Al Khallaaq (The Creator Who creates again and again)

29. ‫الرؤُوف‬
َّ Ar-Ra’oof (The Compassionate and Kind)

30.‫الرحْ َمان‬
َّ Ar-Rahmaan (The Extremely Merciful)

31. ‫الر ِحيم‬

َّ Ar-Raheem (The Bestower of mercy)

32. ‫الر َّزاق‬

َّ Ar-Razzaaq (The Great Provider)

33. ‫الرقِيب‬
َّ Ar-Raqeeb (The Ever Watchful Guardian)

34. ‫ السالم‬As-Salaam (the Impeccable One or Flawless One)

35. ‫س ِميع‬
َّ ‫ ال‬As Samee’ (The All-Hearing)

36. ‫ الشَا ِكر‬Ash-Shaakir (The Appreciative)

37. ‫شكُور‬
َّ ‫ ل‬Ash-Shakoor (The One most ready to appreciate and reward abundantly)‫ا‬

38. ‫ الش َِّهيد‬Ash-Shaheed (The Witness)

39. ‫ص َمد‬
َّ ‫ ال‬As-Samad (the Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom the whole of creation
depends)

40. ‫ العَا ِلم‬Al-`Aalim (The All-Knower of the seen and the unseen)

41. ‫ العَ ِزيز‬Al-`Azeez (The Almighty or the Invincible)

42. ‫ العَ ِظيم‬Al-`Adheem (The Tremendous One or the Magnificent)

43. ‫ العَفُو‬Al-`Afuww (The One Who pardons again and again)

44. ‫ العَ ِليم‬Al-`Aleem (The All-Knowing)

45. ‫ العَ ِلي‬Al-`Aliyy (The Exalted)

46. ‫ الغَفَّار‬Al-Ghaffaar (The Oft-forgiving)

47. ‫ الغَفُور‬Al-Ghafoor (The One Who forgives extensively)

48. ‫ الغَنِي‬Al-Ghaniyy (The Independent One Who is free of all needs)

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49. ‫ الفَتَّاح‬Al-Fattaah (The Judge and Opener Who distinguishes the truth from falsehood)

50. ‫ القَادِر‬Al-Qaadir (The Fully Able One)

51. ‫ القَا ِهر‬Al-Qaahir (The Invincible Subduer)

52. ‫ القُدوس‬Al-Quddoos (The Pure and Perfect)

53. ‫ القَدِير‬Al-Qadeer (The All-Powerful)

54. ‫ القَ ِريب‬Al-Qareeb (The One Who is near to the servants)

55. ‫ القَ ِوي‬Al-Qawiyy (The One perfect in strength)

56. ‫ القَهَّار‬Al-Qahhaar (The Overwhelming Subduer Who is never overcome)

57. ‫ ال َك ِبير‬Al-Kabeer (The Incomparably Great)

58. ‫ الك َِريم‬Al-Kareem (The Bountiful, The Generous One Abundant in good)

59. ‫ اللَّ ِطيف‬Al-Lateef (The Subtle and Kind)

ِ ‫ ال ُم‬Al-Mu`min (The True and Trustworthy, The Granter of security)

60. ‫ؤمن‬

61. ‫ ال ُمتَعَا ِلي‬Al-Muta’aalee (The Supreme and Exalted One)

62. ‫ ال ُمتَكَبِر‬Al-Mutakabbir (The One Supreme in Glory, The justly and rightfully proud)

63. ‫ ال َمتِين‬Al-Mateen (The Strong)

64. ‫ ال ُم ِجيب‬Al-Mujeeb (The Responsive)

65. ‫ ال َم ِجيد‬Al-Majeed (The One Perfect in Glory and Honour)

66. ‫ ال ُم ِحيط‬Al-Muheet (The All-Encompassing)

67. ‫ ال ُمص َِور‬Al-Musawwir (The Bestower of forms)

68. ‫ ال ُم ْقتَدِر‬Al-Muqtadir (The Omnipotent)

69. ‫ ال ُم ِقيت‬Al-Muqeet (The All-Powerful Maintainer)

70. ‫ ال َم ِلك‬Al-Malik (The King)

71. ‫ ال َم ِليك‬Al-Maleek (The Omnipotent Sovereign)

72. ‫ ال َمولَى‬Al-Mawlaa (The Patron Lord or the Master and Supporter)

73. ‫ ال ُم َهي ِْمن‬Al-Muhaymin (The Trustworthy and Ever Watchful Witness)

74. ‫ النَّ ِصير‬An-Naseer (The Helper)

75. ‫احد‬
ِ ‫الو‬
َ Al-Waahid (The One and Only)

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76. ‫الو ِارث‬
َ Al-Waarith (The Inheritor)

77. ‫سع‬
ِ ‫الوا‬
َ Al Waasi’ (The Vast One)

78. ‫الودُود‬
َ Al-Wadood (The Loving One and the Beloved One)

79. ‫الو ِكيل‬

َ Al-Wakeel (The Trustworthy Disposer of Affairs)

80. ‫الو ِلي‬

َ Al-Waliyy (The Guardian Lord)

81. ‫الو َّهاب‬

َ Al-Wahhaab (The Bestower)

From the Sunnah of Allaah’s Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam :

82. ‫ الج َِميل‬Al-Jameel (The Beautiful One)

83. ‫ الج ََواد‬Al-Jawaad (The Munificent)

84. ‫ ال َحكَم‬Al-Hakam (The Judge)

85. ‫ الح َِيي‬Al-Hayyiyu (The One Who honourably disdains anything unbecoming His mercy
and generosity)

86. ‫الرب‬
َّ Ar-Rabb (The Lord and Nurturer)

87. ‫الرفِيق‬
َّ Ar-Rafeeq (The Gentle)

88. ‫ السبوح‬As-Subbooh (The Venerated and Perfect)

89. ‫سيِد‬
َّ ‫ ال‬As-Sayyid (The Lord and Master)

90. ‫ الشَّافِي‬Ash-Shaafee (The One Who cures)

91. ‫ ال َّطيِب‬At-Tayyib (The Pure One)

92. ‫ القا ِبض‬Al-Qaabid (The Withholder)

93. ‫سط‬
ِ ‫ البَا‬Al-Baasit (The Granter of ample provision)

94. ‫ ال ُم َقدِم‬Al-Muqaddim (The One Who gives precedence)

95. ‫ ال ُمؤ َِخر‬Al-Mu`akhkhir (The One Who puts back)

96. ‫ ال ُمحْ سِن‬Al-Muhsin (The One Who acts in a good and fine manner)

97. ‫ ال ُم ْع ِطي‬Al Mu’tee (The Giver)

98. ‫ ال َمنَّان‬Al-Mannaan (The Beneficent Bestower of bounties)

99. ‫ ال ِوتْر‬Al-Witr (The One Who has no partner nor anyone like Him)

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Then with regard to brief explanation of these names (with a slightly longer
explanation for just one or two of them) then a number of books have been written in
this present age depending upon earlier books and these brief explanations are based
upon these references:

1. The Tafseer of Ibn Jareer at-Tabariyy - Jaami` ul-Bayaan,

2. The Tafseer of Ibn Katheer,
3. The Tayseer ul-Kareem ir-Rehmaan-The Tafseer of As-Sa’dee
4. The Tafseer of Al-Baghawee,
5. Majmoo` ul-Fataawa of Shaykh ul-Islaam ibn Taymiyyah
6. An-Nooniyah, the poem by Ibn ul-Qayyim
7. I`dat us-Saabireen also of Ibn ul-Qayyim
8. Ar-rad `ala al-Jahmiyyah of Imaam Ahmad
9. Bada`i ul-fawaa`id of Ibn ul-Qayyim
10. Sha’n ud-Du`aa of Al-Khataabee
11. Tafseer Asmaa illaahi il-Husnaa of Az-Zajjaaj
12. Al Hujjah fee Bayaan il-Mahajjah of Qiwaam us-Sunnah al-Asbahaanee
13. At-Tawheed of Ibn Mandah
14. An-Nihaayah Fee Ghareeb il-Hadeeth of Ibn al-Atheer
15. Tafseer Ghareeb il-Qur’aan of Ibn Qutaybah
16. Al-Mufradaat of Ar-Raaghib
17. Lisaan ul-`Arab of Ibn Mandhoor
18. Al Haqq ul-Waadih ul-Mubeen of As-Sa`dee rahimahamullaah

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With regard to the 1st name that Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen brings the name of Allaah:

1st Name: ‫ هللا‬Allaah

Concerning the name Allaah, Ibn ul-Qayyim said in Midaarij us-Saalikeen:

“The name Allaah indicates all of the perfect names and lofty attributes in all three ways
of indication since it indicates His Divinity, which indicates affirmation of all the
characteristics of divinity for Him along with negation of their opposites for Him. So, the
attributes of divinity are the attributes of perfection being free from any likeness with
the creation and free of any deficiency or imperfection.”

And the author of the explainer of Kitaab at-Tawheed in Tayseer ul-`Azeez al-Hameed,
brings a quote from Ibn ul-Qayyim also with regard to the excellent qualities of the
name Allaah that Ibn ul-Qayyim rahimahullaah said:

As for the particular virtues of the meaning of this name Allaah then in this regard the
most knowledgeable of the creation sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam himself said:

“I could not praise You enough as You deserve, You are as You have praised
Yourself.”2

He said, so how could we enumerate the special virtues of the name of the One Who
comprises every perfection unrestrictedly and every praise and commendation and
every laudation and exaltation and all splendour and all perfection and all glory and all
beauty and all good and all eminence and all generosity, excellence and goodness is for
Him and is from Him.

So, this name Allaah is not mentioned upon a small amount of something except that it
causes it to increase. Nor is it mentioned in a state of fear except that it removes it. Nor
is it mentioned upon any misfortune except that it relieves it. Nor in any state of anxiety
and distress except that it brings relief. Nor upon any state of difficulty except that it
brings ease to it. None who is weak resorts to it except that it brings strength to him.
Nor anyone in a state of humiliation except that it brings honour to him. Nor anyone in
poverty except that he is enriched. Nor anyone who feels estranged and uneasy except
that it causes him to feel at ease. Nor is it mentioned by one who has been overcome
except that it brings aid and victory for him. Nor by one who is in straitened
circumstances except that his difficulty is removed. Nor is it mentioned by a fugitive
except that he finds refuge.

So, it is the name, meaning Allaah’s name Allaah, it is the name through which distress is
removed through which the descent of blessings is sought and through which
supplications are answered. Through it slips are corrected, sins are warded away and
good deeds are brought closer.

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Reported by Muslim from the hadeeth of A’ishah radiyAllaahu `anha.

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It is the name with which the earth and heavens were established and with which the
revealed books were sent down and with which the messengers were sent. With it the
legislated laws were prescribed, through it the prescribed punishments were
established and with it jihaad was prescribed.

Through this name the creation will become divided into the fortunate and the
wretched. With it the true and tremendous day is established and with it, the scales of
justice are set up, the bridge laid down and the Paradise and the Fire established. With
it, the Lord of all creation is worshipped and praised, for its right the messengers were
sent and it will be asked about in the grave and for it, there will be the resurrection.
Dispute is regarding it and judgement is to it and alliance and enmity are for it. Through
it those who know it and establish its rights will be the fortunate ones and through it
those who are ignorant of it and leave its rights will be the wretched ones.

So, it is the reason for creation and command and through it, they are established and
confirmed and to it they arrive at a conclusion. So, the creation comes about through it,
returns to it and exists because of it. So, there is nothing in creation and no command
nor reward and no punishment except that it starts from it and ends with it. That is
what brings it about and its reason. Then he quotes the aayah:

َ ‫س أب َحان ََك فَ َقنَا َع َذ‬

َ ‫اب النه‬
‫ار‬ َ َ‫ت ٰ َه َذا ب‬
ُ ‫اط اًل‬ َ ‫َربهنَا َما َخلَ أق‬
Oh our Lord, You have not created all of this without purpose, free and far
removed are You from that. So save us from the punishment of the Fire.

(Soorah Aali `Imraan (3), aayah 191)

Then with regard to the name ‫ هللا‬Allaah, brief indication of the meaning which is - the
One Who is truly venerated and worshipped, the One deserving that He be singled
out with all worship because of His perfect attributes of divinity.

With regard to the 2nd name that the Shaykh quotes, ‫ األحَد‬Al-Ahad (the Unique), the One
Who is alone and unique in every sense, the One alone in His oneness, in His self and in
His attributes, alone in His divinity.

The 3rd name; ‫ األ ْعلَى‬Al-A’laa (the Most High), the One Who is above everything, having
power and control over everything and the One Who is exalted above every deficiency.

The 4th name; ‫ األك َْرم‬Al-Akram (the Most Generous), the One unequalled in His perfect
generosity.

The 5th name; ‫ اإلله‬Al-Ilaah, the One Who alone deserves to be worshipped.

The 6th name; ‫األول‬

َّ Al Awwal (the First) and this name, the 6th and the 7th and the 8th
and the 9th Al-Awwalu, W`al Aakhiru W`al Dhaahiru W`al Baatin, the Shaykh has put
most of the names as you can see in alphabetical order. These 4 names are out of

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alphabetical order and put together because they are all explained in an authentic
hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim explained by Allaah’s Messenger himself sallAllaahu `alayhi
wa sallam.

So Al Awwal (the First), is the One Who was before everything without any beginning.

The 7th name; ‫ اآلخِ ر‬Al-Aakhir (the Last), the One who remains after everything else
without any end.

The 8th name; ‫ الظاهِر‬Adh-Dhaahir (the Uppermost One), the One such that nothing is
above Him, He is above everything and He encompasses everything with His
Knowledge.

The 9th name; ‫ البََاطِ ن‬Al-Baatin (the Innermost One), the One Who encompasses and
knows the innermost secrets of everything.

The 10th name; ‫البارئ‬

ِ Al-Baari` (the Originator) the One Who by His power originated
and created and fashioned the created beings upon their separate forms without any
prior example to follow and Who created and fashioned the souls in the wombs.

The 11th name; َ‫ البَر‬Al-Barr with a baa and a raa and a shaddah on the raa, Al-Barr (the
Most Benign and Kind), the One Who treats the creation in an excellent and kind
manner, Who does not interrupt His fine treatment of them and Who rectifies their
affairs for them.

The 12th name; ‫ البَ ِصير‬Al-Baseer (the All-Seeing), the One Who sees everything such that
nothing whatsoever is hidden from Him.

The 13th name; ‫ الت ََّّواب‬At-Tawwaab (the One Who guides His servants to repent and
accepts their repentance), the One Who guides the servants that they should repent to
Him, grants to them that they should repent and accepts their repentance again and
again.

The 14th name; ‫ ال َجبَّار‬Al-Jabbaar (the Exalted and Almighty Compeller), the One to
Whose might everything in the creation submits and the exalted One Who rectifies the
affairs of His creation for them and Who restores the weak and the broken-hearted.

The 15th name; ‫ الحافِظ‬Al-Haafidh (the Protector), the One Who alone guards and
protects the heavens and the earth and whatever they contain and Who protects His
servants from destruction and from evil.

The 16th name; ‫ ال َحسِيب‬Al-Haseeb (the Reckoner Who suffices), the One Who preserves
the deeds of the creation and will bring them to account for them and the One Who
suffices and protects His servants.

The 17th name; ‫ ال َحفِيظ‬Al-Hafeedh (the Guardian), the One Who protects the servants
from harm and Who perfectly preserves whatever deeds His servants have done, not

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losing any of their deeds and the One Who preserves and protects His beloved servants
from falling into sins and from Satan.

The 18th name; َ‫ ال َحفِي‬Al-Hafiyy (the Benevolent), the One Who is ever kind to His
servants and ever responding to supplication.

The 19th name; َ‫ الحق‬Al-Haqq (the True One), the One true and certain in His existence
in His self, in His attributes, in His sayings and in His actions.

The 20th name; ‫ ال ُم ِبين‬Al-Mubeen (the Clear and Manifest One), the One Whose sole
Lordship and right to worship is clear and manifest.

The 21st name; ‫ ال َحكِيم‬Al-Hakeem (the All-Wise), the One fully wise in everything He
decrees and fully wise in His sayings and in His actions. There is no deficiency or error
in anything He decrees, says or does.

The 22nd name; ‫ ال َحلِيم‬Al-Haleem (the forbearing), the One Who does not immediately
punish His servants for their sins, their shirk and their unbelief but rather He gives
them the opportunity to repent.

The 23rd name; ‫ الحَمِ يد‬Al-Hameed (the One Who is deservedly praised), the One Who is
praised and fully deserves to be praised for His self, for His perfect names, for His
attributes and for His perfect actions.

He 24th name; َ‫ الحَي‬Al-Hayy (the Everliving), the Everliving Who always remains
without any beginning and any end with perfect and everlasting life Who never dies nor
passes away.

The 25th name; ‫ القَيوم‬Al-Qayyoom (the Self-Subsisting One), upon Whom everything
depends, the One Who sustains everything that exists, the One Who has no need
whatever of anything but rather everything in existence has total need of Him.

The 26th name; ‫ ال َخبِير‬Al-Khabeer (the Fully Aware), the One knowing fully everything
that is, has been or will be, knowing whatever will bring harm or benefit, knowing the
true condition of everything and the outcome of everything.

The 27th name; ‫ ال َخالِق‬Al-Khaaliq (the Creator and Maker of everything), the One Who
brought everything into existence after it had previously not existed, the One Who has
always had the attribute of being the Creator even when there was no creation in
existence.

That’s a fine point that Shaykh ul-Islaam ibn Taymiyyah brings out and makes clear,
“This was Allaah’s attribute always that He did not become the Creator when the
creation came into existence, rather He has always been the Creator. This has always
been His attribute.”

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The 28th name; ‫ ال َخالق‬Al Khallaaq (the Creator) who creates again and again, the One for
Whom it is not difficult to create anything.

The 29th name; ‫الرؤُوف‬

َّ Ar-Ra’oof (the Compassionate and Kind), the One Who is kind
and compassionate to His servants.

The 30th name; ‫الرحْ َمان‬

َّ Ar-Rahmaan (the Extremely Merciful), the Merciful One Who has
as His attribute mercy, the One possessing tremendous and extensive mercy.

The 31st name; ‫الرحِ يم‬

َّ Ar-Raheem (the Bestower of mercy), the One Who has mercy
upon the creation.

As the verifier has mentioned, the difference between Ar-Rahmaan and Ar-Raheem is Ar-
Rahmaan is with regard to the attribute of Allaah’s self, the attribute He has Himself of
extreme mercy and Ar-Raheem is His bestowing mercy upon the creation with regard to
His action.

The 32nd name; ‫الر َّزاق‬

َّ Ar-Razzaaq (the Great Provider), the One Who provides
extensively for the whole of the creation whatever they need and Who also provides the
provision of beneficial knowledge and eemaan for the hearts of His obedient servants
indicating the rizq that is general, that which is for the whole creation that He provides
whatever the whole creation needs with regard to provision and sustenance and the
particular, that which He provides for His beloved servants, the provision in addition to
the general provision, the particular provision, the special provision, that of beneficial
knowledge and eemaan providing sustenance for the hearts of His believing servants.

The 33rd name; ‫الرقِيب‬

َّ Ar-Raqeeb (the Ever Watchful Guardian), the One Who misses
nothing whatsoever, being aware of all deeds and of whatever thoughts are contained in
the hearts of the creation.

The 34th name; ‫ السالم‬As-Salaam (the Impeccable One or Flawless One without any
defect), the One free of all imperfections and deficiencies because of His perfection in
His self, His attributes and His actions and the One Who renders His creation safe from
His punishing anyone who does not deserve punishment and Who renders the creation
safe from His oppressing them.

The 35th name; ‫ السَّمِ يع‬As Samee’ (the All-Hearing), the One Who has as His attribute
perfect hearing, the One Who hears everything within the creation even that which is
most quiet and secret.

The 36th name; ‫ الشَاكِر‬Ash-Shaakir (the Appreciative), the One Who rewards a small
deed with a great reward as mentioned by At-Tabaree and Ibn Katheer in their Tafseers
in explanation of it.

The 37th name; ‫شكُور‬

َّ ‫ ال‬Ash-Shakoor (the One most ready to appreciate and reward
abundantly). The One Who rewards abundantly and multiplies the rewards of His
obedient servants for their deeds, deeds which He himself favoured them with, deeds

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which He Himself granted to them, the One Who does not allow any of their deeds to be
lost.

The 38th name; ‫ الش َِّهيد‬Ash-Shaheed (the Witness), the One Who witnesses everything,
that which is apparent and that which is hidden.

The 39th name; ‫ص َمد‬

َّ ‫ ال‬As-Samad (the Perfect Lord and Master upon Whom the whole of
creation depends), the Lord and Master Whose control is complete, upon Whom the
whole of the creation depends for its needs because of His perfection in His self, His
names, His attributes and His actions. The One Who remains and never passes away, the
One Who neither eats nor drinks, free of all needs.

The 40th name; ‫ العَالِم‬Al-`Aalim (the All-Knower of the seen and the unseen), the Knower
of whatever is hidden and whatever is manifest.

The 41st name; ‫ العَ ِزيز‬Al-`Azeez (the Almighty or the Invincible), the Almighty One
Whom nothing can overcome, the One mighty in vengeance when He punishes His
enemies, the All-Powerful One Who overcomes all and before Whose Might all submit
and Who has no need of anyone.

The 42nd name; ‫ العَظِ يم‬Al-`Adheem (the Tremendous One or the Magnificent), the One
tremendous in greatness and the only One deservingly held in awe and venerated by the
creation for His greatness in every sense.

The 43rd name; َ‫ العَفُو‬Al-`Afuww with an `ain and a faa and a waaw with a shaddah on it
(the One Who pardons again and again), the One Who continues to pardon the sins of
His servants and leaves off punishment for them, the One Who pardons His slaves so
that they do not suffer the consequences of their sins if they repent.

The 44th name; ‫ العَلِيم‬Al-`Aleem (the All-Knowing) and here we’ll quote quite a longest
saying from Imaam Ahmad in explanation of Al-`Aleem found in the book Ar-rad `ala al-
Jahmiyyah that he said,

“He is the One Who knows everything in the seven heavens and the seven earths and
whatever is between them and whatever is beneath the ground and whatever is in the
depths of the oceans and who knows the place where every hair grows and every tree
and the place where each leaf falls and the number of stones there are and the number
of the grains of sand and the number of grains of soil and the weight of the mountains
and all of the actions of the servants and the traces they leave behind and their speech
and every breath they take, He knows everything, nothing is hidden from Him whilst He
is upon the Throne above the seven heavens, He, the Perfect and Most High.”

So He knows whatever was, whatever is and whatever will be before it occurs and He
knows the true and hidden reality of everything and He knows whatever is not going to
be and how it would be if it were to exist and He has always been the All-Knowing,
perfect in His knowledge.

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The 45th name; َ‫ العَلِي‬Al-`Aliyy (the Exalted), the Exalted One, Exalted in His attributes
and His greatness, High Above what the wrongdoers say and the One Who is Himself
above the creation ascended upon the Throne and the One Who has ascendancy over
the creation by His might. The 3 meanings of Uluw are all affirmed for Allaah; the Uluw
of His being exalted and far above what the wrongdoers say, Exalted in His attributes,
the One Who is Himself above and is ascended upon the Throne and thirdly, the One
Who has ascendancy by His Might over the creation.

The 46th name; ‫ الغَفَّار‬Al-Ghaffaar (the Oft-forgiving), the One Who forgives the sins of
His servants again and again whenever the servant repents and Who hides the sins of
the servants and does not expose them.

The 47th name; ‫ الغَفُور‬Al-Ghafoor (the One Who forgives extensively), the One Who
covers up the sins of the servant to an extent that cannot even be comprehended and
Who forgives them so that He does not punish them for those sins.

The 48th name; َ‫ الغَنِي‬Al-Ghaniyy (the Independent One Who is free of all need), the One
Who has no need whatsoever of the creation, the One Who is free from any poverty or
need, the One in Whose Hand lie the treasures of the heavens and the earth and of this
world and the Hereafter.

The 49th name; ‫ الفَت َّاح‬Al-Fattaah, with a faa and a taa with a shaddah on it and a alif and
a haa, (the Judge and Opener Who distinguishes the truth from falsehood), the Judge
Who judges between His servants with the truth and with justice, with His legislation
and with His decree and Who is never unjust and the One Who opens the gates of mercy
and provision and whatever is closed to His servants and Who opens the eyes and
hearts of His servants for them to see the truth and the One Who aids and grants victory
to His believing servants and Who distinguishes the truth from falsehood.

And the 50th name; ‫ القَادِر‬Al-Qaadir (the Fully Able One), the One fully able to do
anything He wills, nothing renders Him incapable or wearies him.

The 51st name; ‫ القَاهِر‬Al-Qaahir (the Invincible Subduer), the One Who subdues His
creation from above to Whom everything submits, none can repel what He ordains or
depart from what He decrees.

The 52nd name; ‫ القُدوس‬Al-Quddoos (the Pure and Perfect), the Pure and Exalted One,
High Above every impurity, the One Whom the noble angels venerate, the One free of
any opposites, rivals, consorts and children, having perfection as His attribute, the One
declared free of all deficiencies and imperfections and free of having anyone with the
like of His perfection or anyone close to it.

The 53rd name; ‫ القَدِير‬Al-Qadeer (the All-Powerful), the One Who is able to do all things,
nothing renders Him incapable or wearies Him, the One perfect in His power, the One
Who by His power created everything in existence and with His power, He controls
them, completes them and gives life and death to them and with His power, He will

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resurrect His servants and reward and punish them, whenever He wishes something,
He says kun (be) and it is.

The 54th name; ‫ القَ ِريب‬Al-Qareeb (the One Who is near to the servants), He draws nearer
to those who perform acts of worship and seek nearness to Him and He is close to their
hearts, He is nearer to everyone who makes supplication to Him and also in addition, He
is nearer to the people with His knowledge and awareness, witnessing and
encompassing everything whilst He is above the Throne; `Arsh.

The 55th name; َ‫ القَ ِوي‬Al-Qawiyy (the One perfect in strength), the One fully able to do
anything, none can overcome Him, none can repel His decrees.

The 56th name; ‫ القَهَّار‬Al-Qahhaar (the Overwhelming Subduer Who is never overcome),
the One Who alone subdues the whole of the creation with His sovereign authority and
power, nothing occurs except with His permission, everything submits to Him, the One
Who subdues the most obstinate and renegade tyrants with His punishment and Who
subdues the whole of the creation with death.

The 57th name; ‫ ال َكبِير‬Al-Kabeer (the Incomparably Great), the Tremendous One Who is
greater than everything, everything else is insignificant before Him, He is greater than
anything imagined by the creation.

The 58th name; ‫ الك َِريم‬Al-Kareem (the Bountiful), the Generous One, abundant in good,
the One Who causes and makes easy every good and Who bestows generously, the One
so generous that He even bestows favours upon those Who reject His favours and then
use them as a means to disobey Him.

The 59th name; ‫ اللَّطِ يف‬Al-Lateef (the Subtle and Kind), the One Who is fully aware of the
hidden details of all affairs and of that which will benefit the servants and Who is kind
to them and causes that which is good for them to reach them by a means which they
had no expectation of.

The 60th name; ‫ ال ُمؤمِ ن‬Al-Mu`min (the True and Trustworthy), the granter of security,
the One Who is true in His words and true to the promise He has made to the servants
and Who does not disappoint His believing servants, the One Who safeguards His
servants in this world and the Hereafter and Who renders His beloved servants safe
from His punishment and Who renders the whole of the creation safe from His
oppressing them.

The 61st name, ‫ ال ُمتَعَالِي‬Al-Muta’aalee (the Supreme and Exalted One), the One
supremely exalted above everything by His power, the One exalted above His creation
in His being above them, having power over them and His subduing them, the One High
Above and far removed from having anything else like Him and the One free and far
removed from the lies of those who invent lies against Him and free from the
characteristics of the creation.

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The 62nd name; ‫ ال ُمتَك َِبر‬Al-Mutakabbir (the One Supreme in Glory), the justly and
rightfully proud, the One Who is alone truly High and Mighty, exalted in glory above
everything, the One Who disdains and is exalted above all evil and oppression against
His servants and above everything not befitting Him.

The 63rd name; ‫ ال َمتِين‬Al-Mateen (the Strong), the One mighty in strength, the Powerful
One whose strength does not end and who does not experience any difficulty in His
actions nor does He experience any tiredness.

The 64th name; ‫ ال ُم ِجيب‬Al-Mujeeb (the Responsive), the One who responds to
supplications of those who call upon him wherever they are and whatever situation
they are in, no matter how many they are in number and who responds in particular to
those who submit to him and those in dire need.

The 65th name; ‫ ال َم ِجيد‬Al-Majeed (the One Perfect in Glory and Honour), the One great in
honour, the One greatly extolled and praised, the magnificent One, having the
characteristics of glory, majesty, greatness and splendour, the One greater, more
tremendous and more exalted than everything, the One glorified and venerated in the
hearts of His beloved servants.

The 66th name; ‫ ال ُمحِ يط‬Al-Muheet (the All-Encompassing), the One Who encompasses
everything with His power and with His knowledge and has fully enumerated
everything and the One Who encompasses everything with His mercy and His
subjugation.

The 67th name; ‫ ال ُمص َِور‬Al-Musawwir (the Bestower of forms), the One Who forms and
fashions His creation however He wishes, the One Who gives form to everything in
existence, giving each created thing a particular form and appearance, which
distinguishes it from all other created things.

The 68th name; ‫ ال ُم ْقتَدِر‬Al-Muqtadir (the Omnipotent), the One Whose power is absolute,
the One for Whom nothing is impossible, He is fully able to do whatever He wishes.

The 69th name; ‫ ال ُمقِيت‬Al-Muqeet (the All-Powerful Maintainer), the All-Powerful, the
Guardian Who witnesses everything, the One Who provides each created being with the
sustenance it requires.

The 70th name; ‫ ال َملِك‬Al-Malik (the King), the sole, absolute and true Sovereign King,
complete and perfect in His Kingship, the One Whom there is no Kingship above His
Kingship nor anywhere near it, everything being incomparable to Him and beneath Him,
the Sovereign Owner of everything who does whatever He wishes with regard to the
creation with nothing to prevent or hinder Him, whose commands are fully effective
within His dominion, the king of all kings.

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The 71st name; ‫ ال َملِيك‬Al-Maleek (the Omnipotent Sovereign), the Sovereign Who is fully
able to do whatever He wishes, the Tremendous King Who created and decreed
everything.

The 72nd name; ‫ ال َمولَى‬Al-Mawlaa (the Patron Lord or the Master and Supporter), the
One Who supports and aids the creation, supporting all of them in general and aiding
the believers in particular, the Lord and Master who aids the believers against their
enemies, the one who causes whatever will benefit His believing servants to reach them.

The 73rd name; ‫ ال ُم َهيْمِ ن‬Al-Muhaymin (the Trustworthy and Ever Watchful Witness), the
One Who witnesses all the deeds and sayings of the creation, the One Who sent down
His book and is a witness to its truth, the trustworthy One Who confirms the truth of
everything He says and the ever watching guardian over His creation.

The 74th name; ‫ النَّ ِصير‬An-Naseer (the Helper), the One Who aids the believers against
their enemies and makes their feet firm when they face the enemy and Who casts terror
into the hearts of their enemies. 3

The 75th name; ‫الواحِ د‬

َ Al-Waahid (the One and Only), the One Who always has been and
always will be One and alone with regard to His self, His dhaat, the One Who has no
partner, no sharer and no equal.

The 76th name; ‫الو ِارث‬

َ Al-Waarith (the Inheritor), the One Who remains forever, the One
Who remains after everything else perishes, the One Who inherits the earth and
everything upon it, the One Who remains forever and never passes away.

The 77th name; ‫الواسِع‬

َ Al Waasi’ (the Vast One), the One vast with regard to His
attributes and characteristics such that none can fulfil and encompass the praise that is
due to Him, the One vast and tremendous in His greatness, His authority and His
sovereignty and the One Who encompasses the whole of creation with His generosity,
His blessings and with the tremendous good which He grants to them and with His
mercy.

The 78th name; ‫الودُود‬

َ Al-Wadood (the Loving One and the Beloved One), the One Who
loves His believing servants and the One Who is loved by them, the One Who loves His

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Translator’s side point: Al-Asbahaanee said in his book Al-Hujjah with regard to this name An-Naseer
(the Helper) because of its meaning, he said “It is right and proper that every person when he sees an evil
being done that he should forbid it and he should firmly believe that Allaah will help him because Allaah,
the Mighty and Majestic said:

“If you give aid to Allaah’s religion, He will help you.”

Then he said “So everyone who wishes by his saying and his action to attain the pleasure of Allaah then
Allaah will aid and help him.”

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prophets and messengers and their followers and is loved by them such that nothing is
more beloved to them than Him.

The 79th name; ‫الوكِيل‬

َ Al-Wakeel (the Trustworthy Disposer of Affairs), the One Who is
depended upon and is true to His promise, the all-encompassing guardian Who suffices
those who place their trust and reliance in Him, the One Who takes care of the affairs of
His creation with His perfect knowledge and power and so is the finest disposer of their
affairs.

The 80th name; َ‫الولِي‬

َ Al-Waliyy (the Guardian Lord), the One Who aids, assists, guides
and grants success to the believers, the Guardian, the Master of everything, in control of
everything.

The 81st name; ‫الوهَّاب‬

َ Al-Wahhaab (the Bestower), the One Who bestows His bounties
universally and perpetually, giving them freely for no compensation, the One Who gives
His bounties throughout the ages to all the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, the
One Who alone grants health, wellbeing and strength, the One Who grants guidance,
successful attainment of what is correct; tawfeeq and firmness upon His religion to the
believers.

Then with regard to the rest of the names then the Shaykh has taken them from the
authentic Sunnah:

The 82nd name; ‫ الجَمِ يل‬Al-Jameel (the Beautiful One), the One beautiful in His self, in His
names, His attributes and His actions, the One such that everything beautiful in
existence is a result and an effect of His beauty, the One so beautiful that when the
people of Paradise see Him in Paradise, they forget all the delights and bliss which they
enjoy in Paradise because of His beauty, the One perfect in beauty such that nothing is
like Him.

The 83rd name; ‫ الج ََواد‬Al-Jawaad (the Munificent), the One Whose generosity covers
everything in existence, the One Who gives liberally and generously to those in need
even when they reject and disbelieve in Him, the One who from His generosity has
prepared in Paradise for His believing servants that which no eye has ever seen, no ear
has ever heard of and which has never been imagined by anyone.

The 84th name; ‫ ال َحكَم‬Al-Hakam (the Judge), the One Who judges between the creation
in this world by His revelation and Who judges between them in the Hereafter with His
knowledge and Who establishes justice for those who have been wronged by others.

The 85th name; ‫ الحَيِي‬Al-Hayyiyu (the One Who honourably disdains anything
unbecoming His mercy and generosity), the One Who honourably disdains to leave the
servants who supplicate to Him empty handed, the One Who covers up the sins of the
servants and does not expose them, the One Who does not do anything unbecoming His
extensive mercy, His perfect generosity and His forbearance, rather He pardons the
faults of the servants and covers them.

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The 86th name; َ‫الرب‬
َّ Ar-Rabb (the Lord and Nurturer) the Lord and Master who has
none like Him in His Lordship, the One Who nurtures and rectifies the affairs of the
creation by the favours which He showers upon them, the Sovereign Owner Who alone
creates and commands, the One Who controls the affairs and grants blessings, the One
Who nurtures, the Creator, the Provider, the One Who aids and the One Who guides.

The 87th name; ‫الرفِيق‬

َّ Ar-Rafeeq (the Gentle), the One Who is gentle with His servants,
gentle in His actions having created the creation in stages in accordance with His
wisdom and gentleness.

The 88th name; ‫ السبوح‬As-Subbooh (the Venerated and Perfect), the One venerated and
declared free of every deficiency, the One Whom the angels venerate.

The 89th name; ‫س ِيد‬َّ ‫ ال‬As-Sayyid (the Lord and Master), the Owner of the whole creation,
all of the creation are His slaves, the Lord Whom all of the creation are in total need of.

The 90th name; ‫ الشَّافِي‬Ash-Shaafee (the One Who cures), the One Who alone removes
from the servants that which causes harm or pain to their hearts and their bodies, the
One Who cures whomever He wills such that none can cure except Him.

The 91st name; ‫ ال َّطيِب‬At-Tayyib (the Pure One), the One perfect and rightly declared free
of all deficiencies and shortcomings.

The 92nd name; ‫ القابِض‬Al-Qaabid and the 93rd name; ‫ البَاسِط‬Al-Baasit . It’s befitting that
they are mentioned together. Al-Qaabid (the Withholder) and Al-Baasit (the Granter of
ample provision). Then with regard to Al-Qaabid; the One Who withholds His provision
and other than it from the servants in accordance with His wisdom and subtle kindness
and the One Who takes the souls at the point of death and Al-Baasit; the One Who grants
ample and extensive provision to His servants and the One Who diffuses the souls of the
living in their bodies.

The 94th and the 95th name which again it is befitting that they are mentioned
together. ‫ ال ُمقَدِم‬Al-Muqaddim (the One Who gives precedence) and ‫ ال ُمؤ َِخر‬Al-Mu`akhkhir
(the One Who puts back).Then with regard to Al-Muqaddim (the One Who gives
precedence), the One Who gives precedence to whatever He loves should be given
precedence to with regard to their status and their order in accordance with His
wisdom and Al-Mu`akhkhir; the One Who puts back whatever He wishes, putting back
whatever wisdom and rectitude necessitates should be put back.

The 96th name; ‫ ال ُمحْ سِن‬Al-Muhsin, the One Who acts in a good and fine manner, the One
such that all His actions are perfect.

The 97th name; ‫ ال ُمعْطِ ي‬Al Mu’tee (the Giver), the One Who gives to whomever it is fitting
should be given.

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The 98th name; ‫ ال َمنَّان‬Al-Mannaan (the Beneficent Bestower of bounties), the One such
that all favours and blessings originate from Him, He is the One Who granted them and
favoured the creation with them.

The 99th name; ‫ ال ِوتْر‬Al-Witr (the One Who has no partner nor anyone like Him), He
Who is One in His self, One in His attributes, One in His actions, having no partner and
no helper, Subhaanahu Wata’ala.

That’s the list that Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen rahimahullaah compiled from his ijtihaad
from the Book and the Sunnah with regard to Allaah’s names. Then having done so, he
mentions that since it is based upon ijtihaad, then there are other names that could be
included in place of some of these. He mentions for example names which are in the
form of compound names like for e.g. Creator of the heavens and the earth and Maalik
al-Mulk (the Owner of Kingship) and so on.

Other scholars may leave out certain names and include certain others because it is a
matter of ijtihaad in extracting these names. For example other names that they may
sometimes include such as Ad-Dayyaan (the Recompenser, the One Who will bring the
creation to account) that’s established in the Sunnah and Al-A`az (the Most Mighty) and
so on.

Certain names that others may leave out of the list such as the 18th name; Al-Hafiyy (the
Benevolent One). Even Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen mentioned that it may be a name that
was mentioned in particular with regard to the circumstances of a certain prophet.

And the 40th name Al-`Aalim, that’s mentioned because you’ll find it in the Qur’aan
mentioned in attached form, `aalimul ghaibee w’ashahaadah (the Knower of that which
is hidden and unseen and that which is opened and witnessed), W’Allaahu A`alam.

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 Answers by Dawud Burbank for Some of the Questions at the end of the lecture :

1) With regard to names like Al-Jameel; Ar-Rafeeq, Al-Hakeem. With an Alif and Laam, the One and Only, then
these are names for Allaah alone. But with regard to description of the creation that there may be a
person amongst the creation called Jameel without the Alif and the Laam, just the description of him, this
man is Jameel (handsome) then there is no harm in that sense meaning in the sense befitting the creation
that Allaah is Al-Jameel (the absolutely perfect and beautiful one), perfect in His Beauty, with beauty
befitting His Majesty, the beauty of the Creator.

Al-Asbahaanee said, “Beauty is such that when the people in Paradise are enjoying the bliss of Paradise
and the delights of it, when they get to look at Allaah, they’ll forget all the bliss of Paradise from the
beauty of Him and seeing Him. But if it is mentioned about one of the creation that he is Jameel
(beautiful), just in that sense, beautiful as befits the creation meaning beauty which is deficient, beauty
which slowly came to him in stages, beauty which passes away and beauty which is not absolute, beauty
which is comparable that he is more beautiful than many other people but not the most beautiful for
example not as beautiful as the Prophet Yusuf alayhissalaam or the one who is the most beautiful of the
creation Aadam alayhissalaam whom Allaah created with His own hand such that there occurs in the
authentic narration in one wording that Yusuf and his mother were given half of beauty that was given to
Aadam alayhissalaam, W`Allaahu A`alam.”

2) With regard to Al-Malik (Malik with Alif and Laam) , meaning in the absolute sense, meaning the King
above all Kings, the King whose Kingdom is unrestricted and so on then that is for Allaah alone.

In the restricted sense, then those amongst the creation have a limited degree of kingship, they rule over a
certain area with a limited rule that had a beginning and will have an end and so on and it’s upon them
not to operate whatever they wish but rather to restrict it to the obedience of Allaah and so on. The angel
over the hellfire is Maalik and others like Imaam Maalik (Maalik ibn Anas), the famous Imaam.

With regard to the Alif and the Laam before it then both Al-Malik (the King) and Al-Maalik (the Sovereign
Owner) are from the names of Allaah and both are authentic as being recited by the Prophet sallAllaahu
`alayhi wa sallam when he recited Sooratul Faatiha, sometimes he would recite Maliki Yawmiddeen (the
King of the Day of Resurrection) and sometimes he would recite Maaliki Yawmiddeen (the Sovereign
Owner of the Day of Resurrection), both are authentic from him sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam.

3) With regard to what’s authentic that the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam used to say after the
prayer with regard to adhkaar then after the prayer it’s authentic that the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa
sallam would seek Allaah’s forgiveness 3 times Astaghfirullaah, Astaghfirullaah, Astaghfirullaah and that
he would say Allaahumma antas salaam, wa minkas salaam, tabarakta ya zaljalaali wal ikraam and that
he would do tasbeeh of Allaah saying SubhaanAllaah, a number of times, 33 times or less than that, 25
times in some narrations or 11 times and saying Alhamdulillaah and Laa ilaahaa IllAllaah and if it’s said
25 times then also saying Laa ilaahaa IllAllaah and these are authentic in the Sunnah and this is what’s
from the Sunnah and so the takbeer that the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam would say is there;
either 33 times or however many times, 34 times or 25 times or however many, all of those being
authentic in the Sunnah and Shaykh ul-Islaam ibn Taymiyyah in his book Kalimut-Tayyib then he
likewise brings these things and Ibn ul-Qayyim, his student in his book Al-Waabil As-Sayyib that they
bring these adhkaar showing that the Prophet sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam after the salaam would first
say Astaghfirullaah 3 times. As for the takbeer then amongst the well sayings SubhaanAllaah and
Alhamdulillaah and Allaahu Akbar amongst that.

4) With regard to Al-Qadeer; Allaah is able to do anything He wills, nothing prevents Him, nothing renders
Him incapable.

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5) Are the first 81 names only found in the Qur’aan, and the rest only found in the Sunnah?

With regard to the first 81 names then the Shaykh Uthaymeen has taken them from the text of the
Qur’aan and also obviously many of them will be also found in the Sunnah. Then with regard to the rest
from the 82nd name to the 99 then they are found in the Sunnah and are not apparent in the Qur’aan.

Then with regard to the fact that the Shaykh brought Ar-Rabb as one of the names established in the
Sunnah. The Shaykh mentioned that the unattached form Ar-Rabb is found only in the Sunnah.With
regard to attachment to something else for example Rabbul `Aalameen then this is found in the beginning
of Sooratul Faatiha, Alhamdulillaahi Rabbil `Aalameen, i.e. it’s found attached that Allaah is the Rabb of the
whole of the creation, Rabbul `Aalameen.

The evidences from the Book and evidences from the Sunnah for Ar-Rabb (the Lord).The Prophet
sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam said:

“I have been forbidden from reciting the Qur’aan in rukoo or in sajdah (prostration). So as for the
rukoo then magnify or declare the greatness of Ar-Rabb, Azza Wajal then in the rukoo declare the
greatness of Ar-Rabb (the Lord) the Mighty and Majestic.” 4

The Prophet said:

“The nearest that Ar-Rabb will be to the servant is in the last part of the night.”5

The word actually occurs Ar-Rabb, unattached to anything and this was declared saheeh (authentic) by
Shaykh Al-Albaaniyy in his checking of Al Kalimut-Tayyib because some of the names for example Al-
Muqeet, as we said then in the Qur’aan it is mentioned without Alif and Laam. So some of the names he
includes even without the Alif and the Laam being there through ijtihaad and also a number of scholars
before preceding the Shaykh in that regard as well. Many of the scholars include the vast majority of these
names.

6) As for the reasons of the Shaykh to include certain names then we mention with regard to Al-Hafiyy; the
18th name, he says at the end of the list this is what I have chosen by following up and verifying these
reports, 81 names from the Book of Allaah, the Most High and 18 names from the Sunnah of Allaah’s
Messenger sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam even though I have some taraddud (hesitation) with regard to
the name Al-Hafiyy because it occurs in the Book in the restricted sense with regard to the Prophet
Ibraheem `alayhissalaam, that Ibraheem `alayhissalaam said about Allaah:

‫ع َليأكَ ۖ َسأ َ أست َ أغف َُر لَكَ َربَي ۖ إَ هنهُ َكانَ بَي َح َفيًّا‬ َ ‫قَا َل‬
َ ‫س ًَل ٌم‬

Allaah was Hafiyy (compassionate) to me.

(Soorah-Maryam (19), aayah 47)

It is reported here in the restricted sense meaning Ibraheem `alayhissalaam said Allaah had been Hafiyy
to him. So the Shaykh put it but then said I have some hesitation whether to include or whether not to,
Allaahu A`alam.

It’s a book Qawaa`id Al-Muthla, it was a book written quite a while ago and checked by Shaykh `Abdul
`Azeez Bin Baaz rahimahullaah and it was given an introduction and recommended in the year 1404. It’s a

4
Reported by Muslim, the hadeeth of Ibn Abbaas radiyAllaahu `anhuma.
5
Reported by At-Tirmithee, hadeeth of `Amr ibn al-Absa.

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book that the People of Knowledge highly recommend with regard to principles, with regard to Allaah’s
names and attributes.

Note from Dawud Burbank rahimahullaah:

Shaykh ibn al-`Uthaymeen rahimahullaah just brings here a list of the names, all the
explanation/translation with regard to these names is extracted from other works hoping that it will be of
benefit inshaaAllaah.

Transcribed by Saima Zaher

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