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The 99 Names

Ninety-nine ways
to know One

Muslims know God by His Names: the Merciful, the Light, the One who answers. They are not ninety-nine parts of God, and not ninety-nine gods. Each is a way of turning towards the One who is, in the Qur'an's words, “nothing like Him”.

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Why 99?

A hundred less one

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said God has ninety-nine Names, “a hundred less one”, and that whoever takes them to heart enters Paradise (Bukhari and Muslim). The best-known list comes from a later collection, Tirmidhi; scholars drew up others. The Qur'an says: “To God belong the most beautiful Names” (7:180).

And more besides

A prayer the Prophet (peace be upon him) taught asks God by “every Name You have, which You named Yourself… or kept in the knowledge of the unseen with You” (Ahmad). So ninety-nine is a door, not a fence.

How each series works

Every Name opens like a short series. It starts with something we know (a mother's care, an owl's hearing, a telescope), then takes away what that needs: time, distance, tiredness, limits. The last episode, the Break, is what remains.

Start with these

Four of our deep dives.

الرَّحْمٰنُ

Name 1 · deep divear-RaḥmānThe Entirely Merciful

الرَّحِيمُ

Name 2 · deep divear-RaḥīmThe Especially Merciful

السَّلَامُ

Name 5 · deep diveas-SalāmPeace

الْخَالِقُ

Name 11 · deep diveal-KhāliqThe Creator, who determines and brings into being

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الرَّحْمٰنُ

Name 1 · deep divear-RaḥmānThe Entirely Merciful

الرَّحِيمُ

Name 2 · deep divear-RaḥīmThe Especially Merciful

الْمَلِكُ

Name 3al-MalikThe King

الْقُدُّوسُ

Name 4al-QuddūsThe Utterly Pure and Holy

السَّلَامُ

Name 5 · deep diveas-SalāmPeace

الْمُؤْمِنُ

Name 6al-MuʾminThe Giver of security and faith

الْمُهَيْمِنُ

Name 7al-MuhayminThe Ever-Watchful Guardian over all things

الْعَزِيزُ

Name 8al-ʿAzīzThe Almighty, never overcome

الْجَبَّارُ

Name 9al-JabbārThe Compeller, and the Restorer who mends what is broken

الْمُتَكَبِّرُ

Name 10al-MutakabbirThe Supremely Great, to whom alone greatness rightly belongs

الْخَالِقُ

Name 11 · deep diveal-KhāliqThe Creator, who determines and brings into being

الْبَارِئُ

Name 12al-BāriʾThe Originator who brings creatures into being, distinct and free of flaw

الْمُصَوِّرُ

Name 13al-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner who gives each thing its form

الْغَفَّارُ

Name 14al-GhaffārThe One who forgives, again and again

الْقَهَّارُ

Name 15al-QahhārThe Ever-Dominant, before whom every power yields

الْوَهَّابُ

Name 16al-WahhābThe Giver of gifts, freely and without return

الرَّزَّاقُ

Name 17 · deep divear-RazzāqThe Provider of all sustenance

الْفَتَّاحُ

Name 18al-FattāḥThe Opener, of doors, hearts and judgement

الْعَلِيمُ

Name 19al-ʿAlīmThe All-Knowing

الْقَابِضُ

Name 20al-QābiḍThe One who withholds and constricts, by wisdom

الْبَاسِطُ

Name 21al-BāsiṭThe One who expands and extends provision

الْخَافِضُ

Name 22al-KhāfiḍThe One who lowers the proud

الرَّافِعُ

Name 23ar-RāfiʿThe One who raises up

الْمُعِزُّ

Name 24al-MuʿizzThe Giver of honour

الْمُذِلُّ

Name 25al-MudhillThe One who humbles

السَّمِيعُ

Name 26 · deep diveas-SamīʿThe All-Hearing

الْبَصِيرُ

Name 27 · deep diveal-BaṣīrThe All-Seeing

الْحَكَمُ

Name 28al-ḤakamThe Judge whose decision is final and fair

الْعَدْلُ

Name 29al-ʿAdlJustice itself

اللَّطِيفُ

Name 30 · deep diveal-LaṭīfThe Subtle and Gentle, who reaches the finest of things

الْخَبِيرُ

Name 31al-KhabīrThe All-Aware of inner realities

الْحَلِيمُ

Name 32al-ḤalīmThe Forbearing, who does not rush to punish

الْعَظِيمُ

Name 33al-ʿAẓīmThe Magnificent, whose greatness overwhelms

الْغَفُورُ

Name 34al-GhafūrThe All-Forgiving, whose forgiveness is vast

الشَّكُورُ

Name 35ash-ShakūrThe Appreciative, who rewards small deeds greatly

الْعَلِيُّ

Name 36al-ʿAliyyThe Most High

الْكَبِيرُ

Name 37al-KabīrThe Great beyond measure

الْحَفِيظُ

Name 38al-ḤafīẓThe Preserver and Guardian

الْمُقِيتُ

Name 39al-MuqītThe Nourisher and Sustainer of every creature

الْحَسِيبُ

Name 40al-ḤasībThe Reckoner, and the One who suffices

الْجَلِيلُ

Name 41al-JalīlThe Majestic

الْكَرِيمُ

Name 42al-KarīmThe Most Generous and Noble

الرَّقِيبُ

Name 43ar-RaqībThe Watchful

الْمُجِيبُ

Name 44 · deep diveal-MujībThe Responsive, who answers

الْوَاسِعُ

Name 45al-WāsiʿThe All-Encompassing, boundless in mercy and knowledge

الْحَكِيمُ

Name 46al-ḤakīmThe All-Wise

الْوَدُودُ

Name 47 · deep diveal-WadūdThe Loving, who is loved

الْمَجِيدُ

Name 48al-MajīdThe All-Glorious, generous in glory

الْبَاعِثُ

Name 49al-BāʿithThe Resurrector, who raises the dead and sends messengers

الشَّهِيدُ

Name 50ash-ShahīdThe Witness to all things

الْحَقُّ

Name 51al-ḤaqqThe Truth

الْوَكِيلُ

Name 52al-WakīlThe Trustee, on whom one relies

الْقَوِيُّ

Name 53al-QawiyyThe All-Strong

الْمَتِينُ

Name 54al-MatīnThe Firm, whose strength never tires

الْوَلِيُّ

Name 55al-WaliyyThe Protecting Friend and Ally

الْحَمِيدُ

Name 56al-ḤamīdThe Praiseworthy

الْمُحْصِي

Name 57al-MuḥṣīThe Counter, who numbers everything

الْمُبْدِئُ

Name 58al-MubdiʾThe Originator, who begins creation

الْمُعِيدُ

Name 59al-MuʿīdThe Restorer, who brings creation back

الْمُحْيِي

Name 60al-MuḥyīThe Giver of life

الْمُمِيتُ

Name 61al-MumītThe Bringer of death

الْحَيُّ

Name 62 · deep diveal-ḤayyThe Ever-Living

الْقَيُّومُ

Name 63al-QayyūmThe Self-Subsisting Sustainer of all

الْوَاجِدُ

Name 64al-WājidThe Finder, who lacks nothing

الْمَاجِدُ

Name 65al-MājidThe Noble and Illustrious

الْوَاحِدُ

Name 66al-WāḥidThe One

الْأَحَدُ

Name 67 · deep diveal-AḥadThe Unique, One and indivisible

الصَّمَدُ

Name 68 · deep diveaṣ-ṢamadThe Eternal Refuge, needed by all and needing none

الْقَادِرُ

Name 69al-QādirThe All-Capable

الْمُقْتَدِرُ

Name 70al-MuqtadirThe Omnipotent Determiner

الْمُقَدِّمُ

Name 71al-MuqaddimThe Expediter, who brings forward

الْمُؤَخِّرُ

Name 72al-MuʾakhkhirThe Delayer, who puts back

الْأَوَّلُ

Name 73 · deep diveal-AwwalThe First, before whom there was nothing

الْآخِرُ

Name 74al-ĀkhirThe Last, who remains after all

الظَّاهِرُ

Name 75aẓ-ẒāhirThe Manifest, above all, evident in His signs

الْبَاطِنُ

Name 76al-BāṭinThe Hidden, nearer than anything

الْوَالِي

Name 77al-WālīThe Governor of all affairs

الْمُتَعَالِي

Name 78al-MutaʿālīThe Supremely Exalted

الْبَرُّ

Name 79al-BarrThe Source of all goodness, kind and true

التَّوَّابُ

Name 80 · deep diveat-TawwābThe Ever-Accepting of repentance, who turns towards us

الْمُنْتَقِمُ

Name 81al-MuntaqimThe Requiter of wrongdoing

الْعَفُوُّ

Name 82al-ʿAfuwwThe Pardoner, who erases sin entirely

الرَّءُوفُ

Name 83ar-RaʾūfThe Most Kind and Tender

مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِ

Name 84Mālik al-MulkOwner of all sovereignty

ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Name 85Dhū l-Jalāl wa l-IkrāmLord of Majesty and Generosity

الْمُقْسِطُ

Name 86al-MuqsiṭThe Equitable, who gives each their due

الْجَامِعُ

Name 87al-JāmiʿThe Gatherer of people and of all things

الْغَنِيُّ

Name 88al-GhaniyyThe Self-Sufficient, free of all need

الْمُغْنِي

Name 89al-MughnīThe Enricher

الْمَانِعُ

Name 90al-MāniʿThe Withholder and Protector, who prevents harm

الضَّارُّ

Name 91aḍ-ḌārrThe One who permits harm, by His wisdom

النَّافِعُ

Name 92an-NāfiʿThe One who brings benefit

النُّورُ

Name 93 · deep divean-NūrThe Light

الْهَادِي

Name 94al-HādīThe Guide

الْبَدِيعُ

Name 95al-BadīʿThe Incomparable Originator, creating without precedent

الْبَاقِي

Name 96al-BāqīThe Everlasting, who remains

الْوَارِثُ

Name 97al-WārithThe Inheritor of all, when all else passes

الرَّشِيدُ

Name 98ar-RashīdThe Guide to the right path

الصَّبُورُ

Name 99aṣ-ṢabūrThe Most Patient

Hear the Names sung and explained

Songs, recitations and series about the Names, from the people who made them.

FreeYouTube videoIntroducing The "Allah’s Names" Ramadan Series | Dr. Omar SuleimanA warm five-minute doorway into why Muslims learn God's Names one by one.5:47 · Yaqeen Institute

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FreeYouTube videoWhen you Need to Feel Loved | Allah's Names | Dr. Omar Suleiman | Ep. 10On al-Wadud, the Loving: what it means that God's love is a Name, not a mood.16:41 · Yaqeen Institute

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FreeYouTube videoEvery Dua From Allah's Names | Dr. Omar Suleiman — Full CompilationThirty minutes of prayers drawn from the Names: how Muslims actually speak to God with them.29:54 · Yaqeen Institute

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FreeYouTube videoBeautiful Names of Allah (Part 1): Introduction - Why Learn Them?A clear scholarly introduction to why the Names matter and how they are counted.13:00 · Yasir Qadhi (official)

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FreeYouTube videoBeautiful Names of Allah (Part 5): Ar-Raheem - Benefits & How to Obtain ThemOn ar-Rahim, the Merciful: mercy as the Name that opens almost every chapter.20:07 · Yasir Qadhi (official)

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FreeYouTube videoThe 99 Names of God as a Thikr - Abdal Hakim MuradTwo minutes on the Names as remembrance (dhikr), not a list to memorise.2:22 · Islam On Demand (third-party archive, run by Ayd

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FreeYouTube videoLast 3 Verses of Surah Hashr (The Exile) with English Translation (Mishary Alafasy)Just the last three verses of al-Hashr, with translation: a minute of Names.1:14 · Closer to Allah (third-party upload)

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FreeYouTube videoHow God Begins to Describe Himself in the BibleHow God first describes himself in the Bible: compassionate and gracious.5:06 · BibleProject

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