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The 99 Names · Name 23 of 99 · In a pair

الرَّافِعُ

ar-Rāfiʿ

The One who raises up

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Recited as it sounds in the Qur'an, 3:55.

Heard together with: al-Khāfiḍ / ar-Rāfiʿ

A Name heard in its pair

Classical teachers said Names like this one are always spoken beside their partner, so that power is never heard without mercy, or holding back without giving. So there is no ladder here: nothing in us climbs towards it.

Knowledge and goodness are what He raises (58:11).Read: Q 58:11; 40:15; 3:55 (of Jesus (peace be upon him))

On screen

In the fairy tale a fairy godmother raises one girl for one night. ar-Rāfiʿ raises by knowledge and faith, by degrees, and does not send you back at midnight.

Where it shows up

In scripture: Q 58:11; 40:15. 1 Samuel 2:8
The same thread in Jewish and Christian scripture: Strong. 1 Samuel 2:8; Luke 1:52
In the universe: Weak: water vapour rising to form clouds
In nature: Mountain uplift: Planet Earth II
In people: First-generation university students; 58:11
In science: Plate tectonics raise the Himalaya by millimetres a year

Living it

Raise others; seek knowledge

Its kind

In a pair: a hard Name, always heard beside its partner.

In the Qur'an: 3:55 (participle rāfiʿuka); cf. 40:15 rafīʿ ad-darajāt (not in the Qur'an verbatim as a name)

Sources for this page

api.quran.com; sefaria.org 1 Sam 2:8