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The 99 Names · Name 61 of 99 · In a pair

الْمُمِيتُ

al-Mumīt

The Bringer of death

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Say it: al-Mumīt. A recording by our own reciter is on its way.

Heard together with: al-Muḥyī / al-Mumīt

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.

Life and death are both in His hand; neither is in ours.Read: 67:2; 2:28.

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Where it shows up

In scripture: Q 57:2; 67:2; 2:28; 2:258; Deut 32:39.
The same thread in Jewish and Christian scripture: Deut 32:39; 1 Sam 2:6. Strong.
In the universe: Stellar life cycles (NASA): stars are born and die. Show only paired with birth.
In nature: Autumn leaf-fall feeding soil.
In people: Hospice care: dying well.
In science: Biology: apoptosis, programmed cell death, shapes the body (e.g. separating fingers in the embryo).

Living it

Humility; remembering death (as a teaching, not a threat); care for the bereaved.

Its kind

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

In the Qur'an: 57:2 (verb yumītu); 2:258

Sources for this page

api.quran.com; sefaria