Friday, May 8, 2009

Other Allah's Names Based on Qur'an

These names are not mentioned in Qur'an directly, but are based on what is written about Allah and His actions in some ayahs (verses) of Qur'an.

1. Al-'Adl (the Just)
And the word of your Lord has been accomplished truly and justly; there is none who can change His words, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (6:115, Shakir's translation)

2. Al-Ba'is (the Resurrecting)
How do you deny Allah and you were dead and He gave you life? Again He will cause you to die and again bring you to life, then you shall be brought back to Him. (2:28, Shakir's translation)

3. Al-Baki (the Eternal)
But will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and Honour. (55:27, Yusufali's translation)

4. Al-Basit (the Widening)
Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him. (2:245, Shakir's translation)

5. Ad-Dafiy (the Protector from troubles)
So they put them to flight by Allah's permission. And Dawood slew Jalut, and Allah gave him kingdom and wisdom, and taught him of what He pleased. And were it not for Allah's repelling some men with others, the earth would certainly be in a state of disorder; but Allah is Gracious to the creatures. (2:251, Shakir's translation)

6. Ad-Da'i (the Calling)
O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life; and know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be gathered. (8:24, Shakir's translation)

7. Ad-Darr (the Harming)
What! shall I take besides Him gods whose intercession, If the Beneficent Allah should desire to afflict me with a harm, shall not avail me aught, nor shall they be able to deliver me? (36:23, Shakir's translation)

8. Al-Fasil (the Distinguishing)
Surely those who believe and those who are Jews and the Sabeans and the Christians and the Magians and those who associate (others with Allah)-- surely Allah will decide between them on the day of resurrection; surely Allah is a witness over all things. (22:17, Shakir's translation)

9. Al-Fattah (the Opening)
And if the people of the towns had believed and guarded (against evil) We would certainly have opened up for them blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected, so We overtook them for what they had earned. (7:96, Shakir's translation)

10. Al-Hadi (the Leading the right way)
And that those on whom knowledge has been bestowed may learn that the (Qur'an) is the Truth from thy Lord, and that they may believe therein, and their hearts may be made humbly (open) to it: for verily Allah is the Guide of those who believe, to the Straight Way. (22:54, Yusufali's translation)

11. Al-Hafid (the Humiliating)
Abasing (one party), exalting (the other). (56:3, Shakir's translation)

12. Al-Hasib (the Counting)
Those who deliver the messages of Allah and fear Him, and do not fear any one but Allah; and Allah is sufficient to take account. (33:39, Shakir's translation)

13. Al-Kabid (the Narrowing)
Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him. (2:245, Shakir's translation)

14. Al-Kadi (the Fulfilling His order)
Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is. (2:117, Shakir's translation)

15. Al-Kadim (the Warning)
He saith: Contend not in My presence, when I had already proffered unto you the warning. (50:28, Pickthal's translation)

16. Al-Ka'fi (the Sufficient)
Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And they seek to frighten you with those besides Him; and whomsoever Allah makes err, there is no guide for him. (39:36, Shakir's translation)

17. Al-Kasim (the Distributor)
Will they distribute the mercy of your Lord? We distribute among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We j have exalted some of them above others in degrees, that some of them may take others in subjection; and the mercy of your Lord is better than what they amass. (43:32, Shakir's translation)

18. Al-Malja (the Sheltering)
And to the three who were left behind, until the earth became strait to them notwithstanding its spaciousness and their souls were also straitened to them; and they knew it for certain that there was no refuge from Allah but in Him; then He turned to them (mercifully) that they might turn (to Him); surely Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful. (9:118, Shakir's translation)

19. Al-Mu'ahhir (the Moving back)
And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He would not leave on the earth a single creature, but He respites them till an appointed time; so when their doom will come they shall not be able to delay (it) an hour nor can they bring (it) on (before its time). (16:61, Shakir's translation)

20. Al-Mu'azzib (the Punishing)
None punisheth as He will punish on that day! (89:25, Pickthal's translation)

21. Al-Mubayyin (the Explaining)
Allah thus makes clear to you His communications that you may understand. (2:242, Shakir's translation)

22. Al-Mubashshir (the Speaking a good news)
That is of which Allah gives the good news to His servants, (to) those who believe and do good deeds. Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives; and whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein; surely Allah is Forgiving, Grateful. (42:23, Shakir's translation)

23. Al-Mubki (the Making weep)
And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep. (53:43, Shakir's translation)

24. Al-Mudabbir (the Sovereign)
Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is firm in power, regulating the affair, there is no intercessor except aher His permission; this is Allah, your Lord, therefore serve Him; will you not then mind? (10:3, Shakir's translation)

25. Al-Mudhik (the Making laugh)
And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep. (53:43, Shakir's translation)

26. Al-Mufawwi (the Fulfilling His Promises)
Therefore be not in doubt as to what these worship; they do not worship but as their fathers worshipped before; and most surely We will pay them back in full their portion undiminished. (11:109, Shakir's translation)

27. Al-Mugni (the Enriching)
And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold. (53:48, Shakir's translation)

28. Al-Muhsi (the Counting)
Certainly He has a comprehensive knowledge of them and He has numbered them a (comprehensive) numbering. (19:94, Shakir's translation)

29. Al-Muhsin (the Merciful)
He specially chooses for His mercy whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace. (3:74, SHakir's translation)

30. Al-Muhyi (the Reviving)
He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be brought back. (10:56, Shakir's translation)

31. Al-Mujib (the Responding)
And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way. (2:186, Shakir's translation)

32. Al-Mukaddim (the Moving forward)
And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He would not leave on the earth a single creature, but He respites them till an appointed time; so when their doom will come they shall not be able to delay (it) an hour nor can they bring (it) on (before its time). (16:61, Shakir's translation)

33. Al-Mukallib (the Turning)
And We will turn their hearts and their sights, even as they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on. (6:110, Shakir's translation)

34. Al-Mukmil (the Completing)
Forbidden to you is that which dies of itself, and blood, and flesh of swine, and that on which any other name than that of Allah has been invoked, and the strangled (animal) and that beaten to death, and that killed by a fall and that killed by being smitten with the horn, and that which wild beasts have eaten, except what you slaughter, and what is sacrificed on stones set up (for idols) and that you divide by the arrows; that is a transgression. This day have those who disbelieve despaired of your religion, so fear them not, and fear Me. This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion; but whoever is compelled by hunger, not inclining willfully to sin, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (5:3, Shakir's translation)

35. Al-Muntakim (the Avenging)
Then when they displeased Us, We inflicted a retribution on them, so We drowned them all together. (43:55, Shakir's translation)

36. Al-Musawwa (the Fashioning)
Who created thee, then fashioned, then proportioned thee? (82:7, Pickthal's translation)

37. Al-Muste'an (the Helper)
He said: O my Lord! judge Thou with truth; and our Lord is the Beneficent Allah, Whose help is sought against what you ascribe (to Him). (21:112, Shakir's translation)

38. Al-Muta'ahir (the Purifying)
When He caused calm to fall on you as a security from Him and sent down upon you water from the cloud that He might thereby purify you, and take away from you the uncleanness of the Shaitan, and that He might fortify your hearts and steady (your) footsteps thereby. (8:11, Shakir's translation)

39. Al-Muta'ali (the Highest)
Supremely exalted is therefore Allah, the King, the Truth, and do not make haste with the Quran before its revelation is made complete to you and say: O my Lord! increase me in knowledge. (20:114, Shakir's translation)

40. Al-Muyassir (the Relieving)
The month of Ramazan is that in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance to men and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction; therefore whoever of you is present in the month, he shall fast therein, and whoever is sick or upon a journey, then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other days; Allah desires ease for you, and He does not desire for you difficulty, and (He desires) that you should complete the number and that you should exalt the greatness of Allah for His having guided you and that you may give thanks. (2:185, Shakir's translation)

41. Al-Muzakki (the Purifying)
Have you not considered those who attribute purity to themselves? Nay, Allah purifies whom He pleases; and they shall not be wronged the husk of a date stone. (4:49, Shakir's translation)

42. Al-Muzayyin (the Decorating)
And know that the messenger of Allah is among you. If he were to obey you in much of the government, ye would surely be in trouble; but Allah hath endeared the faith to you and hath beautified it in your hearts, and hath made disbelief and lewdness and rebellion hateful unto you. Such are they who are the rightly guided. (49:7, Pickthal's translation)

43. Al-Muzill (the Humiliating)
So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers. (9:2, Shakir)

44. An-Nasir (the Helper)
And We helped them, so they were the vanquishers. (37:116, Shakir's translation)

45. Ar-Rafi (the Exalting)
And We raised him high in Heaven. (19:57, Shakir's translation)

46. As-Sadik (the Faithful)
(This is) Allah's promise! Allah will not fail His promise, but most people do not know. (30:6, Shakir's translation)

47. As-Sa'ik (the Drawing to hell)
And We will drive the guilty to hell thirsty. (19:86, Shakir's translation)

48. As-Sani (the perfect Creator)
And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with the flight of clouds: the doing of Allah Who perfecteth all things. Lo! He is Informed of what ye do. (27:88, Pickthal's translation)

49. Ash-Shafi (the Healer)
And when I sicken, then He healeth me. (26:80, Pickthal's translation)

50. Ash-Shafi' (the Intercessor)
Or have they taken intercessors besides Allah? Say: what! even though they did not ever have control over anything, nor do they understand. (39:43, Shakir's translation)

51. Ash-Sharih (the Opening)
What! is he whose heart Allah has opened for Islam so that he is in a light from his Lord (like the hard-hearted)? Nay, woe to those whose hearts are hard against the remembrance of Allah; those are in clear error. (39:22, Shakir's translation)

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