Names of Allaah mentioned in the Quran

8-4-2007 | IslamWeb

Question:

How many names of Allah are mentioned in the Holy Quran?

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

Different scholars  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  them tried to determine the Names of Allaah which are mentioned in the Quran and the Sunnah. For instance, Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen  may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him stated 99 names which he extracted from the Quran and the Sunnah, and they are as follows:

1-    The Names of Allaah which are mentioned in the Quran (81 Names):

- Allaah, Al-Ahad, Al-A'la, Al-Akram, Al-Ilaah, Al-Awwal, Al-Aakhir, Ath-Thaahir, Al-Baatin, Al-Baari', Al-Barr, Al-Baseer, At-Tawwaab, Al-Jabbaar, Al-Haafith, Al-Haseeb, Al-Hafeeth, Al-Hafiyy, Al-Haqq, Al-Mubeen, Al-Hakeem, Al-Haleem, Al-Hameed, Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyoom, Al-Khabeer, Al-Khaaliq, Al-Khallaaq, Ar-Ra'oof, Ar-Rahmaan, Ar-Raheem, Ar-Razzaaq, Ar-Raqeeb, As-Salaam, As-Samee', Ash-Shaakir, Ash-Shakoor, Ash-Shaheed, As-Samad, Al-'Aalim, Al-'Azeez, Al-'Atheem, Al-'Afuw, Al-'Aleem, Al-'Aliyy, Al-Ghaffaar, Al-Ghafoor, Al-Ghaniyy, Al-Fattaah, Al-Qaadir, Al-Qaahir, Al-Quddoos, Al-Qadeer, Al-Qareeb, Al-Qawiyy, Al-Qahhaar, Al-Kabeer, Al-Kareem, Al-Lateef, Al-Mu'min, Al-Muta'aali, Al-Mutakabbir, Al-Mateen, Al-Mujeeb, Al-Majeed, Al-Muheet, Al-Musawwir, Al-Muqtadir, Al-Muqeet, Al-Malik, Al-Maleek, Al-Mawla, Al-Muhaymin, An-Naseer, Al-Waahid, Al-Waarith, Al-Waasi', Al-Wadood, Al-Wakeel, Al-Waliyy, Al-Wahhaab.

2-    The names of Allaah which are mentioned in the Sunnah of the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) (18 Names):

-Al-Jameel, Al-Jawaad, Al-Hakam, Al-Hayiyy, Ar-Rab, Ar-Rafeeq, As-Sabooh, As-Sayyid, Ash-Shaafi, At-Tayyib, Al-Qaabidh, Al-Baasit, Al-Muqadim, Al-Mu’akhkhir, Al-Muhsin, Al-Mu'ti, Al-Mannaan, Al-Witr.

Finally, it should be mentioned that other scholars mentioned other Names, and that these Names are some of the Names of Allaah and not all of them. The evidence for this is the saying of the Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ): “O Allaah! I ask You by every Name belonging to You, which You Named Yourself with, or Revealed in Your Book, or You Taught to any of Your Creation, or You have Preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You,…” [Ahmad] Of course, no one can know the Names which Allaah Preserved in the knowledge of the unseen.

Allaah Knows best.

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