Names of God in Islam
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. According to tradition (hadith) there are 99 names of God in Islam, known as the ʾasmāʾu- llāhi l-ḥusnā (Arabic: أسماء الله الحسنى) "Beautiful Names of God" (also أسماء الحسنى asmāʾu-l-ḥusnā "Beautiful Names").[1][2]
According to 9th-century collections of hadith, the tradition of there being "99 names" is sahih (reliable), while the tradition of the actual list of 99 names as given by some collectors, in at least three different variants, is stated to be gharib (scarce, unreliable).[3] Most names in these lists are divine epithets taken from the text of the Quran, with a minority based in oral tradition or Sunnah. The lists of names vary because there are more than 99 such epithets to choose from.
Different sources give different lists of the 99 names.[4]
Contents
Origin
In the hadith, Muhammad is said to have invoked God by a number of names.[5] The origin of the number 99 specifically is commonly attributed to a hadith[which?] considered weak,[according to whom?] although there are less-commonly cited hadith that are considered authentic and also support the same point.[4] According to Sahih Muslim, 35:6475:
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Abu Hurairah reported Allah's Messenger [Muhammad] (may peace be upon him) as saying: "There are ninety-nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd and He loves odd numbers. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar [the words are]: 'He who enumerated them'."
The Quran refers to God's "most beautiful Names" (al-ʾasmāʾ al-ḥusná).[6] Gerhard Böwering[who?][year needed] refers to Sura 17:110 as the locus classicus to which explicit lists of 99 names used to be attached in Quranic commentary. A cluster of more than a dozen Divine epithets which are included in such lists is found in Sura 22:22–24. Mystic philosopher Ibn Arabi surmised that the 99 names are "outward signs of the universe's inner mysteries".[clarification needed][4]
Most, though not all, of the traditionally listed 99 names are found somewhere in the Quran itself. The others are taken from the hadith.[4][7][8]
The list is not necessarily fixed, as more than 99 divine epithets can be adduced from Quran and hadith combined,[9] although the list of names given in modern sources is mostly that compiled by al-Walid ibn Muslim.[year needed][citation needed]
Lists of names
There is no universal agreement among Muslims as to what exactly counts as a name of Allah, and what does not. Additionally, while some names are only in the Qur'an, and others are only in the hadith, there are some names which appear in both. Different sources give different lists of the 99 names.[4] Furthermore, in record, there are more than 1001 names given in one text.[which?]
The following list is based on the one found in the Jamiʿ at-Tirmidhi (9th century).[citation needed] Other hadith, such as those of al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim or Ibn ʿAsākir, have variant lists. All attribute the original compilation of the list of names to Abu Hurairah.
Al-Tirmidhi comments on his list: "This (version of the) hadith is gharib [unusual, scarce]; it has been narrated from various routes on the authority of Abu Hurairah, but we do not know of the mention of the Names in the numerous narrations, except this one." Various early Muslim exegetes, including Jaʿfar al-Sadiq, Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, have given their own versions of lists of 99 names.[10]
ٱ = The waṣla (hamzatu l-waṣli (هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ "hamza of connection")) denoting of ٱلْ is "ʾal/ ʾul/ ʾil" depending on the last vowel of the previous word/sentence structure:
e.g. سُوْرَةُ ٱلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ Suratu ʾr-Raḥmaān [Surah ar-Rahman].
Please note the written Arabic spelling of the names written in Arabic in the table are in the vowelled Classical/ Qur'anic form (proper = in the Holy Qur'an and Ahādith) with the square bracketed "[.]" variant of the written Arabic forms given in common or modern texts - usually in media, some long vowels and punctuations are omitted for the easier typing and reading.
Classical Arabic
(Qur'anic/ classical written forms) |
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
(Variant with vowels/ without vowels) |
Transliteration | Romanization
[Various Spellings] |
! Translationa | Reference | grammatical typeb | |
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<phonos file="01-ar-rahman.ogg">1</phonos> | ٱلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ
(أَلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ) |
\ أَلْرَّحْمَانُ
الرحمن، الرحمان |
ʾAr-Raḥmaān/ ʾAr-Raḥmān | Ar-Rahman
[Ar-Rahmaan] |
The Exceedingly Merciful (Compassionate) | Quran: Beginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places. The first verse ('ayat) of Surah ar-Rahman (Surah 55) consists only of this Name. | D |
<phonos file="02-ar-rahim.ogg">2</phonos> | ٱلْرَّحِيْمُ
(أَلْرَّحِيْمُ) |
الرحيم | ʾAr-Raḥiym/ ʾAr-Raḥīm | Ar-Rahim
[Ar-Raheem] |
The Merciful (Compassionate) | Quran: Beginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places (there are a total of 114 Surahs in the Quran.) | D |
<phonos file="03-al-malik.ogg">3</phonos> | ٱلْمَـٰلِكُ
(أَلْمَـٰلِكُ) |
\ أَلْمَالِكُ
الملك، المالك |
ʾAl-Maālik/ ʾAl-Mālik | Al-Malik
[Al-Maalik] |
The King | 59:23, 20:114, 23:116 | D |
<phonos file="04-al-quddus.ogg">4</phonos> | ٱلْقُدُّوسُ
(أَلْقُدُّوسُ) |
القدّوس، القدوس | ʾAl-Qudduūs/
ʾAl-Quddūs |
Al-Quddus
[Al-Quddous, Al-Quddows] |
The Holy | 59:23, 62:1 | D |
<phonos file="05-as-salam.ogg">5</phonos> | ٱلْسَّلَامُ
(أَلْسَّلَامُ) |
السلام | ʾAs-Salaām/ ʾAs-Salām | As-Salam [As-Salaam] | The Peace | 59:23 | D |
<phonos file="06-al-mumin.ogg">6</phonos> | ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ
(أَلْمُؤْمِنُ) |
المؤمن | ʾAl-Muʾumin | Al-Muʾmin [Al-Mu'min] | The Granter of Security | 59:23 | D |
<phonos file="07-al-muhaymin.ogg">7</phonos> | المهيمن | Al-Muhaymin | The Controller | 59:23 | D | ||
<phonos file="08-al-aziz.ogg">8</phonos> | العزيز | Al-Aziz | The Powerful | 3:6, 4:158, 9:40, 48:7, 59:23 | D | ||
<phonos file="09-al-jabbar.ogg">9</phonos> | الجبار | Al-Jabbar | The Strong | 59:23 | D | ||
<phonos file="10-al-mutakabbir.ogg">10</phonos> | المتكبر | Al-Mutakabbir | The Supreme | 59:23 | D[clarification needed] mutafaʿʿil |
||
<phonos file="11-al-khaliq.ogg">11</phonos> | الخالق | Al-Khaliq | The Creator | 6:102, 13:16,[11] 36:81, 39:62, 40:62, 59:24 | D | ||
<phonos file="12-al-bari.ogg">12</phonos> | البارئ | Al-Bariʾ | The Evolver, The Maker | 59:24 | D | ||
<phonos file="13-al-musawwir.ogg">13</phonos> | المصور | Al-Musawwir | The Fashioner, The Shaper, The Designer | 59:24 | D | ||
<phonos file="14-al-ghaffar.ogg">14</phonos> | الغفار | Al-Ghaffar | The Repeatedly Forgiving | 20:82, 38:66, 39:5, 40:42, 71:10 | D | ||
<phonos file="15-al-qahhar.ogg">15</phonos> | القهار | Al-Qahhar | The Subduer | 12:39, 13:16, 14:48, 38:65, 39:4, 40:16 | D | ||
<phonos file="16-al-wahhab.ogg">16</phonos> | الوهاب | Al-Wahhab | The Bestower | 3:18, 38:9, 38:35 | D | ||
<phonos file="17-ar-razzaq.ogg">17</phonos> | الرزاق | Ar-Razzaq | The Provider, The Sustainer | 51:58 | D | ||
<phonos file="18-al-fattah.ogg">18</phonos> | الفتاح | Al-Fattah | The Opener, The Victory Giver | 34:26 | D | ||
Audio file "19-al-.ogg" not found | العليم | Al-ʿAlim | The Knowing | 2:158, 3:92, 4:35, 24:41, 33:40 | D | ||
<phonos file="20-al-qabid.ogg">20</phonos> | القابض | Al-Qabid | The Restrainer, The Straightener | 2:245 | V | ||
<phonos file="21-al-basit.ogg">21</phonos> | الباسط | Al-Basit | The Extender / Expander | 2:245 | V | ||
<phonos file="22-al-khafid.ogg">22</phonos> | الخَافِض | Al-Khafid | The Abaser, The Humiliator, The Downgrader | 56:3; al-Kafʿamī (1992:38) | O | ||
<phonos file="23-ar-rafi.ogg">23</phonos> | الرافع | Ar-Rafiʿ | The Exalter, The Upgrader | 58:11, 6:83 | V | ||
<phonos file="24-al-muizz.ogg">24</phonos> | المعز | Al-Muʿizz | The Giver of Honor | 3:26 | V | ||
<phonos file="25-al-mudhill.ogg">25</phonos> | المذل | Al-Muzill | The Giver of Dishonor | 3:26 | V | ||
<phonos file="26-as-sami.ogg">26</phonos> | السميع | As-Samiʿ | The Hearing | 2:127, 2:256, 8:17, 49:1 | D | ||
<phonos file="27-al-basir.ogg">27</phonos> | البصير | Al-Basir | The All-Seeing | 4:58, 17:1, 42:11, 42:27 | D | ||
<phonos file="28-al-hakam.ogg">28</phonos> | الحكم | Al-Hakam | The Judge, The Arbitrator | 22:69 | V | ||
<phonos file="29-al-adl.ogg">29</phonos> | العدل | Al-ʿAdl | The Just | Not Quranic, see al-Kafʿamī (1992:40) | |||
<phonos file="30-al-latif.ogg">30</phonos> | اللطيف | Al-Latif | The Gentle, The Subtly Kind | 6:103, 22:63, 31:16, 33:34 | D | ||
<phonos file="31-al-khabir.ogg">31</phonos> | الخبير | Al-Khabir | The All-Aware | 6:18, 17:30, 49:13, 59:18 | D | ||
<phonos file="32-al-halim.ogg">32</phonos> | الحليم | Al-Halim | The Forbearing, The Indulgent | 2:235, 17:44, 22:59, 35:41 | A | ||
<phonos file="33-al-azim.ogg">33</phonos> | العظيم | Al-ʿAzim | The Great, The Magnificent | 2:255, 42:4, 56:96 | D | ||
<phonos file="34-al-ghafur.ogg">34</phonos> | الغفور | Al-Ghafur | The Much-Forgiving | 2:173, 8:69, 16:110, 41:32 | D | ||
<phonos file="35-ash-shakur.ogg">35</phonos> | الشكور | Ash-Shakur | The Grateful | 35:30, 35:34, 42:23, 64:17 | A | ||
<phonos file="36-al-ali.ogg">36</phonos> | العلي | Al-ʿAlī | The Sublime | 4:34, 31:30, 42:4, 42:51 34:23 | D | ||
<phonos file="37_al-kabir.ogg">37</phonos> | الكبير | Al-Kabir | The Great | 13:9, 22:62, 13:30, 34:23 | D | ||
<phonos file="38-al-hafiz.ogg">38</phonos> | الحفيظ | Al-Hafiz | The Preserver | 11:57, 34:21, 42:6 | A | ||
<phonos file="39-al-muqit.ogg">39</phonos> | المقيت | Al-Muqit | The Nourisher | 4:85 | I | ||
<phonos file="40-al-hasib.ogg">40</phonos> | الحسيب | Al-Hasib | The Bringer of Judgment | 4:6, 4:86, 33:39 | I | ||
<phonos file="41-al-jalil.ogg">41</phonos> | الجليل | Al-Jalil | The Majestic, The Exalted | 55:27, 7:143 | A, V | ||
Audio file "42-al-karim.ogg" not found | الكريم | Al-Karim | The Bountiful, The Generous | 27:40, 82:6 | D | ||
<phonos file="43-ar-raqib.ogg">43</phonos> | الرقيب | Ar-Raqib | The Watchful | 4:1, 5:117 | D | ||
<phonos file="44-al-mujib.ogg">44</phonos> | المجيب | Al-Mujib | The Responsive, The Answerer | 11:61 | A | ||
<phonos file="45-al-wasi.ogg">45</phonos> | الواسع | Al-Wasiʿ | The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless | 2:268, 3:73, 5:54 | A | ||
<phonos file="46-al-hakim.ogg">46</phonos> | الحكيم | Al-Hakim | The Wise | 31:27, 46:2, 57:1, 66:2 | D | ||
<phonos file="47-al-wadud.ogg">47</phonos> | الودود | Al-Wadud | The Loving | 11:90, 85:14 | D | ||
<phonos file="48-al-majid.ogg">48</phonos> | المجيد | Al-Majid | The All-Glorious, The Majestic | 11:73 | A | ||
Audio file "49-al-baith.ogg " not found | الباعث | Al-Baʿith | The Resurrector | 22:7 | V | ||
<phonos file="50-ash-shahid.ogg">50</phonos> | الشهيد | Ash-Shahid | The Witness | 4:166, 22:17, 41:53, 48:28 | A | ||
<phonos file="51-al-haqq.ogg">51</phonos> | ٱلْحَقُّ
(أَلْحَقُّ) |
الحقّ، الحق | ʾAl-Ḥaqq | Al-Haqq | The Truth, The Reality | 6:62, 22:6, 23:116, 24:25 | D |
<phonos file="52-al-wakil.ogg">52</phonos> | الوكيل | Al-Wakil | The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate | 3:173, 4:171, 28:28, 73:9 | A | ||
<phonos file="53-al-qawi.ogg">53</phonos> | القوي | Al-Qawiy | The Strong | 22:40, 22:74, 42:19, 57:25 | D | ||
<phonos file="54-al-matin.ogg">54</phonos> | المتين | Al-Matin | The Firm, The Steadfast | 51:58 | D | ||
<phonos file="55-al-wali.ogg">55</phonos> | الولي | Al-Wali | The Friend, Helper | 4:45, 7:196, 42:28, 45:19 | D | ||
<phonos file="56-al-hamid.ogg">56</phonos> | الحميد | Al-Hamid | The All Praiseworthy | 14:8, 31:12, 31:26, 41:42 | D | ||
<phonos file="57-al-muhsi.ogg">57</phonos> | المحصي | Al-Muhsi | The Accounter, The Numberer of All | 72:28, 78:29 | V | ||
<phonos file="58-al-mubdi.ogg">58</phonos> | المبدئ | Al-Mubdiʾ | The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator | 10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13 | V | ||
<phonos file="59-al-muid.ogg">59</phonos> | المعيد | Al-Muʿid | The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All | 10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13 | V | ||
<phonos file="60-al-muhyi.ogg">60</phonos> | المحيي | Al-Muhyi | The Giver of Life | 7:158, 15:23, 30:50, 57:2 | V | ||
<phonos file="61-al-mumit.ogg">61</phonos> | المميت | Al-Mumit | The Bringer of Death | 3:156, 7:158, 15:23, 57:2 | V | ||
<phonos file="62-al-hayy.ogg">62</phonos> | الحي | Al-Hayy | The Living | 2:255, 3:2, 20:111, 25:58, 40:65 | D | ||
<phonos file="63-al-qayyum.ogg">63</phonos> | القيوم | Al-Qayyum | The Subsisting, The Independent | 2:255, 3:2, 20:111 | D | ||
<phonos file="64-al-wajid.ogg">64</phonos> | الواجد | Al-Wajid | The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing | 38:44 | V | ||
<phonos file="65-al-majid.ogg">65</phonos> | الماجد | Al-Majid | The Illustrious, The Magnificent | 85:15, 11:73; al-Kafʿamī (1992:48) | A | ||
<phonos file="66-al-wahid.ogg">66</phonos> | الواحد | Al-Wahid | The Unique, The Single | 13:16, 14:48, 38:65, 39:4 | D | ||
<phonos file="67-al-ahad.ogg">67</phonos> | الاحد | Al-Ahad | The One, The Indivisible | 112:1 | A | ||
<phonos file="68-as-samad.ogg">68</phonos> | الصمد | As-Samad | The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient | 112:2 | D | ||
<phonos file="69-al-qadir.ogg">69</phonos> | القادر | Al-Qadir | The All-Powerful, He Who is able to do Everything | 6:65, 46:33, 75:40 | D | ||
<phonos file="70-al-muqtadir.ogg">70</phonos> | المقتدر | Al-Muqtadir | The Determiner, The Dominant | 18:45, 54:42, 6:65 | A | ||
<phonos file="71-al-muqaddim.ogg">71</phonos> | المقدم | Al-Muqaddim | The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward | 16:61 | V | ||
<phonos file="72-al-muakhkhir.ogg">72</phonos> | المؤخر | Al-Muʾakhkhir | The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away | 71:4 | V | ||
<phonos file="73-al-awwal.ogg">73</phonos> | الأول | Al-Awwal | The First, The Beginning-less | 57:3 | D | ||
<phonos file="74-al-akhir.ogg">74</phonos> | الأخر | Al-Aakhir | The Last, The Endless | 57:3 | D | ||
<phonos file="75-az-zahir.ogg">75</phonos> | الظاهر | Az-Zahir | The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer | 57:3 | D | ||
<phonos file="76-al-batin.ogg">76</phonos> | الباطن | Al-Batin | The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner | 57:3 | D | ||
<phonos file="77-al-wali.ogg">77</phonos> | الوالي | Al-Wali | The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord | 13:11 | I | ||
<phonos file="78-al-mutaali.ogg">78</phonos> | المتعالي | Al-Mutaʿali | The Supremely Exalted, The Most High | 13:9 | D | ||
<phonos file="79-al-barr.ogg">79</phonos> | البر | Al-Barr | The Good, The Beneficent | 52:28 | D | ||
<phonos file="80-at-tawwab.ogg">80</phonos> | التواب | At-Tawwab | The Ever-Returning, Ever-Relenting | 2:128, 4:64, 49:12, 110:3 | D | ||
<phonos file="81-al-muntaqim.ogg">81</phonos> | المنتقم | Al-Muntaqim | The Avenger | 32:22, 43:41, 44:16 | P | ||
<phonos file="82-al-afuw.ogg">82</phonos> | العفو | Al-ʿAfu | The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver | 4:43, 4:99, 4:149, 22:60, 58:2 | V, I | ||
<phonos file="83-ar-rauf.ogg">83</phonos> | الرؤوف | Ar-Raʾuf | The Kind, The Pitying | 9:117, 57:9, 59:10 | I | ||
<phonos file="84-malik-ul-mulk.ogg">84</phonos> | مالك الملك | Malik-ul-Mulk | The Owner of all Sovereignty | 3:26 | D | ||
<phonos file="85-dhul-jalaal-wal-ikraam.ogg">85</phonos> |
ذو الجلال والإكرام
|
Zul-Jalali
wal-Ikram |
The Lord of Majesty and Generosity | 55:27, 55:78 | D | ||
<phonos file="86-al-muqsit.ogg">86</phonos> | المقسط | Al-Muqsit | The Equitable, The Requiter | 3:18; al-Kafʿamī (1992:58f) | O | ||
<phonos file="87-al-jame.ogg">87</phonos> | الجامع | Al-Jamiʿ | The Gatherer, The Unifier | 3:9 | I | ||
<phonos file="88-al-ghani.ogg">88</phonos> | الغني | Al-Ghani | The Rich, The Independent | 39:7, 47:38, 57:24 | I, A, D | ||
<phonos file="89-al-mughni.ogg">89</phonos> | المغني | Al-Mughni | The Enricher, The Emancipator | 9:28 | V | ||
<phonos file="90-al-mani.ogg">90</phonos> | المانع | Al-Maniʿ | The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender | See al-Kafʿamī (1992:61) | |||
<phonos file="91-ad-darr.ogg">91</phonos> | الضار | Ad-Darr | The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor | 6:17; al-Kafʿamī (1992:58) | |||
Audio file "92-an-nafi.ogg" not found | النافع | An-Nafiʿ | The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good | 30:37 | |||
Audio file "93-an-nur.ogg" not found | النور | An-Nur | The Light | 24:35 | I | ||
Audio file "94-al-hadi.ogg" not found | الهادي | Al-Hadi | The Guide, The Way | 22:54 | I | ||
Audio file "95-al-badi.ogg" not found | البديع | Al-Badiʿ | The Incomparable, The Unattainable, The Beautiful | 2:117, 6:101 | I | ||
Audio file "96-al-baqi.ogg" not found | الباقي | Al-Baqi | The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting | 55:27; al-Kafʿamī (1992:64) | V | ||
Audio file "97-al-warith.ogg" not found | الوارث | Al-Warith | The Heir, The Inheritor of All | 15:23, 57:10 | P | ||
Audio file "98-ar-rashid.ogg" not found | الرشيد | Ar-Rashid | The Guide to the Right Path | 2:256, 72:10 | |||
Audio file "99-as-sabur.ogg" not found | الصبور | As-Sabur | The Timeless, The Patient | 2:153, 3:200, 103:3 | I | ||
a[by whom?]. b D = Direct;[clarification needed] V = from Verb; A = from Adjective or Adjectival Phrase; I = from Indefinite noun; P = from Plural noun; O = Other |
Islamic mysticism
There is a tradition in tasawwuf to the effect the 99 names of God point to a mystical "Greatest Name" (Ismul A'zam, الإسم الأعظم).[12] This "Greatest Name of Allah" is said to be "the one which if He is called (prayed to) by it, He will answer."[13]
According to a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud,[which?] some of the names of God have also been hidden from mankind.[14] More than 1000 names are listed in the Jawshan Kabir invocations.
Theophoric given names
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A Muslim may not be given any of the 99 names of God in exactly the same form.[15] For example, nobody may be named al-Malik "the King", but may be named Malik "King". This is because of the belief that God is almighty, and no human being is the equivalent of God, and no human being will ever be the equivalent of God. Muslims are allowed to use the 99 names of God for themselves but should not put 'Al' at the front of them.[15]
However the names of God can be combined with the word "‘Abd-", which means "slave" (of God) and are commonly used as Arabic name among Muslims, such as Abd al-Rahman. The two parts of the name may be written separately (as above) or combined as one transliterated name; in such a case, the vowel transcribed after "Abd" is often written as u when the two words are transcribed as one: e.g., Abdurrahman, Abdul'aziz, "Abdul Jabbar", or even Abdullah ("Servant of God"). (This has to do with Arabic case vowels, the final u vowel showing the normal "quote" nominative/vocative case form: ʿabdu.)
Some Muslim people have names resembling those 99. Examples include:
- Rahmaan, such as Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais.
- Salaam, such as Salam Fayyad.
- Jabbaar, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- Hakeem, such as Sherman "Abdul Hakim" Jackson.
- Ra'oof, such as Ra'ouf Mus'ad.
- Malik, such as Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X).
- Abdul Muqtedar as in M. A. Muqtedar Khan.
Use in Bahá'í
Bahá'í sources state that the 100th name was revealed as "Bahá’" (Arabic: بهاء "glory, splendor"), which appears in the words Bahá'u'lláh and Bahá'í. They also believe that it is the greatest name of God.[16][17] The Báb wrote a noted pentagram-shaped tablet with 360 derivatives of the word "Bahá'" used in it.[16]
According to Bahá'í scholar ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī adopted the Persian poetic pen name "Bahāʾ" after being inspired by the words of the fifth Twelver Imam, Muhammad al-Baqir, and the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, who stated that the greatest name of God was included in either the Duʿāʾu l-Bahāʾ, a dawn prayer for Ramadan, or the Aʿmal ʿam Dawūd.[16] In the first verse of the duʿāʾu l-Bahāʾ, the name "Bahāʾ" appears four times.[18]
See also
- Basmala
- List of Arabic theophoric names
- Names of God
- Names of God in Judaism
- Sahasranama, the Hindu lists of 1000 names of God.
- The 99, a comic book based on the 99 names of God in Islam.
- The Nine Billion Names of God, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
References
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- ↑ Abdullah Saeed, The Qur'an: An Introduction, pg. 63. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 9781134102945
- ↑ Al-Tirmidhi says in his Sunan, "This (version of the) hadith is [unusual, scarce]; it has been narrated from various routes on the authority of Abu Hurairah, but we do not know of the mention of the Names in the numerous narrations, except this one." Richard Shelquist (wahiduddin.net)[unreliable source?]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Diane Morgan, Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice, p. 10. Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2010. ISBN 9780313360251
- ↑ Ibn Majah, Book of Duʿa;[citation needed] Malik ibn Anas, Muwatta Imam Malik.
- ↑ See the surahs "al-A'raf" (7:180), "al-Isra" (17:110), "Ta-Ha" (20:8) and "al-Hashr" (59:24).
- ↑ Martin Parsons, Unveiling God, pg. 206. William Carey Library, 2005. ISBN 9780878084548
- ↑ Juan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, pg. 515. Infobase Publishing, 2009. ISBN 9781438126968
- ↑ Susanne Enderwitz, "The 99: Islamic Superheroes - A New Species." Taken from Transcultural Turbulences: Towards a Multi-Sited Reading of Image Flows, pgs. 84-85. Springer, 2011. ISBN 9783642183935. The 99 names of Allah; the ‘Most Beautiful Names’ at BBC Online. Accessed 8 April 2014.
- ↑ Suhaib Hassan, Introduction to the Science of Hadith Classification (ahya), cited after Richard Shelquist (wahiduddin.net)[unreliable source?]
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- ʾIbrahīm bin ʿAlī al-Kafʿamī (1436-1500 CE), al-Maqām al-asnā fī tafsīr al-asmāʼ al-ḥusnā. Beirut: Dār al-Hādī (1992) (WorldCat listing).
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