The Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah – Islam

The First, The Last, The Evident and The Immanent

هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ 057.003 He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent: and He has full knowledge of all things.

Al-Aziz Al-Hakeem

الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيم The All-Mighty, the All-Wise Allah, the One and Only God, is the All-Mighty and the All-Wise. He is not only the All-Mighty and All-Wise, but the truth is that He alone is AII-Mighty and All-Wise. The Arabic word ‘Aziz signifies a mighty and powerful Being Whose decrees cannot be prevented by any power… Continue reading Al-Aziz Al-Hakeem

As-Samad

اللَّهُ الصَّمَد Allah is Independent of aII and all are dependent on Him. (The Holy Quran, 112:2) The word used in the original is صمَد (samad) of which the root is s-m-d. A look at the derivatives in Arabic from this root will show how comprehensive and vast this word is in meaning. (Lexical discussion… Continue reading As-Samad

Asmaul Husna in a tabular form

وَلِلّهِ الأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُواْ الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَآئِهِ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُواْ يَعْمَلُونَ

Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem

الرحمن الرحيم The most common translation of this ayah is, “The Most beneficent, The Most Merciful.” In contemporary context, such a translation almost fails its purpose as those English words are seldom used in normal speech and literature, let alone being properly understood. Fundamentally, the translation is accurate as the Arabic refers to Mercy, however… Continue reading Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem

Malik (Master)

مَالِك Allah is Malik. In the first Chapter (Surah Al-Fatehah), Allah T’ala says that He is: مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ The Master of the Day of Recompense. (1:4) God will be the Lord of the Day when all generations of mankind gather together on order to render an account of their conduct, and when each person… Continue reading Malik (Master)