بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
وَلِلَّـهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا
وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ ۚسَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
And Allah’s are the best names, therefore call on Him thereby,
and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names; they shall be recompensed for what they did. (7:180)
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاض ٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْل ٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اِسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِه ِِ نَفْسَكَ أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَه ُُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ~ُ أَحَدا ً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِه ِِ فِي عِلْمِ الغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيْعَ قَلْبِي، وَنوْرَ صَدْرِي وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي
‘O Allah, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand (i.e. You have total mastery over), Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. 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, that You make the Quran the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety.’ (Hadith)
English Books:
Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God – Al-Ghazali – PDF
In the Company of God – Salaman al-Oadah – PDF
Urdu Books:
Sharah-Asma-ul-Husna-By-Imam-Ghazali-R-A
Sifat Bari Ta’ala – Iqbal Ahmad Anjum – PDF
Allah Ta’ala ki Zat aur Sifat ka Islami Tasawwur – Dost Muhammad Shahid
Hasti Bari Ta’ala – Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II r.a (Some attributes)
Arabic Books:
Addresses of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IV r.h
on Attributes of Allah
Video 1 – Are the attributes of Allah are limited?
Video 2 – Some details about attributes and a dream
Video 3 – How to ponder on the names of Allah
Video 4 – All attributes come out of the name of Allah
Video 5 – Simple recitation of names
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV (rh) said:
Repetition of any name cannot, by itself, ward off evil but the repetition of certain names can give you the strength to concentrate on the meaning of those names.
Each attribute of Allah is apparently single but when you concentrate on it and repeat it, new meanings may appear before your vision, just as when you move the kaleidoscope and by giving it a different twist new figures appear before your eyes. Similarly, repetition of the name or attributes of Allah is in fact designed to create that effect on your minds as, for instance, the attribute of Rahman (the Beneficent) being repeated in the sense that Rahman covers the whole of the universe. The word ‘Rahman’ is apparently a single attribute but it covers the whole history of mankind, the whole history of creation, the whole history of God’s relationship with man and so on. You cannot exhaust even just this attribute alone if you were to go on repeating it throughout your life. Hence the purpose of repetition of Allah’s names is to gain a deeper understanding of their meanings. Although the vastness of the meanings they already contain goes far beyond our imagination, we should still reflect upon the meanings of those attributes and enlarge them before our vision by repeating them and, with the Grace of Allah, the more we know of Rahman, the more contact with Rahman we can attain. In short, when we repeat an attribute of Allah when we face a specific problem or difficulty, this has to be the true purpose and this is the only useful purpose. Otherwise, the repetition of God’s attributes like a parrot does not serve any cause.
[Question/Answer session held in London on 8 August 1997]
1.al-Malik i.e., The Sovereign.
2. al-Quddus i.e., The Holy One.
3. as-Salam i.e., The Source of Peace.
4. al-Mu’min i.e., The Bestower of Security.
5. al-Muhaymin i.e., The Protector.
6. al-‘Aziz i.e., The Mighty.
7. al-Jabbar i.e., The Subduer.
8. al-Mutakabbir i.e., The Exalted.
9. al-Khaliq i.e., The Creator.
10. al-Bari i.e., The Maker.
11. al-Musawwir i.e., The Fashioner.
12. al-Ghaffar i.e., The Great Forgiver.
13. al-Qahhar i.e., The Most Supreme.
14. al-Wahhab i.e., The Bestower.
15. ar-Razzaq i.e., The Great Sustainer.
16. al-Fattah i.e., The Opener (of the doors of success for mankind); The Judge.
17. al-‘Alim i.e., The All-Knowing.
18. al-Qabid i.e., The Controller; He Who keeps all things within limits; The Seizer.
19. al-Basit i.e., The Enlarger; He Who enlarges the means of subsistence.
20. al-Khafid i.e., The Depresser; He Who brings low the proud.
21. ar-Rafi‘ i.e., The Exalter.
22. al-Mu‘izz i.e., The Bestower of honour.
23. al-Mudhill i.e., The Abaser; He Who abases the haughty.
24. as-Sami‘ i.e., The All-Hearing.
25. al-Basir i.e., The All-Seeing.
26. al-Hakam i.e., The Wise Judge.
27. al-‘Adl i.e., The Just.
28. al-Latif i.e., The Incomprehensible; The Knower of all subtleties; The Benignant.
29. al-Khabir i.e., The All-Aware.
30. al-Halim i.e., The Forbearing.
31. a1-‘Azim. i.e., The Great.
32. al-Ghafur i.e., The Most Forgiving.
33. ash-Shakur i.e., The Most Appreciating.
34. al-‘Aliyy i.e., The High.
35. al-Kabir i.e., The Incomparably Great.
36. al-Hafiz i.e., The Guardian.
37. al-Muqit i.e., The Preserver; He Who preserves the faculties of all created things; The Powerful.
38. al-Hasib i.e., The Reckoner.
39. al-Jalil i.e., The Lord of Majesty.
40. al-Karim i.e., The Noble.
41. ar-Raqib i.e., The Watchful.
42. al-Mujib i.e., The Answerer of prayers.
43. al-Wasi‘ i.e., The Bountiful; The All-Embracing.
44. al-Hakim i.e., The Wise.
45. al-Wadud i.e., The Loving.
46. al-Majid i.e., The Lord of honour.
47. al-Ba‘ith i.e., The Raiser (of the dead).
48. ash-Shahid i.e., The Witness; The Observer.
49. al-Haqq i.e., The True.
50. al-Wakil i.e., The Disposer of affairs; The Keeper.
51. al-Qawiyy i.e., The Powerful.
52. al-Matin i.e., The Strong.
53. al-Waliyy i.e., The Friend.
54. al-Hamid i.e., The Praiseworthy.
55. al-Muhsi i.e., The Recorder.
56. al-Mubdi’ i.e., The Author (of life); The Beginuer.
57. al-Mu‘id i.e., The Repeater (of life).
58. al-Muhyi i.e., The Life-giver.
59. al-Mumit i.e., The Controller of the causes of death; The Destroyer.
60. al-Hayy i.e., The Living.
61. al-Qayyum i.e., The Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining.
62. al-Wajid i.e., The Discoverer; The Finder.
63. al-Majid i.e., The Glorious.
64. al-Qadir i.e., The Possessor of power and authority.
65. al-Muqtadir i.e., The Omnipotent.
66. al-Muqaddim i.e., The Provider (of the means of progress and advancement).
67. al-Mu’akhkhir i.e., The Degrader; The Postponer.
68. al-Awwal i.e., The First.
69. al-Akhir i.e., The Last.
70. az-Zahir i.e., The Manifest; He to Whose existence every created thing clearly points.
71. al-Batin i.e., The Hidden; He through Whom the hidden reality of everything is revealed,
72. al-Waliyy i.e., The Ruler
73. al-Muta‘ali i.e., The Mast High: The Possessor of excellent attributes.
74. al-Barr i.e., The Beneficent.
75. at-Tawwab i.e., The Oft-Returning with compassion; The Acceptor of repentance.
76. al-Mun‘im i.e., The Bestower of favours.
77. al-Muntaqim i.e., The Awarder of appropriate punishment; The Avenger.
78. al-‘Afuww i.e., The Effacer of sins.
79. ar-Ra’uf i.e., The Compassionate.
80. Malik-ul-Mulk i.e., The Lord of Sovereignty.
81. al-Muqsit i.e., The Equitable.
82. al-Jami‘ i.e., The Gatherer; The Assembler.
83. al-Ghaniyy i.e., The Self-Sufficient.
84. al-Mughni i.e., The Provider of the means of sufficiency; The Enricher.
85. al-Mani‘ i.e., The Withholder, The Prohibitor.
86. ad-Darr i.e., The Inflictor of punishment.
87. an-Nafi‘ i.e., The Benefactor.
88. an-Nur i.e., The Light.
89. al-Hadi i.e., The Guide.
90. al-Badi‘ i.e., The Originator.
91. al-Baqi i.e., The Survivor.
92. al-Warith i.e., The Inheritor.
93. ar-Rashid i.e., The Director to the right way.
94. as-Sabur i.e., The Patient.
95. Dhul-‘Arsh i.e., The Lord of the Throne.
96. Dhul-Waqar i.e., The Possessor of staidness and gravity; He Who does everything with reason and to fulfil a certain purpose.
97. al-Mutakallim i.e., The Speaker; He Who speaks to His servants.
98. ash-Shafi i.e., The Healer.
99. al-Kafi i.e., The Sufficient.
100. al-Ahad i.e., The Unique; The Lord of Unity.
101. al-Wahid i.e., The One.
102. as-Samad i.e., The Besought of all; The Independent; The Everlasting.
103. Dhul-Jalali Wal-Ikram i.e., The Lord of Majesty and Bounty.
