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The 99 Names of Allah — Asma' ul-Husna
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one; whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise.” Below are the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah (Asma' ul-Husna) in Arabic, with transliteration and a short meaning for each — to read, reflect upon and memorise.
All 99 names
Arabic name, transliteration and meaning
- الرَّحْمَٰن — Ar-Rahman: The Most Compassionate — The Most Compassionate toward all His creation
- الرَّحِيم — Ar-Raheem: The Most Merciful — The Most Merciful toward the believers
- الْمَلِك — Al-Malik: The King, the Sovereign — The Sovereign Owner of all things
- الْقُدُّوس — Al-Quddus: The Most Holy — The One transcendent above all imperfection
- السَّلَام — As-Salam: The Source of Peace — The One free from every flaw and deficiency
- الْمُؤْمِن — Al-Mu'min: The Granter of Security — The One who affirms His messengers and grants security
- الْمُهَيْمِن — Al-Muhaymin: The Guardian, the Overseer — The Watchful Guardian over His creation
- الْعَزِيز — Al-Aziz: The Almighty — The Almighty who is never overcome
- الْجَبَّار — Al-Jabbar: The Compeller — The Compeller who subdues His creation
- الْمُتَكَبِّر — Al-Mutakabbir: The Supreme in Greatness — The One exalted in greatness above all evil
- الْخَالِق — Al-Khaliq: The Creator — The Creator who brings all things into being from nothing
- الْبَارِئ — Al-Bari': The Originator — The Originator who fashions creation in perfect form
- الْمُصَوِّر — Al-Musawwir: The Fashioner of Forms — The One who shapes His creation however He wills
- الْغَفَّار — Al-Ghaffar: The All-Forgiving — The One who pardons the sins of His servants
- الْقَهَّار — Al-Qahhar: The Subduer — The One who subdues all things
- الْوَهَّاب — Al-Wahhab: The Bestower of Gifts — The One who bestows freely, without recompense
- الرَّزَّاق — Ar-Razzaq: The Provider — The One who provides sustenance for all His creation
- الْفَتَّاح — Al-Fattah: The Opener, the Judge — The One who judges between His servants with truth
- الْعَلِيم — Al-Alim: The All-Knowing — The One who knows all things
- الْقَابِض — Al-Qabid: The Withholder — The One who withholds provision and souls by His wisdom
- الْبَاسِط — Al-Basit: The Extender — The One who extends provision to whom He wills
- الْخَافِض — Al-Khafid: The Abaser — The One who abases the arrogant and the disobedient
- الرَّافِع — Ar-Rafi': The Exalter — The One who elevates His allies through their obedience
- الْمُعِزّ — Al-Mu'izz: The Honourer — The One who grants honour to whom He wills
- الْمُذِلّ — Al-Mudhill: The Dishonourer — The Dishonourer of whom He wills, by His justice
- السَّمِيع — As-Sami': The All-Hearing — The All-Hearing of every sound
- الْبَصِير — Al-Basir: The All-Seeing — The All-Seeing of all things
- الْحَكَم — Al-Hakam: The Impartial Judge — The Impartial Judge among His creation
- الْعَدْل — Al-Adl: The Utterly Just — The Utterly Just in His rulings and His actions
- اللَّطِيف — Al-Latif: The Subtle, the Gentle — The Subtle with His servants, the Gentle toward them
- الْخَبِير — Al-Khabir: The All-Aware — The All-Aware of the innermost depths of all affairs
- الْحَلِيم — Al-Halim: The Forbearing — The Forbearing who does not hasten punishment
- الْعَظِيم — Al-Azim: The Magnificent — The Magnificent in His essence and His attributes
- الْغَفُور — Al-Ghafur: The Great Forgiver — The Great Forgiver who conceals and pardons
- الشَّكُور — Ash-Shakur: The Most Appreciative — The Most Appreciative who grants abundant reward for little deeds
- الْعَلِيّ — Al-Ali: The Most High — The Most High above His creation
- الْكَبِير — Al-Kabir: The Most Great — The Most Great, before Whom all things are lesser
- الْحَفِيظ — Al-Hafiz: The Preserver — The Preserver of His creation and their deeds
- الْمُقِيت — Al-Muqit: The Nourisher, the Sustainer — The Sustainer Who provides nourishment to all creation
- الْحَسِيب — Al-Hasib: The Reckoner — The Reckoner Who calls His servants to account
- الْجَلِيل — Al-Jalil: The Majestic — The Majestic, possessor of glory and greatness
- الْكَرِيم — Al-Karim: The Most Generous — The Most Generous, abundant in goodness and giving
- الرَّقِيب — Ar-Raqib: The Watchful — The Watchful over all things
- الْمُجِيب — Al-Mujib: The Responsive — The Responsive to the supplications of His servants
- الْوَاسِع — Al-Wasi': The All-Encompassing — The All-Encompassing in His knowledge and mercy
- الْحَكِيم — Al-Hakim: The All-Wise — The All-Wise in His words and His deeds
- الْوَدُود — Al-Wadud: The Most Loving — The Most Loving toward His devoted servants
- الْمَجِيد — Al-Majeed: The Most Glorious — The Most Glorious, supreme in His perfection
- الْبَاعِث — Al-Ba'ith: The Resurrector — The One who resurrects all creation on the Day of Judgment
- الشَّهِيد — Ash-Shahid: The Witness — The One who witnesses all things
- الْحَقّ — Al-Haqq: The Absolute Truth — The Absolute Truth, established beyond all doubt
- الْوَكِيل — Al-Wakil: The Trustee, the Disposer of Affairs — The Trustee who suffices those who place their trust in Him
- الْقَوِيّ — Al-Qawiyy: The Most Strong — The One of perfect and complete power
- الْمَتِين — Al-Matin: The Firm, the Steadfast — The One of intense and unshakable strength
- الْوَلِيّ — Al-Waliyy: The Protecting Friend — The Protecting Ally who grants victory to His servants
- الْحَمِيد — Al-Hamid: The Praiseworthy — The One who is praised and worthy of all praise in every state
- الْمُحْصِي — Al-Muhsi: The All-Enumerating — The One who enumerates all things in exact number
- الْمُبْدِئ — Al-Mubdi': The Originator — The One who originated all creation from nothing
- الْمُعِيد — Al-Mu'id: The Restorer — The One who restores creation after its passing
- الْمُحْيِي — Al-Muhyi: The Giver of Life — The One who gives life to the dead
- الْمُمِيت — Al-Mumit: The Bringer of Death — The One who brings death to every living being
- الْحَيّ — Al-Hayy: The Ever-Living — The Ever-Living who never dies
- الْقَيُّوم — Al-Qayyum: The Self-Subsisting Sustainer — The Self-Subsisting who sustains all others
- الْوَاجِد — Al-Wajid: The Perceiver, the Finder — The One who lacks nothing and is in want of nothing
- الْمَاجِد — Al-Majid: The Noble, the Illustrious — The One of boundless generosity and sublime glory
- الْوَاحِد — Al-Wahid: The One — The One who is singular and alone in His essence
- الْأَحَد — Al-Ahad: The Unique, the Indivisible — The One who has no equal or likeness
- الصَّمَد — As-Samad: The Eternal, Self-Sufficient — The One to whom all turn in their needs
- الْقَادِر — Al-Qadir: The All-Powerful — The One who has power over all things
- الْمُقْتَدِر — Al-Muqtadir: The Omnipotent — The One whose power is perfect and complete
- الْمُقَدِّم — Al-Muqaddim: The Expediter — The One who brings forward whatever He wills
- الْمُؤَخِّر — Al-Mu'akhkhir: The Delayer — The One who delays whatever He wills by His wisdom
- الْأَوَّل — Al-Awwal: The First — The First, before whom there is nothing
- الْآخِر — Al-Akhir: The Last — The Last, after whom there is nothing
- الظَّاهِر — Az-Zahir: The Manifest — The Manifest, above whom there is nothing
- الْبَاطِن — Al-Batin: The Hidden — The Hidden, beyond whom there is nothing
- الْوَالِي — Al-Wali: The Patron, the Governor — The Patron who governs all His creation
- الْمُتَعَالِي — Al-Muta'ali: The Most Exalted — The Most Exalted, far above every imperfection
- الْبَرّ — Al-Barr: The Source of Goodness — The Source of Goodness who bestows favor upon His servants
- التَّوَّاب — At-Tawwab: The Ever-Accepting of Repentance — The Ever-Accepting of Repentance from all who turn back to Him
- الْمُنْتَقِم — Al-Muntaqim: The Avenger — The Avenger who requites the disobedient with perfect justice
- الْعَفُوّ — Al-Afuww: The Pardoner — The Pardoner who effaces sins entirely
- الرَّؤُوف — Ar-Ra'uf: The Most Kind — The Most Kind, intense in compassion
- مَالِكُ الْمُلْك — Malik-ul-Mulk: Owner of all Sovereignty — The Owner of all Sovereignty, who disposes of it however He wills
- ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَام — Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram: Lord of Majesty and Honour — The Possessor of Majesty, Honour, and Greatness
- الْمُقْسِط — Al-Muqsit: The Equitable — The Just and Equitable in His judgment
- الْجَامِع — Al-Jami': The Gatherer — The Gatherer of all creation for the Day of Reckoning
- الْغَنِيّ — Al-Ghani: The Self-Sufficient — The Self-Sufficient, independent of all else
- الْمُغْنِي — Al-Mughni: The Enricher — The Enricher who bestows wealth upon whom He wills
- الْمَانِع — Al-Mani': The Withholder, the Protector — The Withholder of what He wills in His infinite wisdom
- الضَّارّ — Ad-Darr: The Creator of Harm — The Bringer of harm to whom He wills by His decree
- النَّافِع — An-Nafi': The Creator of Good — The Bestower of benefit upon whom He wills
- النُّور — An-Nur: The Light — The Light who illuminated the heavens and the earth
- الْهَادِي — Al-Hadi: The Guide — The Guide who leads His servants to the truth
- الْبَدِيع — Al-Badi': The Incomparable Originator — The Incomparable Originator who created without precedent
- الْبَاقِي — Al-Baqi: The Everlasting — The Everlasting who never perishes
- الْوَارِث — Al-Warith: The Inheritor — The Inheritor who endures after all creation has perished
- الرَّشِيد — Ar-Rashid: The Guide to the Right Path — The Guide to the Right Path whose every act is perfectly sound
- الصَّبُور — As-Sabur: The Most Patient — The Most Patient who does not hasten to inflict punishment
Frequently asked questions
- What are the 99 Names of Allah?
- The 99 Names of Allah, known as Asma' ul-Husna ("the Most Beautiful Names"), are the names and attributes by which Allah is described in the Quran and Sunnah, such as Ar-Rahman (the Most Compassionate) and Al-Malik (the Sovereign).
- Is there a reward for memorising the 99 names?
- Yes. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever enumerates (memorises, understands and acts by) the ninety-nine names will enter Paradise, as reported in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.
- Can I learn the names of Allah offline?
- Yes. The free Qurani app includes the full list of the 99 names with meanings and audio, working completely offline with no ads and no account required.