99 Names of Allah

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Allah has the most beautiful names. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise." Here are the 99 names of Allah, each with its meaning, to reflect upon, memorize, and use in supplication.

Updated on 13 August 2026 at 4:39 AM

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الله
Allah
The proper Name of the Divine Reality, encompassing every attribute of perfection
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الرحمن
The Universally Merciful
The One whose mercy encompasses all creation
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الرحيم
The Especially Merciful
The One who grants His servants a special mercy
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الملك
The King
The absolute Sovereign who owns and governs all things
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القدوس
The Most Holy
The One exalted above every defect and imperfection
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السلام
The Source of Peace
The One free of every defect and from whom all peace proceeds
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المؤمن
The Giver of Faith and Security
The One who confirms truth and grants security to His servants
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المهيمن
The Supreme Guardian
The vigilant Witness who guards and governs all creation
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العزيز
The Almighty
The Invincible One whose might can never be overcome
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الجبار
The Compeller
The One whose will prevails and who restores what is broken
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المتكبر
The Supremely Great
The One to whom absolute greatness and majesty alone belong
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الخالق
The Creator
The One who determines and creates all things with wisdom
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البارئ
The Originator
The One who brings creatures forth according to His determination
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المصور
The Fashioner
The One who gives every creature its particular form
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الغفار
The Constantly Forgiving
The One who conceals faults and forgives again and again
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القهار
The All-Subduer
The One under whose dominion every creature remains
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الوهاب
The Bestower
The One who gives abundantly without expecting any return
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الرزاق
The Provider
The One who creates and delivers every provision
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الفتاح
The Opener
The One who opens the gates of mercy and judges with truth
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العليم
The All-Knowing
The One whose knowledge encompasses all things without limit
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القابض
The Withholder
The One who withholds according to His wisdom and justice
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الباسط
The Expander
The One who expands His gifts and opens hearts according to His wisdom
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الخافض
The Abaser
The One who lowers whom He wills in perfect justice
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الرافع
The Exalter
The One who raises whom He wills in perfect wisdom
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المعز
The Bestower of Honor
The One who grants true honor to whom He wills
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المذل
The Humiliator
The One who withdraws honor from whom He wills in justice
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السميع
The All-Hearing
The One who hears every word and every sound without limit
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البصير
The All-Seeing
The One who sees all things, apparent and hidden
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الحكم
The Perfect Judge
The One whose judgment is decisive and perfectly true
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العدل
The Utterly Just
The One who places everything rightly and never wrongs anyone
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اللطيف
The Most Gentle
The One who knows the subtlest realities and conveys His favors gently
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الخبير
The All-Aware
The One who knows the inward realities and secrets of all things
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الحليم
The Most Forbearing
The One who does not hasten to punish despite His complete power
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العظيم
The Magnificent
The One whose greatness surpasses every created understanding
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الغفور
The Most Forgiving
The One whose forgiveness is vast and who erases sins
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الشكور
The Most Appreciative
The One who rewards even small deeds with immense generosity
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العلي
The Most High
The One above whom there is no rank of perfection
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الكبير
The Most Great
The One whose greatness is absolute and before whom all things are small
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الحفيظ
The Preserver
The One who guards creation and preserves all things by His wisdom
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المقيت
The Sustainer
The One who gives every creature its nourishment and strength
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الحسيب
The Reckoner and Sufficient One
The One sufficient for His servants who takes exact account of all things
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الجليل
The Majestic
The One to whom majestic attributes and perfection belong
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الكريم
The Most Generous
The One who gives without depletion and forgives despite the power to punish
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الرقيب
The Watchful
The One who observes, guards, and knows all things without distraction
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المجيب
The Responsive One
The One who answers supplication and aids those in need
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الواسع
The All-Encompassing
The One whose knowledge, mercy, and gifts are without limit
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الحكيم
The All-Wise
The One whose knowledge is perfect and whose every act is rightly ordered
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الودود
The Most Loving
The One who loves good for His servants and favors those near to Him
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المجيد
The Most Glorious
The One who combines perfect nobility, greatness, and generosity
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الباعث
The Resurrector
The One who raises the dead and awakens hearts
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الشهيد
The Witness
The One from whose knowledge nothing is absent
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الحق
The Truth
The One whose existence and word are absolute truth
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الوكيل
The Trustee
The One to whom every affair may be entrusted and who suffices those relying on Him
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القوي
The All-Strong
The One whose strength is perfect and untouched by weakness
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المتين
The Firm
The One whose power is perfect, firm, and inexhaustible
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الولي
The Protecting Friend
The One who cares for His believing servants and directs their affairs
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الحميد
The Praiseworthy
The One worthy of all praise for His essence, attributes, and acts
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المحصي
The Accounter
The One who knows and counts all things without forgetfulness
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المبدئ
The Initiator
The One who begins creation without any prior model
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المعيد
The Restorer
The One who restores creatures after their death
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المحيي
The Giver of Life
The One who creates life and gives life to bodies and hearts
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المميت
The Bringer of Death
The One who decrees death with wisdom and without injustice
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الحي
The Ever-Living
The One whose perfect life has neither beginning nor end
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القيوم
The Self-Subsisting
The One who subsists by Himself and by whom all things subsist
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الواجد
The Finder
The One who loses nothing, lacks nothing, and finds all things present to His knowledge
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الماجد
The Most Noble
The One whose nobility and generosity are perfect
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الواحد
The One
The One who is unique in His essence, attributes, and acts
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الصمد
The Eternal Refuge
The perfect Master to whom every creature turns in need
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القادر
The All-Powerful
The One able to do every possible thing without weakness or hindrance
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المقتدر
The Perfectly Powerful
The One whose perfect power acts without any obstacle
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المقدم
The Advancer
The One who brings near and advances whom He wills in wisdom
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المؤخر
The Delayer
The One who delays or sets back whom He wills in wisdom and justice
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الأول
The First
The One before whom nothing exists, without beginning
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الآخر
The Last
The One after whom nothing remains, without end
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الظاهر
The Manifest
The One whose existence is manifest through His signs and acts
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الباطن
The Hidden
The One whom the senses cannot grasp and whose essence eludes creation
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الوالي
The Governor
The One who administers and governs all the affairs of creation
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المتعالي
The Most Exalted
The One exalted beyond every resemblance to created beings
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البر
The Source of Goodness
The One from whom all goodness and beneficence proceed
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التواب
The Accepter of Repentance
The One who turns His servants toward repentance and accepts it from them
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المنتقم
The Just Avenger
The One who justly requites those who persist in oppression
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العفو
The Pardoner
The One who erases sins and waives their penalty
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الرؤوف
The Most Kind
The One whose compassion toward His servants is exceedingly gentle
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مالك الملك
The Owner of Sovereignty
The One who owns all authority and disposes of every kingdom
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ذو الجلال والإكرام
The Lord of Majesty and Honor
The One who unites perfect majesty with abundant generosity
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المقسط
The Equitable
The One who gives the oppressed their due with perfect equity
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الجامع
The Gatherer
The One who gathers what is scattered and will assemble creation for judgment
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الغني
The Self-Sufficient
The One absolutely independent of all things
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المغني
The Enricher
The One who grants wealth, sufficiency, and contentment to whom He wills
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المانع
The Preventer
The One who withholds in wisdom and protects from causes of ruin
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الضار
The One Who Permits Harm
The One in whose decree hardship occurs, always according to perfect wisdom
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النافع
The Benefactor
The One who conveys every good and benefit to His creatures
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النور
The Light
The One who makes things manifest and illumines hearts through guidance
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الهادي
The Guide
The One who leads creatures to what benefits them and guides hearts to truth
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البديع
The Incomparable Originator
The One who creates without a model and whose work is without precedent
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الباقي
The Everlasting
The One whose existence knows neither passing nor end
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الوارث
The Inheritor
The One who remains after creatures pass away and to whom all returns
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الرشيد
The Guide to Right Conduct
The One whose every direction leads rightly to its proper end
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الصبور
The Most Patient
The One untouched by haste who places every matter in its proper time
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