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