What are the 99 Names? (Easy Read)

This page is about the 99 Names of God.

Muslims get to know God through His Names.

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (peace be upon him) said God has 99 Names.

He called it "a hundred less one".

The Qur'an says: "Allah's are the fairest names" (Qur'an 7:180).

The Names are not 99 different gods.

They are 99 ways to get to know One God.

Ar-Raḥmān means the Entirely Merciful (kind to everyone).

As-Salām means Peace.

An-Nūr means the Light.

Al-Baṣīr means the All-Seeing.

Al-Wadūd means the Loving.

Some Names are in the same family.

They share the same three letters, called a root.

Ar-Raḥmān and ar-Raḥīm both come from the root r-ḥ-m, which is about mercy.

God may have even more Names that only He knows.

So 99 is like a door, not a fence.

On this website, each Name starts with something you know.

For example, a mother's care or an owl's sharp hearing.

Then it shows how God is far greater than that.

Press "Hear it" to hear a Name read aloud from the Qur'an.