1الرَّحْمٰنُar-RaḥmānThe Entirely Merciful
The 99 Names
Ninety-nine ways
to know One
Muslims know God by His Names: the Merciful, the Light, the One who answers. Each card below is one Name, in Arabic and in English, with its sound.
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الْبَاسِطُ
al-Bāsiṭ · The One who expands and extends provision
In this series
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12 minFlashcardsTap a card to turn it over. No scores, no timers: just the Names.10 minName 1: The Entirely Merciful
12 minName 2: The Especially Merciful
11 minName 3: The King
8 minName 4: The Utterly Pure and Holy
10 minName 5: Peace
9 minName 6: The Giver of security and faith
8 minName 7: The Ever-Watchful Guardian over all things
8 minName 8: The Almighty, never overcome
7 minName 9: The Compeller, and the Restorer who mends what is broken
7 minName 10: The Supremely Great, to whom alone greatness rightly belongs
11 minName 11: The Creator, who determines and brings into being
8 minName 12: The Originator who brings creatures into being, distinct and free of flaw
11 minName 13: The Fashioner who gives each thing its form
9 minName 14: The One who forgives, again and again
7 minName 15: The Ever-Dominant, before whom every power yields
9 minName 16: The Giver of gifts, freely and without return
10 minName 17: The Provider of all sustenance
9 minName 18: The Opener, of doors, hearts and judgement
10 minName 19: The All-Knowing
8 minName 20: The One who withholds and constricts, by wisdom
8 minName 21: The One who expands and extends provision
7 minName 22: The One who lowers the proud
7 minName 23: The One who raises up
6 minName 24: The Giver of honour
6 minName 25: The One who humbles
9 minName 26: The All-Hearing
9 minName 27: The All-Seeing
8 minName 28: The Judge whose decision is final and fair
9 minName 29: Justice itself
9 minName 30: The Subtle and Gentle, who reaches the finest of things
8 minName 31: The All-Aware of inner realities
9 minName 32: The Forbearing, who does not rush to punish
9 minName 33: The Magnificent, whose greatness overwhelms
8 minName 34: The All-Forgiving, whose forgiveness is vast
8 minName 35: The Appreciative, who rewards small deeds greatly
9 minName 36: The Most High
9 minName 37: The Great beyond measure
9 minName 38: The Preserver and Guardian
8 minName 39: The Nourisher and Sustainer of every creatureStart with these
Four of our deep dives.
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1الرَّحْمٰنُar-Raḥmān2الرَّحِيمُar-RaḥīmThe Especially Merciful
3الْمَلِكُal-MalikThe King
4الْقُدُّوسُal-QuddūsThe Utterly Pure and Holy
5السَّلَامُas-SalāmPeace
6الْمُؤْمِنُal-MuʾminThe Giver of security and faith
7الْمُهَيْمِنُal-MuhayminThe Ever-Watchful Guardian over all things
8الْعَزِيزُal-ʿAzīzThe Almighty, never overcome
9الْجَبَّارُal-JabbārThe Compeller, and the Restorer who mends what is broken
10الْمُتَكَبِّرُal-MutakabbirThe Supremely Great, to whom alone greatness rightly belongs
11الْخَالِقُal-KhāliqThe Creator, who determines and brings into being
12الْبَارِئُal-BāriʾThe Originator who brings creatures into being, distinct and free of flaw
13الْمُصَوِّرُal-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner who gives each thing its form
14الْغَفَّارُal-GhaffārThe One who forgives, again and again
15الْقَهَّارُal-QahhārThe Ever-Dominant, before whom every power yields
16الْوَهَّابُal-WahhābThe Giver of gifts, freely and without return
17الرَّزَّاقُar-RazzāqThe Provider of all sustenance
18الْفَتَّاحُal-FattāḥThe Opener, of doors, hearts and judgement
19الْعَلِيمُal-ʿAlīmThe All-Knowing
20الْقَابِضُal-QābiḍThe One who withholds and constricts, by wisdom
21الْبَاسِطُal-BāsiṭThe One who expands and extends provision
22الْخَافِضُal-KhāfiḍThe One who lowers the proud
23الرَّافِعُar-RāfiʿThe One who raises up
24الْمُعِزُّal-MuʿizzThe Giver of honour
25الْمُذِلُّal-MudhillThe One who humbles
26السَّمِيعُas-SamīʿThe All-Hearing
27الْبَصِيرُal-BaṣīrThe All-Seeing
28الْحَكَمُal-ḤakamThe Judge whose decision is final and fair
29الْعَدْلُal-ʿAdlJustice itself
30اللَّطِيفُal-LaṭīfThe Subtle and Gentle, who reaches the finest of things
31الْخَبِيرُal-KhabīrThe All-Aware of inner realities
32الْحَلِيمُal-ḤalīmThe Forbearing, who does not rush to punish
33الْعَظِيمُal-ʿAẓīmThe Magnificent, whose greatness overwhelms
34الْغَفُورُal-GhafūrThe All-Forgiving, whose forgiveness is vast
35الشَّكُورُash-ShakūrThe Appreciative, who rewards small deeds greatly
36الْعَلِيُّal-ʿAliyyThe Most High
37الْكَبِيرُal-KabīrThe Great beyond measure
38الْحَفِيظُal-ḤafīẓThe Preserver and Guardian
39الْمُقِيتُal-MuqītThe Nourisher and Sustainer of every creature
40الْحَسِيبُal-ḤasībThe Reckoner, and the One who suffices
41الْجَلِيلُal-JalīlThe Majestic
42الْكَرِيمُal-KarīmThe Most Generous and Noble
43الرَّقِيبُar-RaqībThe Watchful
44الْمُجِيبُal-MujībThe Responsive, who answers
45الْوَاسِعُal-WāsiʿThe All-Encompassing, boundless in mercy and knowledge
46الْحَكِيمُal-ḤakīmThe All-Wise
47الْوَدُودُal-WadūdThe Loving, who is loved
48الْمَجِيدُal-MajīdThe All-Glorious, generous in glory
49الْبَاعِثُal-BāʿithThe Resurrector, who raises the dead and sends messengers
50الشَّهِيدُash-ShahīdThe Witness to all things
51الْحَقُّal-ḤaqqThe Truth
52الْوَكِيلُal-WakīlThe Trustee, on whom one relies
53الْقَوِيُّal-QawiyyThe All-Strong
54الْمَتِينُal-MatīnThe Firm, whose strength never tires
55الْوَلِيُّal-WaliyyThe Protecting Friend and Ally
56الْحَمِيدُal-ḤamīdThe Praiseworthy
57الْمُحْصِيal-MuḥṣīThe Counter, who numbers everything
58الْمُبْدِئُal-MubdiʾThe Originator, who begins creation
59الْمُعِيدُal-MuʿīdThe Restorer, who brings creation back
60الْمُحْيِيal-MuḥyīThe Giver of life
61الْمُمِيتُal-MumītThe Bringer of death
62الْحَيُّal-ḤayyThe Ever-Living
63الْقَيُّومُal-QayyūmThe Self-Subsisting Sustainer of all
64الْوَاجِدُal-WājidThe Finder, who lacks nothing
65الْمَاجِدُal-MājidThe Noble and Illustrious
66الْوَاحِدُal-WāḥidThe One
67الْأَحَدُal-AḥadThe Unique, One and indivisible
68الصَّمَدُaṣ-ṢamadThe Eternal Refuge, needed by all and needing none
69الْقَادِرُal-QādirThe All-Capable
70الْمُقْتَدِرُal-MuqtadirThe Omnipotent Determiner
71الْمُقَدِّمُal-MuqaddimThe Expediter, who brings forward
72الْمُؤَخِّرُal-MuʾakhkhirThe Delayer, who puts back
73الْأَوَّلُal-AwwalThe First, before whom there was nothing
74الْآخِرُal-ĀkhirThe Last, who remains after all
75الظَّاهِرُaẓ-ẒāhirThe Manifest, above all, evident in His signs
76الْبَاطِنُal-BāṭinThe Hidden, nearer than anything
77الْوَالِيal-WālīThe Governor of all affairs
78الْمُتَعَالِيal-MutaʿālīThe Supremely Exalted
79الْبَرُّal-BarrThe Source of all goodness, kind and true
80التَّوَّابُat-TawwābThe Ever-Accepting of repentance, who turns towards us
81الْمُنْتَقِمُal-MuntaqimThe Requiter of wrongdoing
82الْعَفُوُّal-ʿAfuwwThe Pardoner, who erases sin entirely
83الرَّءُوفُar-RaʾūfThe Most Kind and Tender
84مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِMālik al-MulkOwner of all sovereignty
85ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِDhū l-Jalāl wa l-IkrāmLord of Majesty and Generosity
86الْمُقْسِطُal-MuqsiṭThe Equitable, who gives each their due
87الْجَامِعُal-JāmiʿThe Gatherer of people and of all things
88الْغَنِيُّal-GhaniyyThe Self-Sufficient, free of all need
89الْمُغْنِيal-MughnīThe Enricher
90الْمَانِعُal-MāniʿThe Withholder and Protector, who prevents harm
91الضَّارُّaḍ-ḌārrThe One who permits harm, by His wisdom
92النَّافِعُan-NāfiʿThe One who brings benefit
93النُّورُan-NūrThe Light
94الْهَادِيal-HādīThe Guide
95الْبَدِيعُal-BadīʿThe Incomparable Originator, creating without precedent
96الْبَاقِيal-BāqīThe Everlasting, who remains
97الْوَارِثُal-WārithThe Inheritor of all, when all else passes
98الرَّشِيدُar-RashīdThe Guide to the right path
99الصَّبُورُaṣ-ṢabūrThe Most Patient
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FlashcardsWhy 99?
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (peace be upon him) said God has ninety-nine Names, “a hundred less one” (Bukhari and Muslim). The best-known list comes from a later collection, Tirmidhi. And a prayer he taught asks God by “every Name You have… or kept in the knowledge of the unseen”, so ninety-nine is a door, not a fence.
How each Name's series works
Every Name opens like a short series. It starts with something we know (a mother's care, an owl's hearing, a telescope), then takes away what that needs: time, distance, tiredness, limits. The last episode, the Break, is what remains. The Qur'an says: “Allah's are the fairest names” (7:180, Pickthall).
Hear the Names sung and explained
Songs, recitations and series about the Names, from the people who made them.
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Discover the roots
Watch more: Ninety-nine ways to know One
8 films and talks, chosen for this page. They play here.
Introducing The "Allah’s Names" Ramadan Series | Dr. Omar Suleiman
Yaqeen Institute · 6 min
Yaqeen: Dr Omar Suleiman introduces his series on Allah's Names.
How Merciful is Allah to Me? | Allah’s Names | Dr. Omar Suleiman | Ep. 1
Yaqeen Institute · 18 min
Allah’s Names in the Qur’an | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy | Juz 1 Qur’an 30 for 30 S7 | Ramadan Series
Yaqeen Institute · 29 min
Yaqeen: Allah's Names in the Qur'an.
SERIES FINALE: What Is the Greatest Name of Allah? | Allah’s Names | Dr. Omar Suleiman | Ep. 30
Yaqeen Institute · 19 min
Beautiful Names of Allah (Part 2): The Name "Allah"
Yasir Qadhi · 14 min
Dr Yasir Qadhi on the Name "Allah".
أسماء الله الحسنى | مشاري راشد العفاسي
أناشيد العفاسي - Anashid Alafasy · 5 min
Mishary Alafasy sings the 99 Names.
Sami Yusuf - The 99 Names (أسماء الله الحسنى) #worldmusic
Sami Yusuf · 9 min
Learn the 99 Names of ALLAH with Zaky (1 to 33)
One4kids · 10 min
Learn the first 33 Names with Zaky, a gentle way in for families.
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