99 names of Allah

The 99 Names of Allah, also known as The 99 Most Beautiful Names of God (Arabic: أسماء الله الحسنى transliteration: Asma’ Allah al-Ḥusná), are the names of God which Muslims believe are revealed in the Qur’an and Sunnah.

There is, according to Hadith, a special group of 99 names but no enumeration of them. Thus the exact list is not agreed upon, and the names of God (as adjectives, word constructs, or otherwise) exceed 99 in the Qur’an and Sunnah.

In one Islamic tradition, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ used to call God by all His Names:

“اللهم إني ادعوك بأسمائك الحسنى كلها”
“O God, I invoke You with all of Your Beautiful Names.”
Narrated by Ibn Majah, book of Du`a; and by Imam Malik in his Muwatta’, Kitab al-Shi`r

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “Verily, there are ninety-nine names of God, one hundred minus one. He who enumerates [and believes in them and the one God behind]them would get into Paradise.”
Sahih Muslim, Vol. 4, no. 1410

List Of Names

The Qur’an refers to the attributes of God as God’s “most beautiful names” (Arabic: al-asmāʾ al-ḥusnā) (see [Qur'an 7:180], [Qur'an 17:110], [Qur'an 20:8], [Qur'an 59:24])). According to Gerhard Böwering, “They are traditionally enumerated as 99 in number to which is added as the highest name (al-ism al-aʿẓam), the supreme name of God, Allāh. The locus classicus for listing the divine names in the literature of qurʾānic commentary is [Qur'an 17:110], “Call upon God, or call upon the merciful; whichsoever you call upon, to him belong the most beautiful names,” and also [Qur'an 59:22] q 59:22-4, which includes a cluster of more than a dozen divine epithets.”

Islamic theology makes a distinction between the attributes of God and the divine essence.

	Arabic	Transliteration	Translation
1	الرحمن	Ar-Raḥmān	The Exceedingly Compassionate, The Exceedingly Beneficent, The Exceedingly Gracious (to all of humanity and all creatures)
2	الرحيم	Ar-Raḥīm	The Exceedingly Merciful
3	الملك	Al-Malik	The King, The Sovereign
4	القدوس	Al-Quddūs	The Holy, The Divine, The Pure, The Purifier
5	السلام	As-Salām	The Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety
6	المؤمن	Al-Muʾmin	The granter of security
7	المهيمن	Al-Muhaymin	The Controller
8	العزيز	Al-ʿAzīz	The Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable
9	الجبار	Al-Jabbār	The Irresistible, The Compeller
10	المتكبر	Al-Mutakabbir	The Majestic, The Supreme
11	الخالق	Al-Khāliq	The Creator
12	البارئ	Al-Bāriʾ	The Evolver, The Maker
13	المصور	Al-Muṣawwir	The Fashioner, The Shaper, The Designer
14	الغفار	Al-Ghaffār	The Repeatedly Forgiving
15	القهار	Al-Qahhār	The Subduer
16	الوهاب	Al-Wahhāb	The Bestower
17	الرزاق	Ar-Razzāq	The Provider
18	الفتاح	Al-Fattāḥ	The Opener, The Victory Giver
19	العليم	Al-ʿAlīm	The All-Knowing, Omniscient
20	القابض	Al-Qābiḍ	The Restrainer, The Straightener
21	الباسط	Al-Bāsiṭ	The Extender / Expander
22	الخَافِض	Al-Khāfiḍ	The Abaser, The Humiliator, The Downgrader
23	الرافع	Ar-Rāfiʿ	The Exalter, The Upgrader
24	المعز	Al-Muʿizz	The Giver of Honor
25	المذل	Al-Muzill	The Giver of Dishonor
26	السميع	As-Samīʿ	The All-Hearing
27	البصير	Al-Baṣīr	The All-Seeing
28	الحكم	Al-Ḥakam	The Judge, The Arbitrator
29	العدل	Al-ʿAdl	The Utterly Just
30	اللطيف	Al-Laṭīf	The Gentle, The Subtly Kind
31	الخبير	Al-Khabīr	The All-Aware
32	الحليم	Al-Ḥalīm	The Forbearing, The Indulgent
33	العظيم	Al-ʿAẓīm	The Magnificent
34	الغفور	Al-Ghafūr	The Much-Forgiving
35	الشكور	Ash-Shakūr	The Grateful
36	العلي	Al-ʿAlīy	The Sublime
37	الكبير	Al-Kabīr	The Great
38	الحفيظ	Al-Ḥafīẓ	The Preserver
39	المقيت	Al-Muqīt	The Nourisher
40	الحسيب	Al-Ḥasīb	The Bringer of Judgment
41	الجليل	Al-Jalīl	The Majestic
42	الكريم	Al-Karīm	The Bountiful, The Generous
43	الرقيب	Ar-Raqīb	The Watchful
44	المجيب	Al-Mujīb	The Responsive, The Answerer
45	الواسع	Al-Wāsiʿ	The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless
46	الحكيم	Al-Ḥakīm	The All-Wise
47	الودود	Al-Wadūd	The Loving
48	المجيد	Al-Majīd	The All-Glorious, The Majestic
49	الباعث	Al-Bāʿith	The Resurrector
50	الشهيد	Ash-Shahīd	The Witness
51	الحق	Al-Ḥaqq	The Truth, The Reality
52	الوكيل	Al-Wakīl	The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate
53	القوي	Al-Qawiy	The Strong
54	المتين	Al-Matīn	The Firm, The Steadfast
55	الولي	Al-Walī	The Friend, Patron and Helper
56	الحميد	Al-Ḥamīd	The All Praiseworthy
57	المحصي	Al-Muḥṣī	The Accounter, The Numberer of All
58	المبدئ	Al-Mubdiʾ	The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator
59	المعيد	Al-Muʿīd	The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
60	المحيي	Al-Muḥyī	The Giver of Life
61	المميت	Al-Mumīt	The Bringer of Death
62	الحي	Al-Ḥayy	The Living
63	القيوم	Al-Qayyūm	The Subsisting, The Independent
64	الواجد	Al-Wājid	The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
65	الماجد	Al-Mājid	The Illustrious, The Magnificent
66	الواحد	Al-Wāḥid	The One, The Unique
67	الاحد	Al-ʾAḥad	The Unity, The Indivisible
68	الصمد	Aṣ-Ṣamad	The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient
69	القادر	Al-Qādir	The All-Powerful, He Who is able to do Everything
70	المقتدر	Al-Muqtadir	The Determiner, The Dominant
71	المقدم	Al-Muqaddim	The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
72	المؤخر	Al-Muʾakhkhir	The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
73	الأول	Al-ʾAwwal	The First, The Beginning-less
74	الأخر	Al-ʾAkhir	The Last, The Endless
75	الظاهر	Aẓ-Ẓāhir	The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer
76	الباطن	Al-Bāṭin	The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner
77	الوالي	Al-Wālī	The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord
78	المتعالي	Al-Mutaʿālī	The Supremely Exalted, The Most High
79	البر	Al-Barr	The Good, The Beneficent
80	التواب	At-Tawwāb	The Ever-Returning, Ever-Relenting
81	المنتقم	Al-Muntaqim	The Avenger
82	العفو	Al-ʿAfū	The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver
83	الرؤوف	Ar-Raʾūf	The Kind, The Pitying
84	مالك الملك	Mālik-ul-Mulk	Owner of all Sovereignty
85	ذو الجلال والإكرام	Dhū-l-Jalāli wa-l-ʾikrām	Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86	المقسط	Al-Muqsiṭ	The Equitable, The Requiter
87	الجامع	Al-Jāmiʿ	The Gatherer, The Unifier
88	الغني	Al-Ghanī	The Rich, The Independent
89	المغني	Al-Mughnī	The Enricher, The Emancipator
90	المانع	Al-Māniʿ	The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender
91	الضار	Aḍ-Ḍārr	The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor
92	النافع	An-Nāfiʿ	The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good
93	النور	An-Nūr	The Light
94	الهادي	Al-Hādī	The Guide, The Way
95	البديع	Al-Badīʿ	The Incomparable, The Unattainable, The Beautiful
96	الباقي	Al-Bāqī	The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting
97	الوارث	Al-Wārith	The Heir, The Inheritor of All
98	الرشيد	Ar-Rashīd	The Guide to the Right Path
99	الصبور	Aṣ-Ṣabūr	The Timeless, The Patient