Names Of Allah

Parvez Dewan

Description

Allah is widely believed to have ninetynine names, each of which has a meaning and is indicative of a desirable quality. This copiously researched book, The Names Of Allah, contains the most popularly accepted and several lesserknown titles of Allah. These sacred names are given in Arabic and phonetic English, with English translations and explanatory notes. Enhancing the appeal of the book is a comprehensive introduction. It deals with several canons, each of which differs in the names included and the sequence followed. Drawing upon the views of various scholars regarding the names and attributes of Allah, the categorization of these names and most importantly, the benefits of reciting them, the author gives us perhaps the most thorough and accessible contemporary interpretation of the different aspects of the Supreme Being.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Philosophy
• Islam

Informations

• Publié par: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date de parution: 06 juin 2003
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• EAN13: 9789351184324
• Langue: English

Extrait

Parvez Dewan

THE NAMES OF ALL H
Contents
Dedication
Introduction

Pronunciation
The Hallowed Names
Note
H Wall h-Hul-Laz L Il ha Ill -H (He is All h. There is no deity but He.)
1: Ar Rehm nu
2: Ar Rah mu
3: Al Maliku
4: Al Qudd su
5: As Sal mu
6: Al Mo minu
7: Al Muha yaminu
8: Al Az zu
9: Al Jabb ru
10: Al Mutakabbiru
11: Al Kh liqu
12: Al B r u
13: Al Musawwiru
14: Al Ghaff ru
15: Al Qahh ru
16: Al Wahh bu
17: Ar Razz qu
18: Al Fatt hu
19: Al Al mu
20: Al Q bizu (Q bidu)
21: Al B situ
22: Al Kh fiz (Kh fid)
23: Ar R f u
24: Al Mu izzu
25: Al Muzillu
26: As Sam u
27: Al Bas ru
28: Al Hakamu
29: Al Adlu
30: Al Lat fu
31: Al Khab ru
32: Al Hal mu
33: Al Az mu
34: Al Ghaf ru
35: Ash Shak ru
36: Al Al yu
37: Al Kab ru
38: Al Haf zu
39: Al Muq tu
40: Al Has bu
41: Al Jal lu
42: Al Kar mu
43: Ar Raq bu
44: Al Muj bu
45: Al W s u (W siu)
46: Al Hak mu
47: Al Wad du
48: Al Maj du
49: Al B isu (B ithu)
50: Ash Shah du
51: Al Haqqu
52: Al Vak lu
53: Al Qav u
54: Al Mat nu
55: Al Wal u
56: Al Ham du
57: Al Muhs
58: Al Mubd u
59: Al Mu du
60: Al Muhy
61: Al Mum tu
62: Al Ha y
63: Al Qaiy mu
64: Al W jidu
65: Al M jidu
66: Al W hidu
67: Al Ahadu
68: As Samadu
69: Al Q diru
70: Al Muqtaddiru
71: Al Muqaddimu
72: Al Mu akhkhiru
73: Al Awwalu
74: Al khiru
75: Az Z hiru
76: Al B tinu
77: Al W l u
78: Al Muta l u
78 (a): Al Muta lu
79: Al Barru
80: At Taww bu
81: Al Muntaqimu
82: Al A f wu
83: Ar Ra fu
84: M lik Ul Mulki
85: Zu l-Jal li-Va l-Ikr mi
86: Al Muqsitu
87: Al J m u
88: Al Ghan u
89: Al Mughn
90: Al M n u
91: Az Z rru (Ad D rru)
92: An N f u
93: An N ru
94: Al H d
95: Al Bad u
95 (a): Bad -Us-Sam v t-Val-Arzi
96: Al B q
97: Al W risu
98: Ar Rash du
99: As Sab ru
100: Al Mu t
101: Al Qad ru
102: Al Muna imu
103: Al Qar bu
104: Al Mub nu
105: Al K f
106: As S diqu
107: An Nas ru
108: Al H fizu
109: Al Akramu
110: Raf -Ud-Daraj ti
111: F tir-Us-Sam v t-Val-Arzi (Al F tiru)
112: Al Mugh su (Mugh thu)
113: Al Qad mu
114: Al Mur du
115: Al Kaf lu
116: Al Q emu (Q imu)
116 (a): Al Q emu-Bil-Qist
117: Al Khall qu
118: Al Musta nu
119: Al Q hiru
120: Al Mal ku
121: Shad d Ul Iq bi (Ash Shad d)
122: Al Mann n
123: Al B ru
124: Al Waf u
125: Al l
126: As Sult nu
127: Al Mutakallim
128: Al Fardu
129: Al Jaw du
130: Al Hukmu
131: Al Jam lu
132: Al Maul
133: As Subb hu
134: As Satt ru
135: Al All mu
136: Sar Ul His bi
136 (a): As Sar u
137: Al dilu
138: Al H kimu
139: Ash Sh kiru
140: Al Haf u
141: Al Gh libu
142: Gh fir Uz Zambi Va Q bil Ut Taubi
143: Zu t Tauli
144: lim Ul Ghaibi Va-Shah dati
145: Al Ma b du
146: Al Akbaru
147: Al Witru
148: Al Hann n
149: Al Mudabbiru
150: Al Muh tu
151: Zu l Quwwatil Mat nu
152: Ar R s u
153: Al Burh nu
154: As Subh nu
155: Ash Sh f u
156: Az Zak u
157: Ad Dayy nu
158: Al Laz L -I-S Ka-Mis-Li-H Sha -Un
159: An Naq y
160: Y s n
161: Al Qudrati
162: Q z Ul H j t
163: Al Mu ajizu
164: Al Maqs du
165: At T hir
166: Al W jib Ul Waj du
167: Al Kal mu
168: As S m u
169: Ad D em (D im)
170: Al Abadu
171: Al Alimu
172: Al Mun ru
173: At Ta mu
174: Al Ust du
175: Zu l Inteq m
176: Al l
177: Al Murtaf u
178: Al Kibriya
179: Al F zilu
180: Al Kh lisu
181: Al Ghufr nu
182: As S bitu
183: Al Mas ru
184: Al Jabar tu
185: Al Mu azzimu
186: Al Musta nu
187: Al W du
188: Al Kha ru
189: Al Q hir Ul Ghay ru
190: Zu l H ul
191: Al Laz Lam Yakul Lah Kuf-Van Ahad
192: Al Q yalu
193: As Sakh u
194: Al Mu f u
195: Lam Yalid Wa Lam Y -Lad
196: Al Mujmilu
197: Zu l Batsh
198: Al lamu
199: Al Mufassilu
200: As S tiru
201: Al Mu addabu
202: Al Mufzilu
203: Al Mu azzibu
204: Al K minu
205: Al Muqallibu
206: Al Makhf u
207: Al Musab-Bib Ul Asb bu
208: Al Maoj du
209: Ash Sh mikhu
210: Ad Dal lu
211: Ahkam Ul H kim n
212: Al Muhtasibu
213: Al W f y
214: As Sidqu
215: Al M liku
216: Al Wah du
217: Al Mu nu
218: Al Mustab nu
219: Al W hibu
220: Ar R shidu
221: Al M h u
222: Ash Sh hidu
223: Al Mehm du
224: Al Mu zzu
225: Al Mohsinu
226: Al H midu
227: Al Mutasaddiqu
228: Al Kal mu
229: Al Mukhlisu
230: At Taq y
231: Al W fehy
H v
Ar Rabbu
Za- f Names
Aly S nu
Ash Shaf
Az Z kir
Al Hab bu
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Acknowledgements
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Copyright
For the Believers of the Land of the Printing of the Holy Qur n-The land from which Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) had received a cool, scented breeze- In solidarity: You are not alone.
Introduction
All h, it is generally believed, has ninety-nine Names. * The eminent traditionists, Tirmiz ( AD 822-892) and Ibn M j ( AD 822-886) have recorded a detailed Tradition ( Had s ) to this effect, on the authority of Ab Hurair h, who was a contemporary of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him ( PBUH ). The learned scholar quoted the Holy Prophet ( PBUH ) as saying, God has ninety-nine Names: one less than a hundred. He who commits them to memory [and recites them] will enter heaven.
The Names of All h are called Al Asm ul Husn . This phrase has been mentioned in verses 17.110, 20.8, 59.24 and 7.180 of the Holy Qur n. Asm means names . The most obvious meaning of husn is beautiful . However, it can also mean excellent . These Names are called thus because no matter how you look at them-intellectually, emotionally or as a scholar-you will only find excellence and beauty. Each name has a meaning and indicates a desirable quality or attribute, such as compassion, mercy or truth. Every human should attempt to inculcate these qualities in his/her own character. The Holy Prophet ( PBUH ) said, Absorb these divine qualities in your own self.
The Saudi Ift says, To bring [the Names of Allah] to remembrance, is part of our Prayer and Praise. However, must one call God by any particular name? S rah 17 ( Bani Isr -il / Al Isr / The Children of Israel ). 110 embodies the finest of Isl mic liberalism and tolerance when it says, Call upon All h, or call upon Rehm n: by whatever name you call upon Him (it is well), for to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. The Saudi Ift comments, All h can be invoked, either by His simple name, which includes all attributes, or by one of the Names implying the attributes by which we try to explain His nature to our limited understanding.
However, there exists no definitive list of the Names of All h that we can refer to. A note by the Ift of Saudi Arabia wryly observes, These Beautiful Names of All h are many. The [ Had s ] related by Tirmiz , accepted by some as authentic, mentions 99 Names of All h. There are two broad schools of thought. According to the first, some of the hallowed titles of All h are Names, while others are attributes. Some scholars exclude certain titles from their canons on the ground that these are attributes, and not Names. Thus, the Maul n s Bastav and Th nv say that all compound titles are attributes. J l n makes a similar distinction. This school of thought says that God has only ninety-nine Names, even though Isl m recognizes as many as 1200 attributes of All h.
According to the second, more prevalent view, all titles other than All h are attributes. Notes to the King Fahd printing of the Holy Qur n state, [All h s] Names refer to His attributes which are like titles of Honour and Glory. Therefore, most scholars do not exclude attributes from their canons. For instance, Al Gh af r u is an attribute. And yet it is included in all canons except Kar m/ Mishk t .
In short, each side has valid arguments. However, this is an academic debate that does not concern the layman. Even eminent scholars do not agree on which titles are Names and which are attributes.
Those Names of All h that have been mentioned in the Holy Qur n are called Tauf q . The word means Names that have not been invented by man, but have been coined by God Himself.
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Ninety-Nine Names: Different Canons
Friedlander and Muzaffereddin (1993) write, 99 Names [of All h] are in the Qur n. The twentieth-century author Bilkiz Alladin makes a similar statement. This would imply that the ninety-nine Names in their books are from the Holy Qur n. But this is not so. At least twenty-three Names in the Friedlander-Muzaffereddin canon have not been mentioned in the Holy Qur n. The majority of canons cited in this book have included these twenty-three Names. Friedlander, Muzaffereddin and Alladin, it would seem, have done so without realizing that their canons have not been derived wholly from the Qur n. The great Tirmiz , too, had made a similar mistake. The noted right-wing scholar Maul n Maudoodi (1919) commented with understated sarcasm, Tirmiz thought that the Names in his list had been derived from the Holy Qur n. But the Maul n didn t let us know if Tirmiz was right or wrong. So I decided to check. At least three Names in Tirmiz s canon (Al Jal l, Al Mubd and Al Mu d) are not from the Holy Qur n.
Several of All h s best-known Names have been mentioned in the Traditions and not in the Holy Qur n. Not only does the Maul n hold them equally valid, he is also the most articulate advocate for their inclusion in the canon. All saints and scholars (with the possible exception of Ibn Hazm) have, consciously or unwittingly, included in their canons Names that have not been mentioned in the Holy Qur n. And this has been the biggest discovery for me and for almost all the scholars whom I consulted while researching for this book.
Like everyone else-Muslim as well as interested non-Muslim-I grew up on the tradition that All h had ninety-nine Names. When I was asked to write this book, I decided to reflect some of the variety of opinions (and sects) that exists within Isl m. I want