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The 99 Names

The Most Beautiful Names of God, in Arabic, with how to say each one and what it means.

The names of God, also known as al-Asma al-Husna, the Most Beautiful Names, are used by Muslims in many ways to call on God and remember Him.

  • In prayer and supplication. Muslims often call on God by these names in their personal prayers, their duas, and after the obligatory prayers.
  • In remembrance. The names are often used in dhikr, the practice of remembering and praising God, which can be done at any time and in any place.
  • In reflection. Muslims reflect on what each name means for their own lives, to understand God’s attributes more deeply.
  • With prayer beads. A tasbih, a string of 33 or 99 beads, helps keep count while reciting the names or other words of remembrance.

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise."

Two common practices

Thirty-three, thirty-three, thirty-four. When Fatimah, the Prophet’s daughter, asked him for a servant, he taught her and Ali instead to say SubhanAllah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times when going to bed (Sahih al-Bukhari 5361). After each obligatory prayer, he taught saying SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar thirty-three times each (Sahih al-Bukhari 843).

Reciting the names. Each of the ninety-nine names is recited once, often with a tasbih to keep count, as a way of reflecting on the attributes of God.

The names

  1. 1اللَّهُAllāhAllah, the one whom there is none worthy of worship except for Him
  2. 2الرَّحْمَنُAr-RaḥmānThe Most Merciful (to the creation)
  3. 3الرَّحِيمُAr-RaḥīmThe Most Beneficent (to the believers)
  4. 4الْمَلِكُAl-MalikThe King
  5. 5الْقُدُّوسُAl-QuddūsThe Free of Deficiencies
  6. 6السَّلاَمُAs-SalāmThe Granter of Safety
  7. 7الْمُؤْمِنُAl-Mu’minThe Granter of Security
  8. 8الْمُهَيْمِنُAl-MuhaiminThe Watcher
  9. 9الْعَزِيزُAl-`AzīzThe Mighty
  10. 10الْجَبَّارُAl-JabbārThe Compeller
  11. 11الْمُتَكَبِّرُAl-MutakabbirThe Supreme
  12. 12الْخَالِقُAl-KhāliqThe Creator
  13. 13الْبَارِئُAl-Bāri’The Originator
  14. 14الْمُصَوِّرُAl-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner
  15. 15الْغَفَّارُAl-GhaffārThe Pardoner
  16. 16الْقَهَّارُAl-QahhārThe Overwhelming
  17. 17الْوَهَّابُAl-WahhābThe Giving
  18. 18الرَّزَّاقُAr-RazzāqThe Provider
  19. 19الْفَتَّاحُAl-FattāḥThe Opener
  20. 20الْعَلِيمُAl-`AlīmThe Knowing
  21. 21الْقَابِضُAl-QābiḍThe Taker
  22. 22الْبَاسِطُAl-BāsiṭThe Giver
  23. 23الْخَافِضُAl-KhāfiḍThe Abaser
  24. 24الرَّافِعُAr-Rāfi`The Exalter
  25. 25الْمُعِزُّAl-Mu`izzThe One who grants honor
  26. 26الْمُذِلُّAl-MudhilThe One who humiliates
  27. 27السَّمِيعُAs-Samī`The Hearing
  28. 28الْبَصِيرُAl-BaṣīrThe Seeing
  29. 29الْحَكَمُAl-ḤakamThe Judge
  30. 30الْعَدْلُAl-`AdlThe Just
  31. 31اللَّطِيفُAl-LaṭīfThe Kind
  32. 32الْخَبِيرُAl-KhabīrThe Aware
  33. 33الْحَلِيمُAl-ḤalīmThe Forbearing
  34. 34الْعَظِيمُAl-`AẓīmThe Magnificent
  35. 35الْغَفُورُAl-GhafūrThe Oft-Forgiving
  36. 36الشَّكُورُAsh-ShakūrThe Grateful
  37. 37الْعَلِيُّAl-`AliyyThe Most High
  38. 38الْكَبِيرُAl-KabīrThe Great
  39. 39الْحَفِيظُAl-ḤafīẓThe Guardian
  40. 40الْمُقِيتُAl-MuqītThe Powerful
  41. 41الْحَسِيبُAl-ḤasībThe Reckoner
  42. 42الْجَلِيلُAl-JalīlThe Glorious
  43. 43الْكَرِيمُAl-KarīmThe Generous
  44. 44الرَّقِيبُAr-RaqībThe Watcher
  45. 45الْمُجِيبُAl-MujībThe Responder
  46. 46الْوَاسِعُAl-Wāsi`The Liberal Giver
  47. 47الْحَكِيمُAl-ḤakīmThe Wise
  48. 48الْوَدُودُAl-WadūdThe Loving
  49. 49الْمَجِيدُAl-MajīdThe Majestic
  50. 50الْبَاعِثُAl-Bā`ithThe Reviver
  51. 51الشَّهِيدُAsh-ShahīdThe Witness
  52. 52الْحَقُّAl-ḤaqqThe Truth
  53. 53الْوَكِيلُAl-WakīlThe Guarantor
  54. 54الْقَوِيُّAl-QawiyyThe Strong
  55. 55الْمَتِينُAl-MatīnThe Firm
  56. 56الْوَلِيُّAl-WaliyyThe One Who Aids
  57. 57الْحَمِيدُAl-ḤamīdThe Praiseworthy
  58. 58الْمُحْصِيAl-MuḥṣiThe Encompasser
  59. 59الْمُبْدِئُAl-Mubdi’The One Who Begins things
  60. 60الْمُعِيدُAl-Mu`īdThe One Who brings things back
  61. 61الْمُحْيِيAl-MuḥyiThe One Who gives life
  62. 62الْمُمِيتُAl-MumītThe One Who causes death
  63. 63الْحَىُّAl-ḤayyuThe Living
  64. 64الْقَيُّومُAl-QayyūmThe Self-Sufficient
  65. 65الْوَاجِدُAl-WājidThe One Who brings into existence
  66. 66الْمَاجِدُAl-MājidThe Illustrious
  67. 67الْوَاحِدُAl-WāḥidThe One
  68. 68الصَّمَدُAṣ-ṢamadThe Master
  69. 69الْقَادِرُAl-QādirThe Able
  70. 70الْمُقْتَدِرُAl-MuqtadirThe Powerful
  71. 71الْمُقَدِّمُAl-MuqaddimThe One who hastens
  72. 72الْمُؤَخِّرُAl-Mu’akhkhirThe One who delays
  73. 73الأَوَّلُAl-AwwalThe First
  74. 74الآخِرُAl-ĀkhirThe Last
  75. 75الظَّاهِرُAẓ-ẒāhirThe Apparent
  76. 76الْبَاطِنُAl-BāṭinThe Inner
  77. 77الْوَالِيAl-WāliThe Owner
  78. 78الْمُتَعَالِيAl-Muta`āliThe Exalted
  79. 79الْبَرُّAl-BarrThe Doer of Good
  80. 80التَّوَّابُAt-TawwābThe Acceptor of repentance
  81. 81الْمُنْتَقِمُAl-MuntaqimThe Avenger
  82. 82الْعَفُوُّAl-`AfuwwThe Pardoning
  83. 83الرَّءُوفُAr-Ra’ūfThe Kind
  84. 84مَالِكُ الْمُلْكِMālikul-MulkThe Owner of Dominion
  85. 85ذُو الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِDhul Jalāli wal IkrāmThe Possessor of Glory and Generosity
  86. 86الْمُقْسِطُAl-MuqsiṭThe One who does justice
  87. 87الْجَامِعُAl-Jāmi`The Gatherer
  88. 88الْغَنِيُّAl-GhaniyyThe Rich
  89. 89الْمُغْنِيAl-MughniThe Enricher
  90. 90الْمَانِعُAl-Māni`The Preventer
  91. 91الضَّارُّAḍ-ḌārThe Harmer
  92. 92النَّافِعُAn-Nāfi`The One who benefits
  93. 93النُّورُAn-NūrThe Light
  94. 94الْهَادِيAl-HādiThe Guide
  95. 95الْبَدِيعُAl-Badī`The Originator
  96. 96الْبَاقِيAl-BāqiThe Lasting
  97. 97الْوَارِثُAl-WārithThe Inheritor
  98. 98الرَّشِيدُAr-RashīdThe Guide
  99. 99الصَّبُورُAṣ-ṢabūrThe Tolerant

About this list

The Prophet said that God has ninety-nine names (Sahih al-Bukhari 2736), but no list is given in Sahih al-Bukhari. The list on this page is the one narrated in Jami at-Tirmidhi 3507, which opens with the name Allah. At-Tirmidhi himself called the narration gharib, reported through a single chain, and hadith scholars grade the list as weak (Ahmad Muhammad Shakir: Daif; Al-Albani: Daif; Zubair Ali Zai: Daif); other collections give different lists. The meanings are the published English translation of that narration, as shown on sunnah.com.

The 2024 version of this page followed a popular list that leaves out the name Allah and adds al-Ahad, the One, from the Quran: “Say, He is Allah, [who is] One” (Quran 112:1).