Allah has 99 names — one hundred minus one. Whoever memorises them will enter Paradise. — Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Sahih Bukhari 2736
All 99 Names of Allah with Meaning
1. Ar-Rahman — The Most Gracious: The One who has an abundance of mercy for the believers and non-believers in this world. His mercy encompasses all of creation.
2. Ar-Rahim — The Most Merciful: The One whose mercy is specifically reserved for the believers in the Hereafter. His mercy is vast and eternal for those who believe.
3. Al-Malik — The King: The Sovereign Lord who owns and rules all of creation. His kingdom has no end and requires no ministers or helpers.
4. Al-Quddus — The Most Holy: The One who is far removed from every imperfection, deficiency, and anything that does not befit His Majesty.
5. As-Salam — The Source of Peace: The One who is free from all faults. He grants peace to His creation and is the source of safety and security.
6. Al-Mu'min — The Guardian of Faith: The One who grants peace and security to His believers, confirming the truth of His messengers and His own truthfulness.
7. Al-Muhaymin — The Protector: The One who watches over and protects all things. He oversees, guards, and preserves all of creation.
8. Al-Aziz — The Almighty: The Incomparably Powerful whose strength cannot be overcome. He is mighty in all senses — rare, precious, and unconquerable.
9. Al-Jabbar — The Compeller: The One who forces nothing but compels all things according to His will. He also repairs the broken-hearted.
10. Al-Mutakabbir — The Supreme: The One who manifests His greatness in all things. He alone deserves greatness; all other claims to greatness are false.
11. Al-Khaliq — The Creator: The One who brings all things into existence from nothing. He creates everything with wisdom and purpose.
12. Al-Bari' — The Originator: The One who creates things in a way that they are distinct from one another with perfect precision and free of flaws.
13. Al-Musawwir — The Fashioner: The One who fashions all creatures in the most perfect forms, shaping each one in a unique and precise manner.
14. Al-Ghaffar — The Constant Forgiver: The One who repeatedly forgives sins again and again. He covers the sins of His servants and forgives them repeatedly.
15. Al-Qahhar — The Subduer: The One who subdues all of creation and is never overcome. Everything in the universe is under His control and dominion.
16. Al-Wahhab — The Giver of All: The One who gives freely and constantly without any expectation of return. He bestows gifts abundantly on His creation.
17. Ar-Razzaq — The Provider: The One who provides all sustenance — physical, spiritual, and beyond. Every morsel that any creature eats is from His provision.
18. Al-Fattah — The Opener: The One who opens all doors of mercy and provision that seem closed. He opens the hearts to truth and grants victory.
19. Al-'Alim — The All-Knowing: The One whose knowledge encompasses all things — the apparent and hidden, the past, present, and future — without limit.
20. Al-Qabid — The Withholder: The One who constricts and restricts, withholding when He wills — provision, life, or anything — with perfect wisdom.
21. Al-Basit — The Extender: The One who extends and expands — provision, mercy, and sustenance — to whom He wills. He opens His hand with generosity.
22. Al-Khafid — The Abaser: The One who lowers whoever He wills. He humbles the arrogant and brings down the enemies of truth.
23. Ar-Rafi' — The Exalter: The One who raises and elevates whoever He wills in rank, status, and honour — in this world and the next.
24. Al-Mu'izz — The Bestower of Honour: The One who gives honour and glory to whom He wills. No one can humiliate those Allah honours.
25. Al-Mudhill — The Humiliator: The One who humiliates those who oppose His command. He degrades the disbelievers and those who transgress His limits.
26. As-Sami' — The All-Hearing: The One who hears all sounds and voices, both loud and silent, apparent and hidden. He hears every whisper and prayer.
27. Al-Basir — The All-Seeing: The One who sees all things, visible and invisible. No action, however small or secret, escapes His sight.
28. Al-Hakam — The Judge: The One who is the ultimate arbitrator and judge between His creation. His judgement is perfect and completely just.
29. Al-'Adl — The Utterly Just: The One who is absolute justice. He never wrongs anyone by even an atom's weight. All His decrees are perfectly fair.
30. Al-Latif — The Subtle One: The One who is aware of the finest subtleties and reaches all things with His knowledge, care, and gentleness.
31. Al-Khabir — The All-Aware: The One who has deep inner knowledge of all hidden matters — the secrets of hearts and the unseen reality of all things.
32. Al-Halim — The Forbearing: The One who does not hasten punishment despite witnessing disobedience. He is patient and gives time to repent.
33. Al-'Azim — The Magnificent: The One who is supremely great in every attribute. His greatness transcends all human understanding and comprehension.
34. Al-Ghafur — The Forgiving: The One who forgives abundantly. He not only forgives but also covers sins so they are not exposed on the Day of Judgement.
35. Ash-Shakur — The Appreciative: The One who appreciates and rewards even small good deeds abundantly. He multiplies rewards for sincere acts of worship.
36. Al-'Ali — The Most High: The One who is supremely elevated above all of creation in essence, status, power, and every attribute.
37. Al-Kabir — The Most Great: The One who is incomparably great. His greatness has no limits and cannot be truly measured or comprehended.
38. Al-Hafiz — The Preserver: The One who protects and preserves all of creation. He maintains the universe and keeps record of all deeds.
39. Al-Muqit — The Sustainer: The One who provides every creature with exactly the sustenance and nourishment it needs at the right time.
40. Al-Hasib — The Reckoner: The One who takes account of all things and is sufficient for all needs. He is the perfect accountant of all deeds.
41. Al-Jalil — The Majestic: The One who possesses attributes of perfect majesty and grandeur. He is glorified by all of creation.
42. Al-Karim — The Generous: The One who is infinitely generous. He gives to those who ask and to those who do not ask, and forgives without limit.
43. Ar-Raqib — The Watchful: The One who is constantly vigilant and watchful over all things. Nothing escapes His observation, even the intentions of hearts.
44. Al-Mujib — The Responsive: The One who responds to prayers and supplications. He answers every sincere call made to Him, in ways He sees best.
45. Al-Wasi' — The All-Encompassing: The One whose knowledge, mercy, and provision are vast and boundless, encompassing all of creation without limit.
46. Al-Hakim — The All-Wise: The One who places everything in its rightful place with perfect wisdom. All His decrees are based on infinite wisdom.
47. Al-Wadud — The Loving: The One who loves His believing servants and is loved by them. His love is unlike any other — pure and eternal.
48. Al-Majid — The Most Glorious: The One who is most glorious and noble, combining greatness with generosity. His glory is beyond all description.
49. Al-Ba'ith — The Resurrector: The One who will resurrect all of creation on the Day of Judgement. He sends messengers and revives the dead earth.
50. Ash-Shahid — The Witness: The One who is present everywhere and witnesses all things at all times. Nothing is hidden from His knowledge.
51. Al-Haqq — The Truth: The One who is the absolute and ultimate truth. His existence is the only true existence; all else is dependent on Him.
52. Al-Wakil — The Trustee: The One who is the best guardian and disposer of all affairs. Whoever puts their trust in Him will never be let down.
53. Al-Qawiyy — The All-Powerful: The One whose strength is perfect and inexhaustible. He has power over all things and nothing can weaken Him.
54. Al-Matin — The Firm: The One whose power is firm and unshakeable. He is resolute in His decrees and His strength never diminishes.
55. Al-Wali — The Protecting Friend: The One who is the guardian and protector of the believers. He takes them out of darkness into light.
56. Al-Hamid — The Praiseworthy: The One who is deserving of all praise in His essence, attributes, and actions. All praise belongs to Him alone.
57. Al-Muhsi — The Counter of All: The One who counts and records all things with absolute precision. Nothing, however small, escapes His count.
58. Al-Mubdi' — The Originator: The One who brings creation into existence for the first time without any prior example or model.
59. Al-Mu'id — The Restorer: The One who recreates after destruction. He will restore all of creation after death on the Day of Resurrection.
60. Al-Muhyi — The Giver of Life: The One who gives life to whatever He wills. He gives the soul to the body and brings the dead earth back to life.
61. Al-Mumit — The Taker of Life: The One who causes death to all living beings. Death comes only by His will and decree, at the appointed time.
62. Al-Hayy — The Ever-Living: The One who is eternally alive in the most perfect sense — without beginning, without end, and unlike any other life.
63. Al-Qayyum — The Self-Existing: The One who is self-sustaining and upon whom all creation depends. He needs nothing while everything needs Him.
64. Al-Wajid — The Finder: The One who finds and obtains whatever He wills whenever He wills. He lacks nothing and is never in need.
65. Al-Majid — The Noble: The One who combines nobility and generosity. He is magnificent in essence and far-reaching in His generosity.
66. Al-Wahid — The One: The One who is unique and alone in His essence, attributes, and actions. He has no partner, rival, or equal.
67. Al-Ahad — The Unique: The One and Only — absolutely indivisible and unique in every way. There is nothing like unto Him whatsoever.
68. As-Samad — The Eternal: The One upon whom all creation depends for all needs. He is the master who is needed by all and needs no one.
69. Al-Qadir — The Omnipotent: The One who has power over all things and can do anything. Nothing is beyond His ability or outside His power.
70. Al-Muqtadir — The Powerful: The One whose power is all-encompassing and irresistible. He has full authority and His decisions cannot be reversed.
71. Al-Muqaddim — The Expediter: The One who advances and brings forward whom He wills — in rank, status, or outcome — according to His wisdom.
72. Al-Mu'akhkhir — The Delayer: The One who delays and postpones whom He wills, putting things back in their proper place with wisdom and purpose.
73. Al-Awwal — The First: The One who has always existed before all things. There is nothing before Him — His existence has no beginning.
74. Al-Akhir — The Last: The One who will remain after all of creation has perished. His existence has no end and He is eternal.
75. Az-Zahir — The Manifest: The One who is apparent through the signs in creation. His existence is evident in all things around us.
76. Al-Batin — The Hidden: The One who is hidden in His essence. He cannot be reached or perceived by the senses or human comprehension.
77. Al-Wali — The Governor: The One who governs and manages all the affairs of creation with perfect control and complete authority.
78. Al-Muta'ali — The Self-Exalted: The One who is supremely exalted above all of creation by His own essence. He transcends all limitations.
79. Al-Barr — The Source of All Goodness: The One who is kind, righteous, and the source of all goodness. He is compassionate toward His creation.
80. At-Tawwab — The Accepter of Repentance: The One who accepts repentance again and again. He turns to His servants with mercy whenever they sincerely repent.
81. Al-Muntaqim — The Avenger: The One who punishes those who persist in sin and wrongdoing after the opportunity to repent has been given.
82. Al-'Afuww — The Pardoner: The One who pardons and erases sins completely, as if they never happened. His pardon is absolute and complete.
83. Ar-Ra'uf — The Compassionate: The One who is most tender and compassionate. His compassion is deep and active — He goes out of His way to show kindness.
84. Malik-ul-Mulk — Master of the Kingdom: The One who owns all dominion. He gives power to whom He wills and takes it from whom He wills, as He pleases.
85. Dhul-Jalali-wal-Ikram — Lord of Majesty and Honour: The One who possesses infinite majesty and generosity combined. The Prophet ﷺ encouraged repeating this name abundantly.
86. Al-Muqsit — The Equitable: The One who acts with perfect equity and fairness in all His dealings. He rewards the just and will settle all accounts.
87. Al-Jami' — The Gatherer: The One who gathers all of creation together on the Day of Resurrection. He also unites wisdom and power.
88. Al-Ghani — The Self-Sufficient: The One who is completely independent of all creation. He has no needs whatsoever — all needs belong to creation.
89. Al-Mughni — The Enricher: The One who makes rich and free from want whoever He wills. True wealth comes only from Him.
90. Al-Mani' — The Preventer: The One who prevents and protects, withholding what would cause harm to His servants in His infinite wisdom.
91. Ad-Darr — The Distresser: The One who has the power to cause harm and trials. He tests His servants with hardship as a mercy and purification.
92. An-Nafi' — The Benefactor: The One who grants benefit to His creation. All good and benefit come ultimately from Him alone.
93. An-Nur — The Light: The One who is the Light of the heavens and the earth. He illuminates hearts with faith and the universe with His light.
94. Al-Hadi — The Guide: The One who guides His creation to what is beneficial. He is the only true guide to the straight path.
95. Al-Badi' — The Originator: The One who creates things in a completely new and unprecedented way, without any prior model or example.
96. Al-Baqi — The Everlasting: The One who is eternal and everlasting. His existence has no end, while everything else will perish and cease.
97. Al-Warith — The Supreme Inheritor: The One who inherits the earth and all it contains when all creation has perished. He is the final and ultimate owner.
98. Ar-Rashid — The Guide to the Right Path: The One who directs all things in the most right and wise manner. His guidance leads to the straight path.
99. As-Sabur — The Patient: The One who is infinitely patient and does not hasten punishment. He delays but never neglects — all is in His perfect timing.
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them. — Quran 7:180