“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
The Beautiful Names of Allah
An easy, structured way to memorize the 99 Names, with the meaning of every name, its evidence from the Quran and Sunnah, and how to call upon Allah by it.
Start the interactive experience →The idea: connected groups instead of 99 separate names
Memorizing is easier when each name is linked to another. So the names are divided into groups, each with a clear link the learner can remember: a verse that gathers them, two names that appear side by side in the Quran, a shared letter, or an authentic hadith.
The groups in detail
The Crown
The closing verses of Surat Al-Hashr (59:22–24)
One of the easiest groups: whoever knows the end of Surat Al-Hashr already knows fourteen names in order.
Names most often paired in the Quran — by Arabic letter
Two names that appear next to each other in the Quran, such as Al-‘Aleem Al-Hakeem and As-Samee‘ Al-Baseer, grouped by the first letter of the first name.
س ش — Two consecutive letters, Sīn and Shīn: the same shape, without and with dots
ع غ — 'Ayn and Ghayn: the same letter without and with a dot · three of the paired names end in “-eem”
ق ك ل م — Four consecutive letters of the Arabic alphabet: Qāf, Kāf, Lām, Mīm
و — Wāw (و): the last of the letters
Verse keys
Names gathered by one verse or phrase, such as “over all things…”, or names paired with Ar-Raheem, Al-‘Aleem or Al-‘Azeez.
The Verse of Provision
Companions of Ar-Raheem
Companions of Al-'Aleem
Companions of Al-'Azeez
Spoken by the Prophets
From the Prophetic Sunnah
Hadiths and Supplications
For every name: meaning, evidence, and supplication
Tap any name to see its brief meaning, the explanation with a link to the page in the source book, the evidence from the Quran and Sunnah, and a “Call upon Him by it” tab with a supplication from the Quran or authentic Sunnah, its grading and a link to the Dorar.net hadith encyclopedia. Where no transmitted text exists, a clearly labelled example is given.
Try the interactive presentation →Method and sources
- The hadith “Allah has ninety-nine names; whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise” is in al-Bukhari and Muslim. The list of names in the narration of at-Tirmidhi was judged weak by many scholars, including Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Hajar and al-Albani.
- We follow the list of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen in al-Qawa‘id al-Muthla, replacing the two names he was hesitant about (Al-Hafiyy and Al-Muhsin) with two names he affirmed in the same passage, which are in the well-known list and used in authentic supplications: Maalik-ul-Mulk and Dhul-Jalaali wal-Ikraam.
- Meanings: Sharh Asma’ Allah al-Husna by Dr. Sa‘eed al-Qahtani, and Sifat Allah by ‘Alawi as-Saqqaf (Dorar.net).
- Supplications: the Quran, Fiqh al-Ad‘iyah wa al-Adhkar by ‘Abd ar-Razzaq al-Badr, and Sahih at-Targhib and al-Kalim at-Tayyib verified by al-Albani, with links to the Dorar.net hadith encyclopedia.