The 99 Names of Allah and their meanings

Tap any name to see its meaning, evidence, and how to call upon Allah by it.

• اللهAllahThe One who alone is worshipped and adored, to whom all creation owes worship; the name that gathers the meanings of all the Beautiful Names.
• الإلهAl-IlaahThe only One truly worthy of worship, possessing every attribute of perfection and every quality of majesty.
• الربAr-RabbThe Lord who nurtures all His servants through His care and countless blessings, and nurtures His chosen ones in a special way by reforming their hearts and character.
• مالك الملكMaalik-ul-MulkAll dominion belongs to Him and He disposes of it as He wills: He grants sovereignty to whom He wills and takes it from whom He wills.
• ذو الجلال والإكرامDhul-Jalaali wal-IkraamPossessor of majesty and grandeur, and of mercy, generosity and kindness; He honors His allies who revere and love Him.
• العالمAl-'AalimThe One whose knowledge encompasses everything, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed; nothing is hidden from Him.
• الرحمنAr-RahmaanOwner of the vast mercy that embraces all of existence.
• الرحيمAr-RaheemThe One who conveys His mercy to His servants, giving the believers the fullest and most complete share of it.
• الملكAl-MalikThe King, described with sovereignty: majesty, supremacy, dominance and command, with absolute authority over creation, command and recompense.
• القدوسAl-QuddoosThe Most Holy, glorified and revered, far removed from every evil and imperfection.
• السلامAs-SalaamThe One free from every imperfection and flaw, and from any resemblance to His creation.
• المؤمنAl-Mu'minThe One who praised Himself with attributes of perfection, and affirmed the truth of His messengers with signs and proofs.
• المهيمنAl-MuhayminThe One who oversees hidden matters and the secrets of hearts; the Watcher and Witness over His servants and their deeds.
• العزيزAl-'AzeezThe Almighty, to whom all might belongs: the might of strength, the might of needing no one, and the might of overpowering all things.
• الجبارAl-JabbaarThe One who mends the weak and the broken-hearted, who compels all things, and who is exalted above all things.
• المتكبرAl-MutakabbirThe Supreme, exalted above every evil, deficiency and flaw, by His greatness and grandeur.
• الخالقAl-KhaaliqThe Creator who brought all creatures into being by His wisdom.
• البارئAl-Baari'The Originator who brought creation into existence and shaped it in due proportion by His wisdom.
• المصورAl-MusawwirThe Fashioner who gives His creation its form as He wills, with praiseworthy wisdom.
• الحيAl-HayyThe Ever-Living, whose perfect life comprises all the attributes of His essence: knowledge, power, might, greatness and others.
• القيومAl-QayyoomThe Self-Sustaining, who stands by Himself in no need of His creation, and who sustains and manages all things.
• الحقAl-HaqqThe Truth in His essence and attributes: His word is true, His actions are true, meeting Him is true, and His religion is the truth.
• المبينAl-MubeenThe One who makes clear to His servants the path of guidance, explaining what they should do and what they should leave.
• الحميدAl-HameedThe Praiseworthy in His essence, names, attributes and actions; all creation speaks His praise.
• المجيدAl-MajeedThe Glorious, possessor of immense glory, which is the greatness and vastness of His attributes.
• السميعAs-Samee'The All-Hearing, whose hearing encompasses every sound, secret or open; voices never become confused for Him.
• البصيرAl-BaseerThe All-Seeing, whose sight encompasses everything that can be seen, however small and hidden.
• الشكورAsh-ShakoorThe Most Appreciative, who never lets the efforts of those who work go to waste, but multiplies them many times over.
• الحليمAl-HaleemThe Forbearing, who keeps pouring blessings upon His creation despite their sins, and does not hasten punishment so that they may repent.
• العليAl-'AliyyThe Most High, possessing every meaning of highness: highness of essence, of status and of dominance.
• العظيمAl-'AzeemThe Magnificent, described with every attribute of perfection in its greatest form, deserving of all reverence.
• العليمAl-'AleemThe All-Knowing, whose knowledge encompasses everything: what was, what will be, and how what has not happened would be if it were to happen.
• الحكيمAl-HakeemThe All-Wise, perfect in wisdom and in judgment, who puts everything in its proper place in His creation and His command.
• العفوAl-'AfuwwThe Pardoner, whose pardon covers the sins of His servants, overlooking them for those who seek His pardon.
• الغفورAl-GhafoorThe Most Forgiving, who covers the sins of His servants and forgives those who repent and turn back to Him.
• الغنيAl-GhaniyyThe Self-Sufficient, possessing complete and absolute richness in every respect, while all creation is in need of Him.
• الكريمAl-KareemThe Most Generous, abundant in goodness, immense in generosity and giving.
• القريبAl-QareebThe Near, close to everyone through His knowledge and encompassment, and especially near to those who call upon Him and worship Him.
• المجيبAl-MujeebThe Responsive, who answers the call of those who supplicate, the requests of those who ask, and the worship of those who respond to Him.
• الكبيرAl-KabeerThe Great, described with glory, supremacy, greatness and majesty; greater than everything.
• المتعاليAl-Muta'aaliThe Most Exalted, high above everything in His essence, status and dominance.
• اللطيفAl-LateefThe Subtle and Gracious, whose knowledge reaches hidden secrets, and who gently brings to His servant what is good for him from where he does not perceive.
• الخبيرAl-KhabeerThe All-Aware, who knows the inner realities of things just as He knows their outward forms.
• المليكAl-MaleekThe Sovereign, owner of the mighty dominion, with absolute authority over His creation.
• المقتدرAl-MuqtadirThe All-Powerful, perfect in power, whom nothing can render incapable.
• الواحدAl-WaahidThe One, singular in every perfection, with no partner in any of it.
• القهارAl-QahhaarThe Subduer, who has overpowered all beings and before whom all creation is humbled.
• الوليAl-WaliyyThe Protecting Guardian who manages the affairs of His creation, the Supporter of His believing servants who loves them.
• المولىAl-MawlaaThe Lord, Owner and Master, the Helper of His believing servants.
• النصيرAn-NaseerThe Helper who never abandons or forsakes those who turn to Him.
• القديرAl-QadeerThe Omnipotent, perfect in power, whom nothing in the earth or in the heavens can render incapable.
• الحفيظAl-HafeezThe Preserver, who keeps record of His servants’ deeds and protects them from all that they dislike.
• الوكيلAl-WakeelThe Trustee, who manages the affairs of His creation with His knowledge and power, and is sufficient for whoever relies on Him.
• المقيتAl-MuqeetThe Nourisher, who delivers to every being what sustains it; the Guardian who maintains all things.
• الشهيدAsh-ShaheedThe Witness, who sees all things and bears witness over His servants concerning what they have done.
• الرقيبAr-RaqeebThe Ever-Watchful, who sees what hearts conceal and stands over every soul with what it has earned.
• الحسيبAl-HaseebThe Sufficient and the Reckoner, who suffices His servants in all that concerns them and holds them to account for their deeds.
• المحيطAl-MuheetThe All-Encompassing, who encompasses everything in knowledge, power, mercy and dominance.
• الرزاقAr-RazzaaqThe Provider, who delivers provision to all His creation; the form of the name expresses abundance.
• القويAl-QawiyyThe Strong, perfect in strength; the strength of creatures, however great, cannot be compared to His.
• المتينAl-MateenThe Firm, intensely strong, touched by neither weakness nor fatigue in His actions.
• الرؤوفAr-Ra'oofThe Most Kind, intensely merciful and gentle towards His servants.
• البرAl-BarrThe Source of all goodness, whose kindness and favor embrace all beings; ever-beneficent and vast in giving.
• الودودAl-WadoodThe Most Loving, who loves His prophets and believing servants, and is beloved by them.
• التوابAt-TawwaabThe Acceptor of Repentance, who guides His servants to repent, then accepts it from them and pardons their sins.
• الخلاقAl-KhallaaqThe Supreme Creator, abundant in creating, who created all beings and has never ceased to create.
• الفتاحAl-FattaahThe Opener and Judge, who judges between His servants with truth and opens for them the gates of His mercy and provision.
• الواسعAl-Waasi'The Vast, vast in His attributes, greatness and dominion, and vast in His bounty and kindness.
• الشاكرAsh-ShaakirThe Appreciative, who rewards a small deed with a great reward.
• الوهابAl-WahhaabThe Bestower, abundant in gifts, who gives to His servants without anything in return.
• الغفارAl-GhaffaarThe Ever-Forgiving, abundant in forgiveness for those who repent, believe and do good.
• القاهرAl-QaahirThe Irresistible, who has overpowered all beings and is above His servants.
• القادرAl-QaadirThe Able, who has power over all things; nothing renders Him incapable.
• الحافظAl-HaafizThe Protector, who guards His servants from all that they dislike and keeps record of their deeds.
• الوارثAl-WaarithThe Inheritor, the Everlasting who remains after all creation perishes, who inherits the earth and all upon it.
• الأحدAl-AhadThe Unique, singular in every perfection, with no equal and no likeness.
• الصمدAs-SamadThe Eternal Refuge, to whom all creation turns in its needs, perfect in all His attributes.
• الأعلىAl-A'laaThe Most High, possessing absolute highness in essence, status and dominance.
• الأكرمAl-AkramThe Most Generous of all, unmatched by anyone in generosity.
• الأولAl-AwwalThe First, before whom there is nothing.
• الآخرAl-AakhirThe Last, after whom there is nothing.
• الظاهرAz-ZaahirThe Manifest and Uppermost, above whom there is nothing.
• الباطنAl-BaatinThe Hidden and Innermost, beneath whom there is nothing.
• القابضAl-QaabidThe Withholder, who withholds provision and other things from whom He wills, by His wisdom.
• الباسطAl-BaasitThe Expander, who extends provision and other things to whom He wills, by His wisdom.
• المقدمAl-MuqaddimThe Expediter, who brings forward whom He wills by His wisdom; this name is mentioned only together with Al-Mu’akhkhir.
• المؤخرAl-Mu'akhkhirThe Delayer, who holds back whom He wills by His wisdom; this name is mentioned only together with Al-Muqaddim.
• الجميلAl-JameelThe Beautiful in His essence, names, attributes and actions.
• الرفيقAr-RafeeqThe Gentle in His actions, who loves gentleness and grants for it what He does not grant for harshness.
• الطيبAt-TayyibThe Good and Pure, free from every imperfection and sanctified from every defect.
• الوترAl-WitrThe Single, the One who has no partner and no equal.
• الجوادAl-JawaadThe Most Bountiful, abundant in favor, kindness and giving.
• الحييAl-HayiyyThe Modest, who is too shy to turn back His servant’s raised hands empty, and who conceals him rather than exposing him.
• السبوحAs-SubboohThe Glorified, far exalted above every flaw and imperfection.
• الشافيAsh-ShaafiThe Healer, who cures hearts and bodies of their ailments; there is no cure but His cure.
• المعطيAl-Mu'tiThe Giver, who gives what He wills to whom He wills; none can withhold what He gives.
• المنانAl-MannaanThe Benefactor, the Giver, abundant in giving and kindness.
• السيدAs-SayyidThe Master, who holds the forelocks of all creation and manages their affairs; all mastery belongs to Him.
• الحكمAl-HakamThe Judge, who judges between His servants in this world and the Hereafter with His justice and equity.