The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · The Closing Verses of Surat Al-Hashr

Al-Baari' البارئ

The Originator who brought creation into existence and shaped it in due proportion by His wisdom.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 171 ↗

The author explains this name together with: Al-Khaaliq, Al-Musawwir, Al-Khallaaq

Evidence

﴿هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُ ٱلۡبَارِئُ ٱلۡمُصَوِّرُۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ۝٢٤﴾
Al-Hashr 24

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

Example for practice
اللهم يا بارئ، أنت خلقتني فسوّيتني، فأتمّ عليّ نعمتك وعافني في بدني

O Allah, O Al-Baari', You created and fashioned me; complete Your favor upon me and grant me well-being in my body.

An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).

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