The 99 Names · Verse Keys
Al-Barr البر
The Source of all goodness, whose kindness and favor embrace all beings; ever-beneficent and vast in giving.
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. 149 ↗
The author explains this name together with: Al-Wahhaab
Evidence
﴿إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٢٨﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
From the Quran
Words of the people of Paradise
﴿إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ﴾
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