The 99 Names · Verse Keys
Al-Haafiz الحافظ
The Protector, who guards His servants from all that they dislike and keeps record of their deeds.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sifat Allah 'Azza wa Jall al-Waridah fi al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — 'Alawi ibn 'Abd al-Qadir as-Saqqaf (Dorar.net) — p. 133 ↗
Evidence
﴿قَالَ هَلۡ ءَامَنُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ حَٰفِظࣰاۖ وَهُوَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّـٰحِمِينَ ٦٤﴾
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 Jacob
﴿قَالَ هَلۡ ءَامَنُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ إِلَّا كَمَآ أَمِنتُكُمۡ عَلَىٰٓ أَخِيهِ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ حَٰفِظࣰاۖ وَهُوَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّـٰحِمِينَ﴾
Yusuf 64