The 99 Names · Verse Keys
Al-Hafeez الحفيظ
The Preserver, who keeps record of His servants’ deeds and protects them from all that they dislike.
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. 114 ↗
Evidence
﴿فَإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَقَدۡ أَبۡلَغۡتُكُم مَّآ أُرۡسِلۡتُ بِهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكُمۡۚ وَيَسۡتَخۡلِفُ رَبِّي قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ وَلَا تَضُرُّونَهُۥ شَيۡـًٔاۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ حَفِيظࣱ ٥٧﴾
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 حفيظ، احفظني من بين يديّ ومن خلفي، واحفظ عليّ ديني وأهلي
O Allah, O Al-Hafeez, guard me from in front of me and from behind me, and preserve my religion and my family.
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).