The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · From the Prophetic Sunnah

Al-Hakam الحكم

The Judge, who judges between His servants in this world and the Hereafter with His justice and equity.

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. 140 ↗

Evidence

«إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الحَكَمُ، وَإِلَيْهِ الحُكْمُ»
Sunan Abi Dawud (4955) and Sunan an-Nasa'i (5384)
﴿أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡتَغِي حَكَمࣰا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلࣰاۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ ۝١١٤﴾
Al-An'am 114

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
﴿قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ عَٰلِمَ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ أَنتَ تَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَ عِبَادِكَ فِي مَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ﴾

Az-Zumar 46

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