The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Verse Keys

Al-Muqeet المقيت

The Nourisher, who delivers to every being what sustains it; the Guardian who maintains all things.

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. 173 ↗

Evidence

﴿مَّن يَشۡفَعۡ شَفَٰعَةً حَسَنَةࣰ يَكُن لَّهُۥ نَصِيبࣱ مِّنۡهَاۖ وَمَن يَشۡفَعۡ شَفَٰعَةࣰ سَيِّئَةࣰ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كِفۡلࣱ مِّنۡهَاۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءࣲ مُّقِيتࣰا ۝٨٥﴾
An-Nisa 85

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 مقيت، ارزقني قوتًا حلالًا يكفيني، وقوِّ قلبي على طاعتك

O Allah, O Al-Muqeet, provide me with lawful sustenance that suffices me, and strengthen my heart in obeying You.

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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