The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Verse Keys

Al-Waarith الوارث

The Inheritor, the Everlasting who remains after all creation perishes, who inherits the earth and all upon it.

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. 364 ↗

Evidence

﴿وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدࣰا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ۝٨٩﴾
Al-Anbya 89
﴿إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نَرِثُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا وَإِلَيۡنَا يُرۡجَعُونَ ۝٤٠﴾
Maryam 40

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

Supplication of Zechariah

﴿وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدࣰا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ﴾

Al-Anbya 89

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