The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · The Crown

Allah الله

The One who alone is worshipped and adored, to whom all creation owes worship; the name that gathers the meanings of all the Beautiful Names.

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. 164 ↗

Evidence

﴿إِنَّنِيٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعۡبُدۡنِي وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكۡرِيٓ ۝١٤﴾
Taha 14

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Prophetic Sunnah
«اللهم إني أسألك بأني أشهد أنك أنت الله لا إله إلا أنت الأحد الصمد الذي لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكن له كفوا أحد»

Sunan Abi Dawud (1493), Jami' at-Tirmidhi (3475) and Sunan Ibn Majah (3857)

Grading: Authentic — the Prophet ﷺ said: he has asked Allah by His greatest name

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