The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Verse Keys

Ash-Shaakir الشاكر

The Appreciative, who rewards a small deed with a great reward.

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. 125 ↗

The author explains this name together with: Ash-Shakoor

Evidence

﴿۞إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلۡمَرۡوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَمَنۡ حَجَّ ٱلۡبَيۡتَ أَوِ ٱعۡتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَاۚ وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيۡرࣰا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ۝١٥٨﴾
Al-Baqarah 158

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 إنك شاكر عليم، فاقبل مني ما عملت لوجهك، ولا تُضِع سعيي

O Allah, You are Ash-Shaakir, the All-Knowing; accept what I have done for Your sake and do not let my effort be lost.

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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