The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Ash-Shakoor الشكور

The Most Appreciative, who never lets the efforts of those who work go to waste, but multiplies them many times over.

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-Shaakir

Evidence

﴿إِن تُقۡرِضُواْ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنࣰا يُضَٰعِفۡهُ لَكُمۡ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ ۝١٧﴾
At-Taghabun 17

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

The praise of the people of Paradise

﴿وَقَالُواْ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَذۡهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلۡحَزَنَۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورࣱ شَكُورٌ﴾

Fatir 34

See it in the interactive presentation →