Allah’s 99 Attributes
- Mohamed Elgayar
- Dec 19, 2019
- 5 min read
Updated: Dec 22, 2025
Allah (ٱللَّه) – The Absolute One True God
“Allah there is no deity except Him…” (2:255)
Ar-Raḥmān – The Most Merciful
“The Most Merciful taught the Qur’an.” (55:1–2)
Ar-Raḥīm – The Especially Merciful
“Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (2:173)
Al-Malik – The Sovereign
“Exalted is Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth.” (20:114)
Al-Quddūs – The Most Pure
“He is Allah… the Most Pure.” (59:23)
As-Salām – The Source of Peace
“He is Allah… the Source of Peace.” (59:23)
Al-Mu’min – The Giver of Security
“He is Allah… the Giver of Security.” (59:23)
Al-Muhaymin – The Protector
“He is Allah… the Overseer.” (59:23)
Al-ʿAzīz – The Almighty
“And He is the Almighty, the Wise.” (59:24)
Al-Jabbār – The Compeller
“He is Allah… the Compeller.” (59:23)
Al-Mutakabbir – The Supremely Great
“He is Allah… the Supremely Great.” (59:23)
Al-Khāliq – The Creator
“He is Allah, the Creator…” (59:24)
Al-Bāriʾ – The Evolver
“He is Allah, the Evolver…” (59:24)
Al-Muṣawwir – The Fashioner
“He is Allah, the Fashioner.” (59:24)
Al-Ghaffār – The Constant Forgiver
“Indeed, I am the Constant Forgiver.” (20:82)
Al-Qahhār – The Subduer
“Allah, the One, the Subduer.” (13:16)
Al-Wahhāb – The Bestower
“Indeed, You are the Bestower.” (3:8)
Ar-Razzāq – The Provider
“Indeed, Allah is the Provider.” (51:58)
Al-Fattāḥ – The Opener
“Our Lord will judge between us… He is the Opener.” (34:26)
Al-ʿAlīm – The All-Knowing
“Indeed, Allah is Knowing of all things.” (2:231)
Al-Qābiḍ – The Withholder
“Allah withholds and grants abundance.” (2:245)
Al-Bāsiṭ – The Expander
“Allah extends provision to whom He wills.” (13:26)
Al-Khāfiḍ – The Abaser
“That Day will bring low…” (56:3)
Ar-Rāfiʿ – The Exalter
“…and He raises whom He wills.” (6:83)
Al-Muʿizz – The Giver of Honor
“You honor whom You will…” (3:26)
Al-Mudhill – The Humiliator
“And You humble whom You will.” (3:26)
As-Samīʿ – The All-Hearing
“Indeed, Allah is All-Hearing.” (2:127)
Al-Baṣīr – The All-Seeing
“Allah is Seeing of what you do.” (49:18)
Al-Ḥakam – The Judge
“Is Allah not the best of judges?” (95:8)
Al-ʿAdl – The Utterly Just
“And your Lord is not unjust to His servants.” (41:46)
Al-Laṭīf – The Most Subtle
“Indeed, my Lord is Subtle in what He wills.” (12:100)
Al-Khabīr – The All-Aware
“Allah is All-Aware of what you do.” (49:13)
Al-Ḥalīm – The Most Forbearing
“Allah is Forbearing and Forgiving.” (2:235)
Al-ʿAẓīm – The Magnificent
“And He is the Most High, the Magnificent.” (2:255)
Al-Ghafūr – The All-Forgiving
“Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” (64:14)
Ash-Shakūr – The Most Appreciative
“Allah is Appreciative, Knowing.” (2:158)
Al-ʿAliyy – The Most High
“He is the Most High, the Great.” (2:255)
Al-Kabīr – The Most Great
“He is the Most Great.” (22:62)
Al-Ḥafīẓ – The Preserver
“My Lord is Guardian over all things.” (11:57)
Al-Muqīt – The Sustainer
“Allah is over all things a Sustainer.” (4:85)
Al-Ḥasīb – The Reckoner
“Sufficient is Allah as Reckoner.” (4:6)
Al-Jalīl – The Majestic
“Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty.” (55:78)
Al-Karīm – The Most Generous
“O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous?” (82:6)
Ar-Raqīb – The Watchful
“Indeed, Allah is Ever Watchful over you.” (4:1)
Al-Mujīb – The Responder
“Indeed, my Lord is Near and Responsive.” (11:61)
Al-Wāsiʿ – The All-Encompassing
“Allah is All-Encompassing, Knowing.” (2:115)
Al-Ḥakīm – The All-Wise
“And Allah is Wise.” (2:209)
Al-Wadūd – The Most Loving
“And He is the Forgiving, the Loving.” (85:14)
Al-Majīd – The Most Glorious
“Owner of the Throne, the Glorious.” (85:15)
Al-Bāʿith – The Resurrector
“Then Allah will resurrect them.” (58:6)
Ash-Shahīd – The Witness
“Allah is Witness over all things.” (22:17)
Al-Ḥaqq – The Absolute Truth
“That is because Allah is the Truth.” (22:6)
Al-Wakīl – The Trustee
“Sufficient is Allah as Trustee.” (4:81)
Al-Qawiyy – The All-Powerful
“Indeed, Allah is Powerful.” (22:40)
Al-Matīn – The Firm
“Indeed, Allah is the Firm, the Powerful.” (51:58)
Al-Waliyy – The Protecting Friend
“Allah is the Protector of those who believe.” (2:257)
Al-Ḥamīd – The Praiseworthy
“Indeed, Allah is Praiseworthy.” (22:64)
Al-Muḥṣī – The Enumerator
“He has enumerated all things.” (72:28)
Al-Mubdiʾ – The Originator
“He begins creation…” (10:4)
Al-Muʿīd – The Restorer
“…then He will repeat it.” (10:4)
Al-Muḥyī – The Giver of Life
“He gives life and causes death.” (57:2)
Al-Mumīt – The Giver of Death
“It is He who gives life and causes death.” (23:80)
Al-Ḥayy – The Ever-Living
“Allah—there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living.” (2:255)
Al-Qayyūm – The Self-Subsisting
“The Ever-Living, the Sustainer.” (2:255)
Al-Wājid – The Perceiver
“Your Lord is not unaware.” (11:61)
Al-Mājid – The Illustrious
“Owner of Glory.” (85:15)
Al-Wāḥid – The One
“Your God is One God.” (2:163)
Aṣ-Ṣamad – The Self-Sufficient
“Allah, the Eternal Refuge.” (112:2)
Al-Qādir – The All-Powerful
“Indeed, Allah is over all things competent.” (2:20)
Al-Muqtadir – The Determiner
“With a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.” (54:55)
Al-Muqaddim – The Advancer
“Allah puts forward whom He wills.” (14:11)
Al-Muʾakhkhir – The Delayer
“He delays them until a specified time.” (16:61)
Al-Awwal – The First
“He is the First and the Last.” (57:3)
Al-Ākhir – The Last
“He is the First and the Last.” (57:3)
Aẓ-Ẓāhir – The Manifest
“The Manifest and the Hidden.” (57:3)
Al-Bāṭin – The Hidden
“The Manifest and the Hidden.” (57:3)
Al-Wālī – The Governor
“Then they are returned to Allah, their true Master.” (6:62)
Al-Mutaʿālī – The Exalted
“Knower of the unseen, the Exalted.” (13:9)
Al-Barr – The Source of Goodness
“Indeed, He is the Most Kind.” (52:28)
At-Tawwāb – The Accepter of Repentance
“Indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance.” (9:104)
Al-Muntaqim – The Avenger
“Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might, the Avenger.” (3:4)
Al-ʿAfuww – The Pardoner
“Indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving.” (4:43)
Ar-Raʾūf – The Most Compassionate
“Allah is Kind and Merciful to people.” (2:143)
Mālik al-Mulk – Owner of Sovereignty
“Owner of all sovereignty.” (3:26)
Dhū al-Jalāl wa al-Ikrām – Lord of Majesty and Honor
“Blessed is the Name of your Lord, full of Majesty and Honor.” (55:78)
Al-Muqsiṭ – The Utterly Just
“Allah loves those who act justly.” (60:8)
Al-Jāmiʿ – The Gatherer
“Our Lord will gather us together.” (3:9)
Al-Ghaniyy – The Self-Sufficient
“Allah is Free of need.” (64:6)
Al-Mughnī – The Enricher
“Allah enriches whom He wills.” (9:28)
Al-Māniʿ – The Preventer
“What Allah withholds, none can release.” (35:2)
Aḍ-Ḍārr – The Withholder of Harm
“If Allah touches you with harm…” (6:17)
An-Nāfiʿ – The Bringer of Benefit
“…and if He intends good for you…” (6:17)
An-Nūr – The Light
“Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.” (24:35)
Al-Hādī – The Guide
“Indeed, Allah guides whom He wills.” (22:54)
Al-Badīʿ – The Incomparable Originator
“Originator of the heavens and the earth.” (2:117)
Al-Bāqī – The Everlasting
“What is with Allah is everlasting.” (16:96)
Al-Wārith – The Inheritor
“Indeed, We are the Inheritors.” (15:23)
Ar-Rashīd – The Guide to Right Path
“And Allah guides to the straight path.” (24:46)
Aṣ-Ṣabūr – The Most Patient
“Allah is Most Forbearing.” (2:225)
Divine Essence and Attributes
by Sheikh: Shihāb al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī al-Nūbī
The 103 Creeds of Timur
God exists eternally, without beginning.
God endures eternally, without end.
God is One, without partner or peer.
God is unique, without likeness or resemblance.
God is self-sufficient, needing nothing.
God has attributes: life, knowledge, will, power, hearing, sight, speech.
God’s life is eternal and uncaused.
God’s knowledge encompasses all things, past and future.
God’s will determines all that happens.
God’s power is absolute over all creation.
1 God hears without ear or instrument.
1 God sees without eye or organ.
1 God speaks without letter or sound.
1 God’s attributes are neither identical to nor separate from His essence.
1 God is exalted beyond body, form, or place.
1 God existed before creating place or time.
1 God does not change, move, or transform.
1 God does not dwell in creation or outside it, He is beyond location.
1 God is not subject to direction or spatial confinement.
2 God’s essence cannot be grasped by human intellect.
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