Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the 99 Names of Allah – أسماء الله الحسنى

1. The All-Enumerating One – The Counter, The Reckoner, The One who the count of things are known to him.

2. The Guide to Path of Rectitude – The Guide to the Right Path, The One who guides.

3. The Great Forgiver – The Forgiver, The One who forgives the sins of His slaves time and time again.

4. The Eternal Inheritor – The Heir, The One whose Existence remains.

5. The Very First – The First, The One whose Existence is without a beginning.

6. The Magnificent One – The Great One, The Mighty, The One deserving the attributes of Exaltment, Glory, Extolement, and Purity from all imperfection.

7. The Great One – The Most Great, The Great, The One who is greater than everything in status.

8. The All-Noble One – The Glorious, He who is Most Glorious.

9. The Sublime One – The Most High, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures.

10. The All-Prevailing One – The Dominant, The One who has the perfect Power and is not unable over anything.

11. The Ever Surviving One – The Everlasting, The One that the state of non-existence is impossible for Him.

12. The Bestower of Benefits – The Propitious, The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit to whoever He willed.

13. The All Observing Witness – The Witness, The One who nothing is absent from Him.

14. The Sustaining One – The Maintainer, The Guardian, The Feeder, The One who has the Power.

15. The Guarding One – The Preserver, The Protector, The One who protects whatever and whoever He willed to protect.

16. The Eternal Possessor of Sovereignty – The One who controls the Dominion and gives dominion to whoever He willed.

17. The Restorer – The Reproducer, The One who brings back the creatures after death

18. The Great Forgiver – The All-Forgiving, The Forgiving, The One who forgives a lot.

19. The Infuser of Faith – The One who witnessed for Himself that no one is God but Him. And He witnessed for His believers that they are truthful in their belief that no one is God but Him

20. The Clement One – The Forebearing, The One who delays the punishment for those who deserve it and then He might forgive them.

21. The Knower of Subtleties – The Subtle One, The Gracious, The One who is kind to His slaves and endows upon them.

22. The All Authoritative One – The Powerful, The Dominant, The One with the perfect Power that nothing is withheld from Him.

23. The All-Seeing – The All-Noticing, The One who Sees all things that are seen by His Eternal Seeing without a pupil or any other instrument.

24. The All-Aware One – The One who knows the truth of things.

25. The Merciful – He who acts with extreme kindness

26. The Universal Trustee – The Trustee, The One who gives the satisfaction and is relied upon.

27. The Watchful One – The Watcher, The One that nothing is absent from Him. Hence it’s meaning is related to the attribute of Knowledge.

28. The Protecting Associate – The Protecting Friend, The Supporter.

29. The Perceptible – The Manifest, The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place. He, The Exalted, His Existence is obvious by proofs and He is clear from the delusions of attributes of bodies.

30. The Possessor of Majesty and Honour – The Lord of Majesty and Bounty, The One who deserves to be Exalted and not denied.

31. The Imperceptible – The Hidden, The One that nothing is above Him and nothing is underneath Him, hence He exists without a place. He, The Exalted, His Existence is obvious by proofs and He is clear from the delusions of attributes of bodies.

32. The Inflictor of Death – The Creator of Death, The Destroyer, The One who renders the living dead.

33. The Bestower of Sufficiency – The Enricher, The One who satisfies the necessities of the creatures.

34. The Flawless Shaper – The One who forms His creatures in different pictures.

35. The Embodiment of Justice – The Just, The One who is entitled to do what He does.

36. The Most Sacred – The One who is pure from any imperfection and clear from children and adversaries

37. The Wise One – The Wise, The Judge of Judges, The One who is correct in His doings.

38. The Infuser of New Life – The Resurrector, The Raiser (from death), The One who resurrects His slaves after death for reward and/or punishment.

39. The Unique One – The Incomparable, The One who created the creation and formed it without any preceding example.

40. The Preventer – The Withholder.

41. The Distressor – The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed and benefit to whoever He willed.

42. The Originator – The One who started the human being. That is, He created him.

43. The Impartial Judge – The Judge, He is the Ruler and His judgment is His Word.

44. The Sole One – The One

45. The Evolver – The Maker, The Creator who has the Power to turn the entities.

46. The All-Hearer – The Hearer, The One who Hears all things that are heard by His Eternal Hearing without an ear, instrument or organ.

47. The Eternal Lord – The Sovereign Lord, The One with the complete Dominion, the One Whose Dominion is clear from imperfection

48. The Self-Subsisting One – The One who remains and does not end.

49. The Firm One – The One with extreme Power which is un-interrupted and He does not get tired.

50. The Supreme Pardoner – The Forgiver, The One with wide forgiveness.

51. The Retaliator – The Avenger, The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. It may mean the One who destroys them.

52. The Embodiment of Truth – The Truth, The True, The One who truly exists.

53. The Responding One – The Responsive, The Hearkener, The One who answers the one in need if he asks Him and rescues the yearner if he calls upon Him.

54. The Dominant One – The One who is clear from the attributes of the creatures and from resembling them.

55. The Expediting One – The Expediter, The Promoter, The One who puts things in their right places. He makes ahead what He wills and delays what He wills.

56. The Maintainer of life – The Restorer, The Giver of Life, The One who took out a living human from semen that does not have a soul. He gives life by giving the souls back to the worn out bodies on the resurrection day and He makes the hearts alive by the light of knowledge.

57. The Honourer-Bestower – He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him; And He degrades whoever He willed, hence there is no one to give Him esteem.

58. The Supreme Bestower – The One who is Generous in giving plenty without any return. He is everything that benefits whether Halal or Haram.

59. The Majestic One – The Sublime One, The Beneficent, The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.

60. The Total Provider – The Sustainer, The Provider.

61. The Bountiful One – The Generous One, The Gracious, The One who is attributed with greatness of Power and Glory of status.

62. The Omnipotent One – The One that nothing happens in His Dominion except that which He willed

63. The Strong One – The Most Strong, The Strong, The One with the complete Power

64. The Just One – The Equitable, The One who is Just in His judgment.

65. The Pointing One – The Perceiver, The Finder, The Rich who is never poor. Al-Wajd is Richness.

66. The Restricting One – The Constrictor, The Withholder, The One who constricts the sustenance by His wisdom and expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.

67. The Extremely Exalted One – The Most Exalted, The High Exalted, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.

68. The Omnipotent One – The Able, The Capable, The One attributed with Power.

69. The Self-Sufficient One – The One who does not need the creation.

70. The All-Pervading One – The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Knowledgeable.

71. The Extensively Enduring One – The Patient, The One who does not quickly punish the sinners.

72. The Elevating One – The Exalter, The Elevator, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction and raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.

73. The Prime Light – The Light, The One who guides.

74. The Preserver of Safety – The One who witnesses the saying and deeds of His creatures

75. The Creator – The One who brings everything from non-existence to existence

76. The All-Knowing One – The Knowledgeable; The One nothing is absent from His knowledge

77. The Infinite Last One – The Last, The One whose Existence is without an end.

78. The Fountain-Head of Truth – The Source of All Goodness, The Righteous, The One who is kind to His creatures, who covered them with His sustenance and specified whoever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy.

79. The Embodiment of Peace – The One who is free from every imperfection.

80. The Beneficent – He who wills goodness and mercy for all His creatures

81. The Provider of Guidance – The Guide, The One whom with His Guidance His believers were guided, and with His Guidance the living beings have been guided to what is beneficial for them and protected from what is harmful to them.

82. The Benign One – The Compassionate, The One with extreme Mercy. The Mercy of Allah is His will to endow upon whoever He willed among His creatures.

83. The Loving One – The One who loves His believing slaves and His believing slaves love Him. His love to His slaves is His Will to be merciful to them and praise them

84. The Ever-Acceptor of Repentance – The Relenting, The One who grants repentance to whoever He willed among His creatures and accepts his repentance.

85. The Procrastinator – The Delayer, the Retarder, The One who puts things in their right places. He makes ahead what He wills and delays what He wills.

86. The Mighty One – The Strong, The Defeater who is not defeated

87. The Eternally Living One – The Alive, The One attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of soul, flesh or blood.

88. The Extender – The Enlarger, The One who constricts the sustenance by His wisdom and expands and widens it with His Generosity and Mercy.

89. The Reducer – The Abaser, The One who lowers whoever He willed by His Destruction and raises whoever He willed by His Endowment.

90. The Only One – The Unique, The One, The One without a partner

91. The Sole-Laudable One – The Praiseworthy, The praised One who deserves to be praised.

92. The Supreme Solver – The Opener, The Reliever, The Judge, The One who opens for His slaves the closed worldly and religious matters.

93. The Supreme Provider – The Eternal, The Independent, The Master who is relied upon in matters and reverted to in ones needs.

94. The Holder of Supreme Authority – The Governor, The One who owns things and manages them.

95. The Assembler of Scattered Creations – The Gatherer, The One who gathers the creatures on a day that there is no doubt about, that is the Day of Judgment.

96. The Glorious One – The Most Glorious One, The One who is with perfect Power, High Status, Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.

97. The Abaser – The Dishonourer, The Humiliator, He gives esteem to whoever He willed, hence there is no one to degrade Him; And He degrades whoever He willed, hence there is no one to give Him esteem.

98. The Reckoning One – The Reckoner, The One who gives the satisfaction.

99. The Acknowledging One – The Grateful, The Appreciative, The One who gives a lot of reward for a little obedience.