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Test Your Knowledge: 99 Names of Allah Quiz – 20 questions

A quiz about the 99 names of Allah أسماء) الله). The 99 words are attributed to God by Muslims.
byGerald Drißner
May 31, 2022
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The (أَسْمَاءُ ٱللّهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ) are names attributed to God by Muslims. They are often part of Muslim names, usually the second part after عَبدُ (servant of…). Muslims are advised to learn them.

So, let’s see how many of them you know.

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99 names of Allah

Allah’s Messenger said, “Allah has ninety-nine names, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 2736). Do you know them? Let’s find out!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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11. 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.

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

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13. 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

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

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15. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Sirine Demachkie
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Looking forward to doing this with my daughter 👍

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