The beautiful names
The 99 Names of Allah
أَسْمَاء اللّٰه الْحُسْنَى
“To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them.” Each name here is given in Arabic, with its transliteration and a short meaning.
الرَّحْمَٰن
Ar-Raḥmān
The Most Compassionate
الرَّحِيم
Ar-Raḥīm
The Most Merciful
الْمَلِك
Al-Malik
The Sovereign, the King
الْقُدُّوس
Al-Quddūs
The Most Holy
السَّلَام
As-Salām
The Source of Peace
الْمُؤْمِن
Al-Muʾmin
The Giver of Security
الْمُهَيْمِن
Al-Muhaymin
The Guardian, the Overseer
الْعَزِيز
Al-ʿAzīz
The Almighty
الْجَبَّار
Al-Jabbār
The Compeller, the Restorer
الْمُتَكَبِّر
Al-Mutakabbir
The Supreme in Greatness
الْخَالِق
Al-Khāliq
The Creator
الْبَارِئ
Al-Bāriʾ
The Maker, the Evolver
الْمُصَوِّر
Al-Muṣawwir
The Fashioner of forms
الْغَفَّار
Al-Ghaffār
The Ever-Forgiving
الْقَهَّار
Al-Qahhār
The All-Prevailing
الْوَهَّاب
Al-Wahhāb
The Bestower of gifts
الرَّزَّاق
Ar-Razzāq
The Provider
الْفَتَّاح
Al-Fattāḥ
The Opener, the Judge
الْعَلِيم
Al-ʿAlīm
The All-Knowing
الْقَابِض
Al-Qābiḍ
The Withholder
الْبَاسِط
Al-Bāsiṭ
The Extender of provision
الْخَافِض
Al-Khāfiḍ
The Abaser
الرَّافِع
Ar-Rāfiʿ
The Exalter
الْمُعِز
Al-Muʿizz
The Giver of honour
الْمُذِل
Al-Mudhill
The Giver of dishonour
السَّمِيع
As-Samīʿ
The All-Hearing
الْبَصِير
Al-Baṣīr
The All-Seeing
الْحَكَم
Al-Ḥakam
The Judge, the Arbitrator
الْعَدْل
Al-ʿAdl
The Utterly Just
اللَّطِيف
Al-Laṭīf
The Subtle, the Gentle
الْخَبِير
Al-Khabīr
The All-Aware
الْحَلِيم
Al-Ḥalīm
The Most Forbearing
الْعَظِيم
Al-ʿAẓīm
The Magnificent
الْغَفُور
Al-Ghafūr
The All-Forgiving
الشَّكُور
Ash-Shakūr
The Most Appreciative
الْعَلِي
Al-ʿAliyy
The Most High
الْكَبِير
Al-Kabīr
The Most Great
الْحَفِيظ
Al-Ḥafīẓ
The Preserver
الْمُقِيت
Al-Muqīt
The Sustainer, the Nourisher
الْحَسِيب
Al-Ḥasīb
The Reckoner
الْجَلِيل
Al-Jalīl
The Majestic
الْكَرِيم
Al-Karīm
The Most Generous
الرَّقِيب
Ar-Raqīb
The Watchful
الْمُجِيب
Al-Mujīb
The Responsive to prayer
الْوَاسِع
Al-Wāsiʿ
The All-Encompassing
الْحَكِيم
Al-Ḥakīm
The All-Wise
الْوَدُود
Al-Wadūd
The Most Loving
الْمَجِيد
Al-Majīd
The Most Glorious
الْبَاعِث
Al-Bāʿith
The Resurrector
الشَّهِيد
Ash-Shahīd
The Witness
الْحَق
Al-Ḥaqq
The Absolute Truth
الْوَكِيل
Al-Wakīl
The Trustee, the Disposer of affairs
الْقَوِي
Al-Qawiyy
The Most Strong
الْمَتِين
Al-Matīn
The Firm, the Steadfast
الْوَلِي
Al-Waliyy
The Protecting Friend
الْحَمِيد
Al-Ḥamīd
The Praiseworthy
الْمُحْصِي
Al-Muḥṣī
The All-Enumerating
الْمُبْدِئ
Al-Mubdiʾ
The Originator
الْمُعِيد
Al-Muʿīd
The Restorer
الْمُحْيِي
Al-Muḥyī
The Giver of life
الْمُمِيت
Al-Mumīt
The Bringer of death
الْحَي
Al-Ḥayy
The Ever-Living
الْقَيُّوم
Al-Qayyūm
The Self-Subsisting Sustainer
الْوَاجِد
Al-Wājid
The Perceiver, the Finder
الْمَاجِد
Al-Mājid
The Noble, the Illustrious
الْوَاحِد
Al-Wāḥid
The One
الْأَحَد
Al-Aḥad
The Indivisible, the Unique
الصَّمَد
As-Ṣamad
The Eternal, Self-Sufficient
الْقَادِر
Al-Qādir
The All-Able
الْمُقْتَدِر
Al-Muqtadir
The All-Determining
الْمُقَدِّم
Al-Muqaddim
The Expediter
الْمُؤَخِّر
Al-Muʾakhkhir
The Delayer
الْأَوَّل
Al-Awwal
The First
الْآخِر
Al-Ākhir
The Last
الظَّاهِر
Aẓ-Ẓāhir
The Manifest
الْبَاطِن
Al-Bāṭin
The Hidden
الْوَالِي
Al-Wālī
The Governor
الْمُتَعَالِي
Al-Mutaʿālī
The Most Exalted
الْبَر
Al-Barr
The Source of goodness
التَّوَّاب
At-Tawwāb
The Ever-Accepting of repentance
الْمُنْتَقِم
Al-Muntaqim
The Avenger
الْعَفُو
Al-ʿAfuww
The Pardoner
الرَّؤُوف
Ar-Raʾūf
The Most Kind
مَالِكُ الْمُلْك
Mālik-ul-Mulk
The Owner of all sovereignty
ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَام
Dhu-l-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām
Lord of Majesty and Honour
الْمُقْسِط
Al-Muqsiṭ
The Equitable
الْجَامِع
Al-Jāmiʿ
The Gatherer
الْغَنِي
Al-Ghaniyy
The Self-Sufficient
الْمُغْنِي
Al-Mughnī
The Enricher
الْمَانِع
Al-Māniʿ
The Withholder
الضَّار
Aḍ-Ḍārr
The Creator of harm
النَّافِع
An-Nāfiʿ
The Bestower of benefit
النُّور
An-Nūr
The Light
الْهَادِي
Al-Hādī
The Guide
الْبَدِيع
Al-Badīʿ
The Originator beyond compare
الْبَاقِي
Al-Bāqī
The Everlasting
الْوَارِث
Al-Wārith
The Inheritor of all
الرَّشِيد
Ar-Rashīd
The Guide to the right path
الصَّبُور
As-Ṣabūr
The Most Patient
The meanings are brief renderings, offered to help reflection — a name of Allah carries more than a single word can hold.