🦇 Allah Has More Than 99 Names
The 99 Names of Allah: 26 – 50. Islam is an Abrahamic religion, meaning it worships the single God worshiped by Abraham and his descendants. This monotheism is the cornerstone of the Islamic faith, with the oneness of Allah being stressed throughout the Quran and in the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
by Nihal Qawasmi in Soul on 19th November, 2017. In Islam, we acknowledge that God has 99 names – Asma’a Allah Al-Husna, which is defined as The Beautiful Names of Allah. Each name represents an attribute of God. Since it’s forbidden to depict God visually – we instead emphasize the traits that make Him distinguishable and superior.
The other opinion is to use the Names found in the Qur’an and the authentic sunnah, yet those amount to more than ninety-nine. Thus, what al-Khattabi and others have said is that Allah (swt) has more than 99 Names, and the proof of this is in the Prophet’s ﷺ du`a’ (supplication):
Hmm, when the credit bureaus think I have different names than my name of record,, they consider them to be aliases. I suspect that anything that needs to have 99 names is trying to hide something and the addition of a "hidden name" reeks of the superstitious idea that names have magical power.
Al-Hayy Meaning: The Living, The Alive, The Everlasting. Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ is Al-Hayy (in Arabic ٱلْحَىُّ), the One who is undying and will be forever. He is perfect and not subject to death or sickness. He is eternally whole and absolute, whom all life arises from.
Allah swt has much more than 99 names and outside of the 99 usually memorized there are a few others also known to us and many unknown to us, including the one name that the ****aan knows which is a story I read in a book but can't source at all from the net and the book itself I read when I was a child in KSA so eons ago that the devil knows the unique name of Allah swt that which when one
So my right thumb is: Ar Rahman, Ar Raheem, Al Malik, Al Quddus, As Salaam. Then the next finger along (index finger on my right hand) is Al Mumin, Al Muhaymin, Al Aziz, Al Jabbar, Al Muktabhir. Then the middle finger on my right hand is the next chunk of 5 names. With 99 names in total, you go round both your hands twice.
To call upon His Names is to practice remembrance of the Divine. Their recitation has long been a practice of the followers of the inner path to Him as a means of allowing an attribute of God to penetrate to the heart of the caller. It is a way to draw near, however slightly, to the Infinite. “Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one.
Have mercy on us. You are our Mawla (Patron, Supporter and Protector, etc.) and give us victory over the disbelieving people” [al-Baqarah 2:286] “Say: Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us. He is our Mawla (Lord, Helper and Protector)." And in Allah let the believers put their trust” [at-Tawbah 9:51].
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allah has more than 99 names