What are the 99 names of Allah?

Asma ul Husna (Al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā) are the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah. Each name is an attribute He affirmed for Himself. This site helps you learn the Arabic, the English meaning, a recitation, and a dua for every name — then remember it in your heart and in your duas.

The Quran says: “Allah has the Most Beautiful Names. So call upon Him by them.” (7:180). A well-known hadith (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2736 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2677) says that Allah has ninety-nine names, and whoever encompasses them will enter Paradise. Below is the complete list, with Arabic, transliteration, and English meaning.

All 99 names of Allah with meanings

The complete list of Asma ul Husna: Arabic, transliteration, and English meaning. Open any name for a recitation and a dua.

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1ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُAr-RaḥmānThe Most Merciful, The Entirely Merciful
2ٱلرَّحِيمُAr-RaḥīmThe Especially Merciful
3ٱلْمَلِكُAl-MalikThe King and Owner of Dominion
4ٱلْقُدُّوسُAl-QuddūsThe Absolutely Pure and Perfect
5ٱلسَّلَامُAs-SalāmThe Source of Peace, The Flawless
6ٱلْمُؤْمِنُAl-Mu’minThe Granter of Security and Faith
7ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُAl-MuhayminThe Guardian, The Witness, The Overseer
8ٱلْعَزِيزُAl-‘AzīzThe Almighty, The All-Powerful, The Invincible, The Honorable
9ٱلْجَبَّارُAl-JabbārThe Compeller, The Restorer
10ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُAl-MutakabbirThe Supreme in Glory, The Rightfully Proud
11ٱلْخَٰلِقُAl-KhāliqThe Creator, The Maker
12ٱلْبَارِئُAl-BāriʾThe Originator, The Inventor
13ٱلْمُصَوِّرُAl-MuṣawwirThe Fashioner, The Shaper
14ٱلْغَفَّارُAl-GhaffārThe Constant Forgiver, The Great Forgiver
15ٱلْقَهَّارُAl-QahhārThe Subduer, The Ever-Dominating
16ٱلْوَهَّابُAl-WahhābThe Giver of Gifts, The Bestower
17ٱلرَّزَّاقُAr-RazzāqThe Ever-Providing, The Constant Provider
18ٱلْفَتَّاحُAl-FattāḥThe Opener, The Judge
19ٱلْعَلِيمُAl-ʿAlīmThe All-Knowing, The Omniscient
20ٱلْقَابِضُAl-QābiḍThe Withholder, The Restrainer
21ٱلْبَاسِطُAl-BāsiṭThe Extender, The Expander
22ٱلْخَافِضُAl-KhāfiḍThe Reducer, The Abaser
23ٱلرَّافِعُAr-RāfiʿThe Exalter, The Elevator
24ٱلْمُعِزُّAl-MuʿizzThe Honourer, The Bestower of Honor
25ٱلْمُذِلُّAl-MudhilThe Dishonourer, The Humiliator
26ٱلسَّمِيعُAs-SamīʿThe All-Hearing
27ٱلْبَصِيرُAl-BaṣīrThe All-Seeing
28ٱلْحَكَمُAl-ḤakamThe Judge, The Giver of Justice
29ٱلْعَدْلُAl-‘AdlThe Utterly Just
30ٱللَّطِيفُAl-LaṭīfThe Most Gentle, The Subtle One
31ٱلْخَبِيرُAl-KhabīrThe All-Aware, The All-Acquainted
32ٱلْحَلِيمُAl-ḤalīmThe Most Forbearing
33ٱلْعَظِيمُAl-ʿAẓīmThe Magnificent, The Supreme
34ٱلْغَفُورُAl-GhafūrThe Forgiving, The Exceedingly Forgiving
35ٱلشَّكُورُAsh-ShakūrThe Most Appreciative
36ٱلْعَلِيُّAl-ʿAlīThe Most High, The Exalted
37ٱلْكَبِيرُAl-KabīrThe Greatest, The Most Grand
38ٱلْحَفِيظُAl-ḤafīẓThe Preserver, The All-Heedful and All-Protecting
39ٱلْمُقِيتُAl-MuqītThe Nourisher, The All-Powerful Maintainer
40ٱلْحَسِيبُAl-ḤasībThe Reckoner
41ٱلْجَلِيلُAl-JalīlThe Majestic
42ٱلْكَرِيمُAl-KarīmThe Most Generous, The Most Noble
43ٱلرَّقِيبُAr-RaqībThe Watchful, The All-Watchful
44ٱلْمُجِيبُAl-MujībThe Responsive, The Answerer
45ٱلْوَاسِعُAl-WāsiʿThe All-Encompassing, the Boundless
46ٱلْحَكِيمُAl-ḤakīmThe All-Wise
47ٱلْوَدُودُAl-WadūdThe Most Loving
48ٱلْمَجِيدُAl-MajīdThe All-Glorious, The Ever-Majestic
49ٱلْبَاعِثُAl-BāʿithThe Infuser of New Life, The Resurrector
50ٱلشَّهِيدُAs-ShahīdThe All-Witnessing
51ٱلْحَقُّAl-ḤaqqThe Absolute Truth
52ٱلْوَكِيلُAl-WakīlThe Trustee, The Disposer of Affairs
53ٱلْقَوِيُّAl-QawiyyThe All-Strong
54ٱلْمَتِينُAl-MatīnThe Firm, The Steadfast
55ٱلْوَلِيُّAl-WaliyyThe Protector, The Guardian
56ٱلْحَمِيدُAl-ḤamīdThe Praiseworthy, The Most Praised
57ٱلْمُحْصِيAl-MuḥṣīThe All-Enumerating, The Counter
58ٱلْمُبْدِئُAl-MubdiʾThe Originator, The Initiator
59ٱلْمُعِيدُAl-MuʿīdThe Restorer, The Reviver
60ٱلْمُحْيِيAl-MuḥyīThe Giver of Life
61ٱلْمُمِيتُAl-MumītThe Taker of Life, The Causer of Death
62ٱلْحَيُّAl-ḤayyThe Ever-Living
63ٱلْقَيُّومُAl-QayyūmThe Sustainer, The Self-Subsisting
64ٱلْوَاجِدُAl-WājidThe Ever-Wealthy, The Self-Sufficient
65ٱلْمَاجِدُAl-MājidThe Noble, The Generous
66ٱلْوَاحِدُAl-WāḥidThe One, The Indivisible
67ٱلْأَحَدُAl-AḥadThe Unique, The Only One
68ٱلصَّمَدُAṣ-ṢamadThe Self-Subsisting, The One Upon Whom All Depend
69ٱلْقَادِرُAl-QādirThe Omnipotent, The All-Able
70ٱلْمُقْتَدِرُAl-MuqtadirThe All-Powerful, The Dominant
71ٱلْمُقَدِّمُAl-MuqaddimThe Expediter, The Promoter
72ٱلْمُؤَخِّرُAl-MuʾakhkhirThe Delayer, The Postponer
73ٱلْأَوَّلُAl-AwwalThe First, The Pre-Existing
74ٱلْآخِرُAl-ĀkhirThe Last, The Ever-Remaining
75ٱلظَّاهِرُAẓ-ẒāhirThe Manifest, The Highest
76ٱلْبَاطِنُAl-BāṭinThe Hidden One, Knower of the Hidden
77ٱلْوَالِيAl-WālīThe Sole Governor
78ٱلْمُتَعَالِيAl-MutaʿālīThe Self-Exalted
79ٱلْبَرُّAl-BarrThe Source of All Goodness
80ٱلتَّوَابُAt-TawwābThe Accepter of Repentance, The Ever-Relenting
81ٱلْمُنْتَقِمُAl-MuntaqimThe Avenger
82ٱلْعَفُوُّAl-ʿAfūwThe Pardoner
83ٱلرَّءُوفُAr-RaʾūfThe Most Kind
84مَالِكُ ٱلْمُلْكِMālik al-MulkMaster of the Dominion, Owner of the Kingdom
85ذُو ٱلْجَلَالِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِDhū al-Jalāli wa’l-IkrāmPossessor of Glory and Honour
86ٱلْمُقْسِطُAl-MuqsiṭThe Just One
87ٱلْجَامِعُAl-JāmiʿThe Gatherer, the Uniter
88ٱلْغَنِيُّAl-GhaniyyThe Self-Sufficient, The Free of All Need
89ٱلْمُغْنِيُAl-MughnīThe Enricher
90ٱلْمَانِعُAl-MāniʿThe Withholder
91ٱلضَّارُّAḍ-ḌārrThe Creator of Harm
92ٱلنَّافِعُAn-NāfiʿThe Propitious, The Benefactor
93ٱلنُّورُAn-NūrThe Light
94ٱلْهَادِيAl-HādīThe Guide
95ٱلْبَدِيعُAl-BadīʿThe Incomparable Originator
96ٱلْبَاقِيAl-BāqīThe Ever-Lasting
97ٱلْوَارِثُAl-WāriṯThe Inheritor
98ٱلرَّشِيدُAr-RashīdThe Guide to the Right Path
99ٱلصَّبُورُAṣ-ṢabūrThe Patient

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