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الْوَالِي
AL-WAALI
(The Holder of Supreme Authority)
The Governor, The One who owns things and manages them.
Allah is Al-Waali, The One who is the sole planner and governor of all things. He is fully supportive, helpful and master of all. He manages and disposes of things at his will based on his judgement.
Mentions From The Quran & Hadith
From the root w-l-y which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be near, close, nearby to be a friend, helper, supporter, maintainer to defend, guard (lit. friendly dealing) to be in charge, to turn one toward something to be the master, owner, lord
Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand. (Quran 40:51)
إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْأَشْهَادُ ﴿٥١﴾
.......Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves. And when Allah intends for a people ill, there is no repelling it. And there is not for them besides Him any patron. (Quran 13:11)
.... إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّىٰ يُغَيِّرُوا مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ ۗ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَالٍ ﴿١١﴾
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الْمُتَعَالِي
AL-MUTA’ALI
(The Extremely Exalted One)
The Most Exalted, The High Exalted, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.
Allah is Al-Muta’ali, The One who is most high and exalted above all creation. He is far beyond any imagination, thought, and the human mind is to narrow to understand his true greatness.
Mentions From The Quran & Hadith
From the root ‘a-l-w which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be high, elevated, lofty to be exalted, to rise up, to ascend to be higher to exceed, surpass to overcome, overwhelm to advance, promote, rise above to mount, be overtop, eminent
And [saying], “Be not haughty with Allah. Indeed, I have come to you with clear authority. (Quran 44:19)
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٩﴾
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted. (Quran 13:9)
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ ﴿٩﴾
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded. (Quran 16:50)
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩ ﴿٥٠﴾ ۞
Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity. (Quran 17:43)
سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا ﴿٤٣﴾
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الْبَرُّ
AL-BARR
(The Fountain-Head of Truth)
The Source of All Goodness, The Righteous, The One who is kind to His creatures
Allah is Al-Barr, The One who is the great benefactor, the most righteous and the source of goodness. He is ample in kindness and desires good to people bestowing them with health, wealth, and happiness. He is ever merciful and compassionate. He is The One who covered them with His sustenance and specified whoever He willed among them by His support, protection, and special mercy.
Mentions From The Quran & Hadith
From the root b-r-r which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be devoted, affectionate, gentle to be just and proper, honest, truthful to have regard for the circumstances of another to be beneficent, to bestow bountiful gifts to reward for service, recompense to behave courteously, to do good to be benign, gracious, kindly to be pious, virtuous, righteous to be ample, extensive
Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful.” (Quran 52:28)
إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلُ نَدْعُوهُ ۖ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْبَرُّ الرَّحِيمُ ﴿٢٨﴾
.....Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful. (Quran 2:185)
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التَّوَابُ
AT-TAWWAB
(The Ever-Acceptor of Repentance)
The Acceptor of Repentance, The Oft-Forgiving, The Acceptor of our Return
Allah is At Tawwab, The One who beckons for our return. He repeatedly turns mankind towards repentance should they journey temporarily on the wrong path. Allah is lenient and restores grace to those who repent and forgives those who seek forgiveness.
Mentions From The Quran & Hadith
From the root t-w-b which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to return to return to goodness, to repent to be restored to be rewarded for deeds to be repeatedly summoned or called
Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance. (Quran 110:3)
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا ﴿٣﴾
And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful. (Quran 4:64)
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا ﴿٦٤﴾
O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful. (Quran 49:12)
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اجْتَنِبُوا كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ إِثْمٌ ۖ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا يَغْتَب بَّعْضُكُم بَعْضًا ۚ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ رَّحِيمٌ ﴿١٢﴾
Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance. (Quran 110:3)
فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا ﴿٣﴾
Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful. (Quran 2:128)
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الْمُنْتَقِمُ
AL-MUNTAQIM
(The Retaliator)
The Avenger, The Disapprover, The Inflictor of Retribution
Allah is Al-Muntaqim, The One who victoriously prevails over His enemies and punishes them for their sins. Allah is most patient, but the time will come where justice must be given. Avoid things which Allah has forbidden for he punishes those when provoked.
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From the root n-q-m which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to dislike, disapprove, find fault to punish, exact vengeance to inflict retribution, avenge.
And who is more unjust than one who is reminded of the verses of his Lord; then he turns away from them? Indeed We, from the criminals, will take retribution. (Quran 32:22)
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِآيَاتِ رَبِّهِ ثُمَّ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا ۚ إِنَّا مِنَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٢٢﴾
And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, we will take retribution upon them. (Quran 43:41)
فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ ﴿٤١﴾
The Day We will strike with the greatest assault; indeed, we will take retribution. (Quran 44:16)
يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَىٰ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ ﴿١٦﴾ ۞
Quran tells the story of Moses (pbuh) and The Pharaoh who disobeyed Allah’s multiple request to the right path:
So, he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah]. And when they angered Us, we took retribution from them and drowned them all. And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples. (Quran 43:54-56)
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