99 Names-Classification
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem””Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Allah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta’aala) has names and they are Husna(Every name of Allah implies a perfect attribute)
Allah: The name of Allah
Allah is Al-Ismul-‘ A’zam, the greatest name which contains all the divine attributes and is the sign of the essence and cause of all existence. Allah does not resemble in any way any of His creation. The word Allah refers to Allah’s name only, nothing else can assume this name or share it.
we are not supposed to invent names for ourselves. Bear in mind, saying about Allah or naming Allah with names which he didn’t name himself with is forging a lie against Allah.
The Divine Attributes And Qualities of Allah
The name Allah contains meanings that indicate the non-resemblance of Allah to anything else. They are:
1. Wujud:- Being : Allah exists.
2. Qidam:- Existence from all eternity: He is before the before. He did not become. He always was.
3. Baqa:- Existence to all eternity : He has no end. The Last is He.
4. Wahdaniyya -Uniqueness: He is unique in Essence, Single in Quality. He has neither opposite nor parallel. All creation is in need of Him. All creation has become by the order of “BE” and has died by His order.
5. Mukhalafatuni-I-hawadith- Transcendence: He is the creator bearing no resemblance to the created resembles Him.
6. Qiyam bi-nafsihi- Self-subsistence -: He has no need of space, but space needs Him.
The Permanent Attributes Of Allah.
Allah is perfection. The extent of this perfection is infinite. The greatest name of Allah, contains eight essentials indicating His perfections.
1. Hayyan – Life: Being Alive, being Eternal, never ceasing to be.
2. ‘Ilm – Knowledge: Allah has knowledge of all things; there is nothing unknown to Him.
3. Sam’i – Hearing: Allah hears; there can be nothing that He does not hear, or of Aware.
4. Basar – Sight: Allah sees; there is nothing unseen by Him.
5. Irada – Will: Allah does whatever He wishes.
6. Qudra- Power: There is nothing for which Allah lacks capacity. He always prevails.
7. Kalam -Speech: Allah speaks, though not with a voice like ours, nor with the sound we make.
8. Takeen- Creativity: Allah has created everything that exists, and He goes on creating. If He wishes. He destroys. Nothing can oppose His command.
General classification
First type
1.There are names which imply beautiful attribute – Asmaa ul Jamaal (Rahman, Raheem, Wadud, Lateef, etc) which make a person love Allah more. 2.Asmaa ul Jalal – Names which are might which imply might attributes (Aziz, Qawy, Adheem, Qadeer, Qahhar, Jabbar,etc) It brings fear and magnification.
Second type
1.Names indicate transitive attributes – Actions of Allah to the creation like As Samee. Al Khaaliq Ar-Razzaq 2.Names which imply intransitive attributes Like As-Samad, Al Aziz, Al Qawwi, As-Salaam, AlAwwal, Al Aakhir, Al hayy.
Third classification
The 99 Names can be divided into 3 groups which are: Jalal-Majesty, Jamal-beautiful and Kamal-perfection.
The attributes of Allah that fall under the name of Jalal are known to us through His infinite and divine Majesty which are apparent through His creation throughout the universe.
The attributes of Jamal, on the other hand, become evident with their plentiful blessings, which we respond to with gratitude.
The Kamal names reveal works of art that have been created with perfection and wisdom and invite people to contemplate on this.
The names that are mainly Jalal and Jamal are also symmetry in the names: He‘s both, merciful and wrathful, beautiful and majestic, forgiving and just, and so on.
The response to divine jalal is fear, and the response to jamal is hope.
In a well known tradition it says ―Iman lies between khawf and Raja‖ – that faith is situated between fear and hope. This implies that a correct relationship with Allah, is to understand all His names in a manner appropriate to each.
Stingy/misery/bakhil= one who does not see good in others.
Abdals/wali=generosity +they think he/she is better than me.
I/MYSELF is responsible for distance between Allah and creation.
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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