Arabic to English
Ar-Rahman
The Most Merciful
- Allah emphasizes his mercy in the basmellah
- Allah has the strongest mercy(he has 99 percent of mercy and gave 1 percent to this dunya. And on yawm al Qiyamah, he will take that 1 percent from the dunya and add it to his making it 100 percent)
The Subtle
Al-Latif
-Allah is subtle and discrete while still intricate in his planning of our life.
-Prophet Yusef
As-Salam
The Giver of Peace
"The Dominant One/The Greatest
Al-Mutakabbir
- To Allah and Allah only, belongs all praise and we should always be humble and know that it is Allah who gives us victory.
- If you have any Kibr in your heart you cannot enter Jenna
Ar-Raheem
The Ever-Merciful
- Allah is always merciful and will never stop being merciful to those he loves and even those who transgress him
- His mercy started since before we where born
The Guardian
Al-Muhaymin
Al-Musawwir
The Flawless Shaper/ Fashioner
- We must all try our best not to make fun of anyones features, or ourselves for you're only criticizing Allah (authubllah)
- We mustn't praise ourselves for our good looks for we had nothing to do with them.
"The Most Loving"
Al-Wadud
- We should try to earn Allah's love byy doing deeds that he loves and making istighfar
- If Allah loves us, why would he ever punish us in the hearafter?
Al-Malik
The King
-The difference between Kings and rulers on this Earth and Allah, is Allah owns EVERYTHING and he will never die. Allah doesn't need anyone to support him and he can never be overthrown.
The Mighty One
Al-Aziz
Al-Ghaffar
The ever forgiving
- No matter how many times you sin and make the same mistake, backbiting, cursing, having kibr, etc, Allah will always forgive you if you repent to him sincerely.
- Allah knows we will sin and he is happy when we as for forgiveness.
"The Bestower of Gifts
Al-Wahhab
-hiba means gift which implies that Wahhab means Allah is gifting us things out of his mercy, and not because we did anything to deserve it
- We must give to others from what we have to embody this name nd we must show gratitude to Allah for the gifts He gives us.
Al Quddus
The Most Pure/Holy
- Allah is Pure and loves what is pure. Allah wants to see our hearts pure so we must purify our hearts
- Allah accepts what is pure
The Sustainer
Al-Razzaq
- You have to work for rizq while hiba is a gift.
-we must show gratitude to Allah by obeying him because he chooses who he gives rizq to
- rizq can be knowledge, wealth, friends, and life itself is a form of rizq.
Al-Khaliq
The Creator
- Allah created everyhting in the heavens and Earth. All the starts and millions of galaxies. All the fish swimming in the deapest deapth of the ocean. And Allah is fully aware of everything(not a leaf falls except that he knows where it is)
"The opener"
Al-Fattah
- Allah opens doors that may seem impossible. He is the one who can take you out of any situation or put you in it.
-This is a very powerful name to use in our duas because it implies how easy it is for Allah to do anything, therefore, we should rely on Him and Him only.
Al Mumin
"The One who gives Faith"
The one who creates with purpose
Al-Bari
- Allah created us to worship him. This is our purpose. Lets never forget our goal.
Al-Qahhar
The all- Controlling
- Never feel over powered by anyone, a non'muslim, a muslim, for Allah is the over-powerer and as long as you are following his commands, he will protect you and be with you.
"The All Seeing"
Al-Baseer
-You cannot hide from Allah. He always sees you and nothing you do will be forgotten.
-The two angels on our shoulders are documenting everything we do, even if no one else can see us.