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e. Names of God in Islam ( Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ʾasmāʾu llāhi l-ḥusnā, " Allah's Beautiful Names ") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, majestic qualities, and acts ...
The other names are known as the 99 Names of Allah (al-asmā' al-ḥusná lit. meaning: 'the best names' or 'the most beautiful names') and considered attributes, each of which evoke a distinct characteristic of Allah. [13] [63] All these names refer to Allah, the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name. [64]
The exact number may vary, but they usually consist of 99 beads to assist in the glorification of God following prayers: 33 Tasbeeh (subhāna-llāh ), 33 Tahmeed (ʾal-ḥamdu li-llāh), and 34 Takbeer (ʾAllāhu ʾakbar). Some suggest the 99 beads also refer to the 99 names of Allah. Smaller misbahas consist of 33 beads, in which case one ...
God is described and referred to in the Quran and hadith by 99 names that reflect his attributes. [30] The Quran refers to the attributes of God as "most beautiful names". [31] [32] According to Gerhard Böwering, They are traditionally enumerated as 99 in number to which is added as the highest Name (al-ism al-ʾaʿẓam), the Supreme Name of God.
[6] [49] According to the Quran, there are 99 Names of God (al-asma al-husna, lit. meaning: "The best names") each of which evoke a distinct characteristic of God. [50] [51] All these names refer to Allah, considered to be the supreme and all-comprehensive divine Arabic name.
Beside these Arabic names, Muslims of non-Arab origins may also sometimes use other names in their own languages to refer to God, such as Khuda in Persian, Bengali and Urdu. Tangri or Tengri was used in the Ottoman Turkish language as the equivalent of Allah. [41] He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, Knower of the unseen and the ...
List of biblical names; List of burial places of Abrahamic figures; List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Quran; List of people in both the Bible and the Quran; Muhammad in the Quran; Names of God in Islam
al-Ḥalīm ( ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: الحليم) is one of the Names of Allah. It may be part of the 99 Names of Allah, by which Muslims regard Allah and which are traditionally maintained as described in the Qur'ān, and Sunnah, amongst other places.