Many Muslims tell us that the original name of God is 'Allah'. Yet, they still tell us that the same Allah has 99 different names. Not all Muslims are agreed as to what exactly are the 99 names of Allah; and counting Allah as the first 'original' name makes up 100 names according to some listings.

Could Muslims on the Forum please expound on the question/topic about the 99 names of Allah? Why do some have 'Allah' as the first, plus another 98; while others start on the second and still arrive at 99 names?

A second question is: are those names personally stated by Allah himself in the Qur'an as belonging to him? Or did Muslims simply derive their own list of names for Allah and arrive at 99 or 100?

@babs737 and co.

over to you!

Is the meaning of God the same as , Father, Lord, king, Redeemer, Saviour etc?

After that, I will move on to if we have the names in the Quran

babs787:

Is the meaning of God the same as , Father, Lord, king, Redeemer, Saviour etc?

After that, I will move on to if we have the names in the Quran

@babs787,

I hope you can read the issues in my post. If not, then I can repost them for you. It is up to Muslims to answer your own question if "Father, Lord, king, Redeemer, Saviour etc" are part of the 99 names of Allah.

pilgrim.1. please be mindful of wat you say 'cos wen the day of jugdement comes you'll be asked of it.It is good not to say wat you know nothing of and wat you cannot shjow proof of,religious matter is a very critical one so the mindful of what you say.

@ibrahim007,

ibrahim007:

pilgrim.1. please be mindful of what you say 'because when the day of jugdement comes you'll be asked of it.

Thanks for your kind concern, and be assured that I am being mindful of what I say.

ibrahim007:

It is good not to say what you know nothing of and what you cannot shjow proof of,religious matter is a very critical one so the mindful of what you say.

It's not up to me to show any proof. Muslims are the ones who claim that Allah has 99 names, and t is up to them to clarify that issue.

@Pilgrims

I will divide your questions into two

1. On the 99 names of Allah

2. If the names do appear in the Holy Quran


1.

Allah does not in the Holy Quran say that His name should be 99. What really happen with reference to the names you call 99 names are attributes accorded to Him. Allah alone bear the names and the names shouldnt be termed same as Allah. Allah is quite different from the other 99 attributes as the meaning of God is different from Messiah, King, Lord etc so also is Allah different from other names or attributes. In addition, the names do not have same meaning as Allah and people share other attributes or names with Allah but no one shares the name Allah with Him, its reserved for only Him.


Holy Quran 17:110 : SAY: "CALL UPON ALLAH,
OR CALL UPON RAHMAN
BY WHATEVER NAME YE CALL UPON HIM (it is well):
FOR TO HIM BELONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES


Hope I have explained? Let me move to your next question and I will answer you with just only one verse for every name.


2. I will answer your question with verses from the Holy Quran to show that the names or attributes are mentioned in the Quran. I will give you just five out of the names


a.

Al-Khabir (All aware) Quran 64 v 8: Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammed saw) an d in the Light (this Quran) which we have sent down. And Allah is ALL-AWARE of what you do.

So if you check the Arabic Quran, you will the word "Al-Khabhir" there.

b.

Al-Alim (All-knowing) Quran 22 v 59: Truly, I will make them enter an entrance with which they shall be well-pleased and verily, Allah indeed is ALL-KNOWING, most forbearing


c.

Al-Quadir (Possessor of Power and Authority) And Allah has created you and then He will cause you to die and of you there are some who are sent back t5o serility, so that they know nothihng after having known (much). Truly! Allah is All-Knowing, ALL-POWERFUL

d.

Al-Hamid (Praiseworthy) Quran 22 v 64: To him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that on the earth. And verily, Allah - He is Rich (free of all needs), WORTHY OF PRAISE.

e.

Al-Quawiyy (Powerful) Quran 22 v 74: They have not estimated Allah His Righful estimate. Verily, Allah is ALL- STRONG, ALL-MIGHTY.

Hope you are satisfied?

A well known hadith concerning the names of Allah is the following: Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah, said, "Allah has ninety-nine names. He who 'ahsaha' [enumerates them, believes in them, ponders their meanings, worships Allah by them and supplicates with them, and acts by them according to one's belief in them] will enter Paradise. He is God, other than whom there is no god, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the King, the Holy, the Source of Peace, the Preserver of Security, "
The hadith continues to list ninety-nine names of Allah.
This hadith was recorded by at-Tirmidhi and others. Ibn Majah also has recorded something similar to it. In English, it may be found in a number of works, including Mishkat al-Masabih.

This hadith is well-known among the scholars of hadith to be a weak hadith. Most of them consider the actual listing of the names as a later addition by one of the narrators of the hadith and some narrators mistakenly included it as part of the hadith. Among those scholars who reject this hadith as weak are at-Tirmidhi, al-Baihaqi, ibn Hazm, al-Dawudi, ibn Taymiya, ibn Katheer, ibn Hajr, al-Juwaini, ibn Baz, al-Albani, ibn Uthaimin and Abdul Qadir al-Arnaut.

However, it must be noted that there is an authentic hadith with the following wording, that does not include the listing of the names of Allah: Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever ahsaha will enter Paradise. (Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim)

SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS

A problem that results from the above hadith -- which seems to be the basis for the posters that are made of the ninety-nine names of Allah -- is that it contains some names which are not considered names of Allah. That is, ignoring this weak hadith, there is no authentic hadith or Quranic verse that offers evidence that those names are from the names of Allah. Since the names of Allah must be based on revelation from Allah (the Quran and Sunnah), if there is no authentic proof for specific names, they cannot be called one of the names of Allah. An example from the above hadith is the name al-Rasheed. There is no Quranic verse or authentic hadith that states this name. Hence, one cannot claim it as a name of Allah. Other commonly heard names that apparently are not from the names of Allah are al-Baqi, al-Sitaar and al-Naasir.

It should be noted that the hadith states that Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one, is not meant to be all inclusive. That is, it does not mean that Allah has ninety-nine and only ninety-nine names. Indeed, in going through the Quran and authentic hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) many scholars have been able to discover more than ninety-nine names of Allah. Furthermore, many scholars have concluded that Allah has an infinite number of names. This opinion is based on the following hadith. The Prophet (peace be upon him) made the following supplication, "[O Allah], I ask you of you by every name that You have named yourself or that You have revealed in Your book or that You have taught any of Your creation or that You have kept hidden, in the unseen knowledge, with Yourself." (Recorded by Ahmad, According to al-Albani, it is sahih.)

Surely, the Muttaqun (the pious who fear Allah much) desire to be amongst the Mufarradun (those who remember Allah, subhana watala, much, and whose enemies are destroyed by Allah, t'ala, for their wrong deeds).
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger as saying: There are ninety-nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd numbers." (Muslim #6475)

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 8:419, Narrated Abu Huraira

Allah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one, and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, will enter Paradise; and Allah is Witr (one) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd numbers).



1. Allah

2. al-Rahman (The Compassionate)

3. al-Rahim (The Merciful)

4. al-Malik (The King, The Sovereign)

5. al-Quddus (The Holy)

6. al-Salam (The Author of Safety)

7. al-Mu'min (The Giver of Peace)

8. al-Muhaimin (The Protector)

9. al-'Aziz (The Strong)

10. al-Jabbar (The Compeller)

11. al-Mutakabbir (The Majestic)

12. al-Khaliq (The Creator)

13. al-Bari (The Maker)

14. al-Musawwir (The Fashioner)

15. al-Ghaffar (The Great Forgiver)

16. al-Qahhar (The Dominant)

17. al-Wahhab (The Bestower)

18. al-Razzaq (The Sustainer)

19. al-Fattah (The Opener, The Reliever, The Judge)

20. al-'Alim (The All-Knowing)

21. al-Qabid (The Retainer, The Withholder)

22. al-Basit (The Enlarger)

23. al-Khafid (The Pleaser)

24. al-Rafi' (The Elevator)

25. al-Mu'izz (The Honourer)

26. al-Mudhill (The Humiliator)

27. al-Sami' (The All-Hearing, the Hearer)

28. al-Basir (The All-Seeing)

29. al-Hakam (The Judge)

30. al-'Adl (The Just)

31. al-Latif (The Subtle)

32. al-Khabir (The Gracious, The Aware)

33. al-Halim (The Clement, The Forebearing)

34. al-'Azim (The Mighty)

35. al-Ghafur (The Forgiving)

36. al-Shakur (The Grateful, The Appreciative)

37. al-'Aliyy (The High, The Sublime)

38. al-Kabir (The Great)

39. al-Hafiz (The Preserver/Protector) [see Qur'an 42:6]

40. al-Muqit (The Protector, The Guardian, The Feeder, The Sustainer)

41. al-Hasib (The Reckoner)

42. al-Jalil (The Beneficent)

43. al-Karim (The Bountiful, The Gracious)

44. al-Raqib (The Watcher, The Watchful)

45. al-Mujib (The Responsive, The Hearkener)

46. al-Wasi' (The Vast, The All-Embracing)

47. al-Hakim al-Mutlaq (The Judge of Judges)

48. al-Wadud (The Loving)

49. al-Majid (The Glorious)

50. al-Ba'ith (The Raiser [from death], The True)

51. al-Shahid (The Witness)

52. al-Haqq (The Truth, The True)

53. al-Wakil (The Trustee)

54. al-Qawiyy (The Strong)

55. al-Matin (The Firm)

56. al-Waliyy (The Protecting Friend)

57. al-Hamid (The Praiseworthy)

58. al-Muhsi (The Counter)

59. al-Mubdi (The Originator)

60. al-Mu'id (The Reproducer)

61. al-Muhyi (The Restorer, The Giver of Life)

62. al-Mumit (The Destroyer)

63. al-Hayy (The Alive)

64. al-Qayyum (The Self-Subsisting)

65. al-Wajid (The Perceiver)

66. al-Wahid (The One)

67. al-Samad (The Independent)

68. al-Qadir (The Capable)

69. al-Muqtadir (The Dominant)

70. al-Muqaddim (The Promoter)

71. al-Mu'akhkhir (The Retarder)

72. al-Awwal (The First)

73. al-Akhir (The Last)

74. al-Zahir (The Manifest)

75. al-Batin (The Hidden)

76. al-Wali (The Governor)

77. al-Muta'ali (The High Exalted)

78. al-Barr (The Righteous)

79. al-Tawwab (The Relenting)

80. al-'Afuww (The Forgiver)

81. al-Muntaqim (The Avenger)

82. al-Ra'uf (The Compassionate)

83. Malik al-Mulk (The Owner of Sovereignty)

84. Dhu'l Jalal wa'l-Ikram (The Lord of Majesty and Bounty)

85. al-Muqsit (The Equitable)

86. al-Jami (The Gatherer, The Collector)

87. al-Ghani (The Self-Sufficient)

88. al-Mughni (The Enricher)

89. al-Mu'ti (The Bestower, The Giver)

90. al-Mani' (The Withholder)

91. al-Nafi' (The Propitious)

92. al-Darr (The Distresser)

93. al-Nur (The Light)

94. al-Hadi (The Guide)

95. al-Azuli (The Eternal)

96. al-Baqi (The Everlasting)

97. al-Warith (The Heir)

98. al-Rashid (The Guide to the Right Path)

99. al-Sabur (The Patient)

source http://www.salagram.net/names-of-Allah-page.htm

for those waiting to bite me find anuther candidate

@babs787 and mukina2,

Thanks for your efforts. I appreciate babs787's attempt to offer some thoughtful arguments of his own; incidentally, I've read the web article reposted by mukina2 several times before posing the current question on this thread. But grateful all the same.


Now, babs787, there were several questions offered in my first post:

#1. Why do some have 'Allah' as the first, plus another 98; while others start on the second and still arrive at 99 names?

#2. Are those names personally stated by Allah himself in the Qur'an as belonging to him?

#3. Or did Muslims simply derive their own list of names for Allah and arrived at 99 or 100?

As regarding #1, it does not appear at all that Allah mentioned specifically that such and such were his names. One may understand that he called himself "Allah" in Quran 20:14 - "Surely I am Allah, there is no god but I, therefore serve Me and keep up prayer for My remembrance." However, as regards the other names on the list popularly circulated as "the 99 names of Allah", there doesn't seem to be a verse stating where he personally called himself by such. I may be mistaken, but it would be very welcome to post them if you do have such verses.

babs787:

Allah does not in the Holy Quran say that His name should be 99. What really happen with reference to the names you call 99 names are attributes accorded to Him.

Point of correction - I'm not the one who said Allah has 99 names. As a matter of fact, it was Muhammad who sowed the ideology that had led multiplied millions of Muslims to believe that Allah has 100 - 1 names. Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 8, Bk.75, #419 is often quoted by Muslims in support of this:

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one,
and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly,
will enter Paradise; and Allah is Witr (one) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd numbers).

The question then follows: what is the name of Allah that makes up the 100th (since it is 'one hundred minus one')? What reason is there to subtract that 1 name to leave 99 others?

babs787:

Allah alone bear the names and the names shouldnt be termed same as Allah. Allah is quite different from the other 99 attributes as the meaning of God is different from Messiah, King, Lord etc so also is Allah different from other names or attributes.

What is the difference between the other names and "Allah"? This is why there is a serious problem with such list as that posted by mukina2, because 'Allah' is given as the first name among the other "names". So, if we take the first as merely an "attribute", that would still leave us searching for the name of Islam's deity. We might as well ask, what is Allah's name? Does he have a name, or he merely has "attributes" and no names?

babs787:

In addition, the names do not have same meaning as Allah and people share other attributes or names with Allah but no one shares the name Allah with Him, its reserved for only Him.

Another serious problem is here presented. Most Muslim scholars are of the opinion that no one and nothing can be compared to Allah - not even by name or attribute [from Quran 19:65 - "Knowest thou one that can be named along with Him?"]. But if you are here reiterating quite the contrary, it is a serious situation to infer that "people share other attributes or names" with Allah. Why then do some Muslims hold the view that Allah cannot be compared to anyone or anything if some others maintain that people share other attributes or names with him?

babs787:

Hope I have explained? Let me move to your next question and I will answer you with just only one verse for every name.

2. I will answer your question with verses from the Holy Quran to show that the names or attributes are mentioned in the Quran. I will give you just five out of the names

a.
Al-Khabir (All aware) Quran 64 v 8: Therefore, believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammed saw) an d in the Light (this Quran) which we have sent down. And Allah is ALL-AWARE of what you do.

This is hardly stating that the name of Allah is 'ALL-AWARE'. It only says that Allah is all-aware of what you do, rather than naming him as such. I may agree with you that it sounds more like an "attribute" rather than a name. But it would only mean that the so-called 99 "names" being made up by many Muslims have failed to answer to the claim of Muhammad that "Allah has ninety nine NAMES" (not attributes)

The same summation holds true for all the other options b, c, d, and e that you gave. They are merely attributes which Muslims have taken and stretched to become names, mostly because of the Hadith where Muhammad states that Allah has 99 NAMES.

When one reads through the Qur'an, one finds that there are many such constructs indicating 'attributes' of Allah, rather than his names. Not to mention that many lists of the 99 names widely differ from one another, besides the fact that most of them are merely repetitive in their English equivalents. For example, look again at mukina2's list and see the repeated meanings in several of them:

mukina2:


2. al-Rahman (The Compassionate
- - -
82. al-Ra'uf (The Compassionate)



9. al-'Aziz (The Strong)
- - -
54. al-Qawiyy (The Strong)

There are quite other lists that are well in circulation, and they are widely different. Not only so, but carefully reading the commentary of many Muslim scholars on the subject leads one to the inference that these names were derived by Muslims themselves, and not because Allah specifically said that those were his names.

It seems most likely that Muhammad's claim that Allah has 99 names (or 100 - 1) is not substantiated in the Qur'an, other than allusions to 'attributes'. The attempt by many to derive varying lists of 99 names is simply driven by the desire to enter into paradise, according to Muhammad's statement in the hadith: "whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, will enter Paradise" (compare Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 8, Bk.75, #419).

However, other Muslims hold yet very different views from all this, being persuaded that there are even up to 110 such names; or yet, that no one really knows how many names belong to Allah. If this last arguement holds any substance, then Muhammad missed it all from the very beginning. Therefore, all the efforts of Muslim scholars to strenuously derive any list of 99 or 100 names or more, really does not serve any purpose.

@pilgrims


I thought I have answered you. Allah did not say his name is 100 or 1000. If you are trying to view it as contradiction, no way sister because Allah never gives 100 or 1001 names as His.

But if I have not answered your question, let me have it.

@babs787,

babs787:

@pilgrims


I thought I have answered you. Allah did not say his name is 100 or 1000. If you are trying to view it as contradiction, no way sister because Allah never gives 100 or 1001 names as His.

But if I have not answered your question, let me have it.

While you're waiting for pilgrim.1, it seems then that either:

(a) Muhammad was wrong to have declared that Allah has 99 names; or

(b) Muslims believe in the contradictions that exist in the list they have drawn up; or

(c) Muslims have no idea what is the real issue about the so-called 99 names of Allah; or

(d) you are playing cosmetic games with all the above.

@babs787,

babs787:

@pilgrims


I thought I have answered you. Allah did not say his name is 100 or 1000. If you are trying to view it as contradiction, no way sister because Allah never gives 100 or 1001 names as His.

But if I have not answered your question, let me have it.

Here again are some of the questions I raised:

#1. Why do some have 'Allah' as the first, plus another 98; while others start on the second and still arrive at 99 names?

#2. Are those names personally stated by Allah himself in the Qur'an as belonging to him?

#3. Or did Muslims simply derive their own list of names for Allah and arrived at 99 or 100?

Added to that would be the question: if "Allah never gives 100 or 1001 names as His" (according to you), then was Muhammad wrong to have given 99 (or 100 - 1) as the names of Allah?

There are so many issues yet unattended. At the end of the day, if the issue of Allah having 99 names is wrong, then Muhammad was wrong - it makes one wonder why the prophet of Islam would have tried to mislead others into thinking that was the case with the 100 or 99 names.

i thought mukina answered the question quite well.

good muslim

ziddy:

i thought mukina answered the question quite well.

good muslim

No, she did not. Rather, she reposted an article from another website: http://www.salagram.net/names-of-Allah-page.htm .

That said, it is obvious that Muhammad's claim of the 99 names of Allah has variously been challenged by many Muslims themselves.

Junks of contradictions in the names mentioned here!


The Perceiver, the Heir to what , soon they will add the The Sexual Giver of Women to be treated as dogs!

mrpataki:

Junks of contradictions in the names mentioned here!


The Perceiver, the Heir to what , soon they will add the The Sexual Giver of Women to be treated as dogs!

highly offensive

sisimose:

highly offensive

Are you blaming me for the obvious or what?

Why is that saying the truth offends peeps easily?

I have chosen to be politically incorrect to some peeps, but do I care?

hmmm
please don't let me stop you carry on. and for your info i m not even a moslem, but i can recognise offense. Anyway to cause offense is the order of the day on the religion section of NL anyway, from both those who call themselves christains and those who call themselves moslems, the in betweens and the unbelievers. so pls carry on

sometimes some threads make me feel like throwing up

sisimose:

hmmm
please don't let me stop you carry on. and for your info i m not even a moslem, but i can recognise offense. Anyway to cause offense is the order of the day on the religion section of Nairaland anyway, from both those who call themselves christains and those who call themselves moslems, the in betweens and the unbelievers. so please carry on

Trust me my sister, It has gone down these days.

ok if you say so. It should not be happening. Lets not disrespect what others hold dear is all i am saying

@babs787,

Perhaps you've been very busy. Whenever you come online, please address this issue of the 99 names of Allah, answering the questions I offered. The reason for this is to help us see that Muhammad in many instances misled his followers into ideas that even the Quran does not teach.

After this, there will be many such questions for you and other Muslims to answer in the same fashion - so we can all see Muhammad for who he really was. You have had the priviledge of throwing numerous questions on Christianity. Now, it's your turn to sit in the dock and proffer answers for some of the issues that are of deep concern to many of us, especially those who have left Islam.

Thanks.

@pilgrims


I thought I have answered you but if to you I haven’t, I will re-explain again

Regarding the 99 names of Allah, on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) who said ‘Allah has ninety-nine names, that who memorises them enters Paradise.

In another narrative, ‘that who counts them enters Paradise’.

Now you will never see it anywhere where it is said that the names are 98 or 101, be it from Hadith or Quran. The names of Allah is 100-1, the one there is Allah while the 99 are His other names. If you start the counting with the inclusion of ‘Allah’, you will arrive at 100. The names starts with Ar-Rahman (The Beneficient) and ends with As-Sabur (The Patient). If you have your own that says 101, please let me have it.

We have the names in the Holy Quran but you may not understand becauses you are not reading the Arabic Quran. If it is the Arabic Quran, you would have seen the names. For example at the beginning of chapters in the Quran, we have ‘Bismillah Rahman Raheeem’, meaning, ‘in the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Ar-Rahman is one of the 99 names meaning the Beneficent while Ar-raheem is one of the names too meaning ‘the Merciful’.

Let me give you some verses in the Holy Quran where the names are mentioned.

Bismillah Rahman Raheem

Lao anzalnaa hadhal qur’ani ‘ala jabalin laraytau khashiyati llahi wa tilkal amthaala nadiribuha linna la’allahum yatafakkaruuna

Huwa-Lahu Lazee La Ilaha Ilahuwa ‘Alimul Ghaybi wa Shahaadati Huwa Rahaman Raheem. Huwa Lahu Lazee La Ilaha Ila Huwa Malikul Quduusu-S-Salaamul Mu’minul Muhaymin ‘Azeezul Jabbarul Mutakabbiru Subhaana Lahi Ama Yushrikuun.

Huwa Lahu Khaaliqul Baari’ul Musawiru Lahul Asmaa’ul Husna Yus-Sabbihu Lahu Maa fi Samawaati Wal Ardi, Wa Huwal ‘Azeezul Hakeem.

Meaning

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

If we had caused this Quran to descend upon a mountain thou (O Muhammed) verily hadst seen it humbled rent asunder by the fear of Allah. Such similitudes coin we for mankind that haply they may reflect.

He is Allah, that whom there is no god, the Knower of the invisible and the visible. He is the Beneficent, the Merciful. He is Allah, that whom there is no other god, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Mighty, the Compeller, the Superb, Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him)1.

He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner, His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

Let me bring out some of his names from the verses above.

Rahaman Beneficent
Al-Raheem The Merciful
Al-Malik The Sovereign Lord
Al-Quddus The Holy One
Salam Peace
Al-Mumin The Keeper of faith
Muhaymin Protector
Jabbarul Compeller
Mutakabir Superb
Azeez Mighty
Hakeem Wise

Further examples

Al-Azim (The Great) Quran 42 v 4 : To Him belong all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth and He is the most High, the Most Great.

Al-Halim (The Forbearer) Quran 22 v 59: Truly, He will make them enter an entrance with which they shall be well pleased and verily, Allah indeed is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing

Al-Ghaffar (The Forgiver) Quran 4 v 43 : … Truly, Allah is oft Pardoning, Oft-Forgiving.

I thought you claimed to have been a muslim. If really you were, you must have been one of those born as a muslim but not a practicing one. If you have read the Quran , you would have seen those names and if you haven’t, try getting one of the Islamic reciters’ tape or disc and listen to it, you will hear all those names therein or try getting the transliteration of the Quran. Also, you would have been hearing names like Abdur- Gaffar, Abdur-Rahman, Abdul Bashir etc. The abdul there means slave eg. Abdullahi – slave of Allah. Abdul Bashir – slave of All seer. Abdul Rahman slave of the most Gracious . Abdul Hakeem slave of the Wise.

From Mukina

A well known hadith concerning the names of Allah is the following: Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah, said, "Allah has ninety-nine names. He who 'ahsaha' [enumerates them, believes in them, ponders their meanings, worships Allah by them and supplicates with them, and acts by them according to one's belief in them] will enter Paradise. He is God, other than whom there is no god, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the King, the Holy, the Source of Peace, the Preserver of Security, "
The hadith continues to list ninety-nine names of Allah.
This hadith was recorded by at-Tirmidhi and others. Ibn Majah also has recorded something similar to it. In English, it may be found in a number of works, including Mishkat al-Masabih.

This hadith is well-known among the scholars of hadith to be a weak hadith. Most of them consider the actual listing of the names as a later addition by one of the narrators of the hadith and some narrators mistakenly included it as part of the hadith. Among those scholars who reject this hadith as weak are at-Tirmidhi, al-Baihaqi, ibn Hazm, al-Dawudi, ibn Taymiya, ibn Katheer, ibn Hajr, al-Juwaini, ibn Baz, al-Albani, ibn Uthaimin and Abdul Qadir al-Arnaut.

However, it must be noted that there is an authentic hadith with the following wording, that does not include the listing of the names of Allah: Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one. Whoever ahsaha will enter Paradise. (Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Do you mean that you have the fake hadith alongside an authentic hadith? Please let us know.

pilgrim.1:

No, she did not. Rather, she reposted an article from another website: http://www.salagram.net/names-of-Allah-page.htm .

That said, it is obvious that Muhammad's claim of the 99 names of Allah has variously been challenged by many Muslims themselves.

Mukina2 is an expert at that, even without reading them

@nossycheek

Is that all you have to say?

we forgot to add,allah the deceiver

babayosis as a Christian what you doing is wrong oh!
would you like someone to say Jesus is a fraud?. Christian=christlike

Christ called the pharisees a brood of vipers,

If something is false, we have to say so, no need to be 'nice' or 'politically correct' with the truth.

i see nothing buit hyopcrisy, the vindictive and delibrate cause of offense to another's religion is wrong, brood of vipers or not. you guys have  poison spilling from your lips and praising God with thesame lips, what then differentiates you from the person you calling names? are you posing as a shinning light for those you attack? are you saying you are different or are you saying '' you are just like any extremeist if not worse''  seeing all this is enuff to put ppl off any religion for life. this is not the way, you can never convince them Jehovah is God, neither can they convince you allah is God.

i have been reading the posts from afar for weeks and it is spinning into decay on all siides, i only say something because as a christian i know how it offends me to read things like this about my religion, so at the end of the day what cause are you fighting? did God say he needs anyone's help? i am no saint but i wont delibrately cause another to sin against God. you are making the whoe God thing a joke and fair game to insults, if you really Respect Jehovah then you wont dare say the things you say about Islam here knowing it will just open a flood gate of abuse and if truth be told the muslims have acted better than we the christians here

Nossycheek whats ur problem with me?

pls leave me alone

how many times must i tell you that?

if you dnt stop posting my name . its me and you now

no one is fighting, at list babyosisi isn't the bible admonishes us to always have an answer concerning our faith, and be ready to explain it at all times.

exposing something as falsehood is not vindictive is you are speaking the truth, which is sometimes bitter.

you might be comfortable sitting on the sidelines and watching, but this is a battle for hearts and minds, we will not stand idle and let people be deceived.

nossy, stop picking on Muki, she's my favorite Muslima on this board

debosky:



you might be comfortable sitting on the sidelines and watching, but this is a battle for hearts and minds, we will not stand idle and let people be deceived.

and may i remind you this is thesame views and stance groups like Al-qa eda take on their beliefs, so when all the verbal unslut ends what next? EXTREMISM is truly alive in every religion, just that some are willing to blow up buildings. If you do beleive in God then you wont be so cheeky as to suggest you will be the one to make ppl see your reason, is God not Omnipresent and all knowing,? i seriously wonder now