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ُ ‫ال َّر ِح‬
‫يم‬ AR-RAHEEM
THE MERCIFUL
 AR-Raheem (AR- Rahim) are two of the names of Allah which refer to Allah’s
attribute of being Merciful.
 AR-Raheem refers specifically to His mercy he bestows on His creation.
 From the root r-h-m which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to have
tenderness, gentleness, kindness to love to have mercy, to have pity to show favor
and goodness to have all that is required for beneficence
 Say, “O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not
despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is
the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (Quran 39:53)
ُ ِ‫ْال َم ل‬
‫ك‬ AL-MALIK THE
ETERNAL LORD
 Allah is Al Malik, the literal meaning in Arabic is “The King”. The One who reigns
dominion over the heavens and the earth and everything that resides within them.
There is nothing above Him and He is alone.
 From the root m-l-k which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to
possess, to own exclusively to exercise authority to command to have power over,
command, reign to have dominion over, to have ruling power to have kingship.
 Say, “O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whom You will and
You take sovereignty away from whom You will. You honor whom You will and You
humble whom You will. In Your hand is [all] good. Indeed, You are over all things
competent. (Quran 3:26)
ُ ‫ْال قُ ُّد‬
‫وس‬ AL-QUDDUS THE
MOST SACRED
 Allah is free of any imperfection, he has no shortcomings, and evil are not
attributed to Him. For all that is perfect and sublime attributes belong to Him.
 From the root q-d-s which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be
pure, clean, spotless to be far removed from impurity or imperfection to be holy,
sacred, hallowed.
 Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth is exalting Allah, the
Sovereign, the Pure, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (Holy Quran 62:1)
‫ السَّالَ ُم‬AS-SALAM THE
EMBODIMENT OF PEACE
 He is the One who grants peace and security to all his creation. Allah is above and
beyond all weaknesses, and infliction. He is source of peace and security for
mankind. It is mankind that needs peace and security through Him. Breaking away
from As-Salam brings disturbance and destruction on oneself.
 From the root s-l-m which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be
peaceful, quiet, tranquil, content, friendly, reconciled to be free from imperfections,
free from faults, complete, whole, sound to be safe, secure, well, healthy, prosperous.
 “Whenever they kindle a fire of war, Allah extinguishes it; and they strive to create
disorder in the earth, and Allah loves not those who create disorder.” (Holy Quran
Surah Al-Ma’idah – 5:65)
ُ ‫ْال َع ِز‬
‫يز‬ AL-AZIZ THE
MIGHTY ONE
 Al-Aziz is The One who is most powerful and all-strong. He is the conqueror that is
never conquered and never harmed. This is because His strength, glory and power
are overwhelming and cannot be overcome or resisted. He is the only one with
complete mastery over all creation. The One who is the cherished source of all
strength, power and potency.
 From the root ‘-z-z which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be
mighty, potent, strong, powerful to be high, elevated, noble, exalted to be honorable,
noble, glorious, illustrious to be indomitable, invincible to be respected, cherished,
dear to be scarce, rare, precious, and unattainable.
 And to Allah belong the soldiers of the heavens and the earth. And ever is Allah
Exalted in Might and Wise. (Quran 48:7)