Al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā
“To Allāh belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them.” (Qur'ān 7:180)
The 99 Names of Allah — al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā (الأسماء الحسنى, “the most beautiful names”) — are the attributes by which Allah has named Himself in the Qur'an and in the authentic hadith of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. Each name describes a facet of the divine — such as ar-Raḥmān (the Entirely Merciful), al-Ḥakīm (the All-Wise), or al-Ghafūr (the Most-Forgiving) — and Muslims are taught to invoke Allah by them. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Allah has ninety-nine names; whoever memorizes them will enter Paradise” (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2736, Muslim 2677).