Names of God in Islam

The Names of god in Islam

The Muslims refer to God as Allah. But in fact there are 99 names for God in Islam. According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad is said to have invoked God by a number of Names. There is, according to hadith, a special group of 99 names:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) 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 number. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are): "He who enumerated them."
—Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Nishapuri, Sahih Muslim

Here is the list with the Arabic transcript and the translation.

1 الرحمن Ar-Raḥmān The Exceedingly Compassionate, The Exceedingly Beneficent, The Exceedingly Gracious Beginning of every chapter except one, and in numerous other places. Name frequently used in surah 55, Ar-Rahman
2 الرحيم Ar-Raḥīm The Exceedingly Merciful Beginning of every chapter except one, and in numerous other places
3 الملك Al-Malik The King
4 القدوس Al-Quddūs The Holy, The Pure, The Perfect
5 السلام As-Salām The Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety
6 المؤمن Al-Mu'min The Guarantor, The Affirming
7 المهيمن Al-Muhaymin The Guardian
8 العزيز Al-‘Azīz The Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable
9 الجبار Al-Jabbār The Irresistible, The Compeller, The Lofty
10 المتكبر Al-Mutakabbir The Majestic, The Supreme
11 الخالق Al-Khāliq The Creator
12 البارئ Al-Bāri' The Evolver, The Fashioner, The Designer
13 المصور Al-Muṣawwir The Fashioner of Forms
14 الغفار Al-Ghaffār The Repeatedly Forgiving
15 القهار Al-Qahhār The Subduer
16 الوهاب Al-Wahhāb The Bestower
17 الرزاق Ar-Razzāq The Provider
18 الفتاح Al-Fattāḥ The Opener, The Victory Giver
19 العليم Al-'Alīm The All Knowing, The Omniscient
20 القابض Al-Qābiḍ The Restrainer, The Straightener
21 الباسط Al-Bāsiṭ The Extender / Expander
22 الخافض Al-Khāfiḍ The Abaser
23 الرافع Ar-Rāfi' The Exalter
24 المعز Al-Mu'izz The Giver of Honour
25 المذل Al-Mudhill The Giver of Dishonour
26 السميع As-Samī' The All Hearing
27 البصير Al-Baṣīr The All Seeing
28 الحكم Al-Ḥakam The Judge, The Arbitrator
29 العدل Al-'Adl The Utterly Just
30 اللطيف Al-Laṭīf The Gentle, The Subtly Kind
31 الخبير Al-Khabīr The All Aware
32 الحليم Al-Ḥalīm The Forbearing, The Indulgent
33 العظيم Al-'Aẓīm The Magnificent
34 الغفور Al Ghafūr The Much-Forgiving
35 الشكور Ash-Shakūr The Grateful
36 العلي Al-'Alīy The Sublime
37 الكبير Al-Kabīr The Great
38 الحفيظ Al-Ḥafīẓ The Preserver
39 المقيت Al-Muqīt The Nourisher
40 الحسيب Al-Ḥasīb The Bringer of Judgment
41 الجليل Al-Jalīl The Majestic
42 الكريم Al-Karīm The Bountiful, The Generous
43 الرقيب Ar-Raqīb The Watchful
44 المجيب Al-Mujīb The Responsive, The Answer
45 الواسع Al-Wāsi' The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless
46 الحكيم Al-Ḥakīm The Wise
47 الودود Al-Wadūd The Loving
48 المجيد Al-Majīd All-Glorious, The Majestic
49 الباعث Al-Bā'ith The Resurrecter
50 الشهيد Ash-Shahīd The Witness
51 الحق Al-Ḥaqq The Truth, The Real
52 الوكيل Al-Wakīl The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate
53 القوي Al-Qawwīy The Strong
54 المتين Al-Matīn The Firm, The Steadfast
55 الولي Al-Walīy The Friend, Patron and Helper
56 الحميد Al-Ḥamīd The All Praiseworthy
57 المحصي Al-Muḥṣīy The Accounter, The Numberer of All
58 المبدئ Al-Mubdi' The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator
59 المعيد Al-Mu'īd The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
60 المحيي Al-Muḥyīy The Giver of Life
61 المميت Al-Mumīt The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death
62 الحي Al-Ḥayy The Living
63 القيوم Al-Qayyūm The Subsisting, The Guardian
64 الواجد Al-Wājid The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
65 الماجد Al-Mājid The Illustrious, The Magnificent
66 الواحد Al-Wāḥid The One, The Unique
67 الاحد Al-'Aḥad The Unity, The Indivisible
68 الصمد Aṣ-Ṣamad The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient
69 القادر Al-Qādir The Omnipotent, The All Able
70 المقتدر Al-Muqtadir The Determiner, The Dominant
71 المقدم Al-Muqaddim The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
72 المؤخر Al-Mu'akhkhir The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
73 الأول Al-'Awwal The First
74 الأخر Al-'Akhir The Last
75 الظاهر Aẓ-Ẓāhir The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer
76 الباطن Al-Bāṭin The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner
77 الوالي Al-Wālīy The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord
78 المتعالي Al-Muta'ālīy The Supremely Exalted, The Most High
79 البر Al-Barr The Good
80 التواب At-Tawwāb The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
81 المنتقم Al-Muntaqim The Avenger
82 العفو Al-'Afūw The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver
83 الرؤوف Ar-Ra'ūf The Kind, The Pitying
84 مالك الملك Mālik-ul-Mulk The Owner of all Sovereignty
85 ذو الجلال والإكرام Dhū-l-Jalāliwa-l-'ikrām The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86 المقسط Al-Muqsiţ The Equitable, The Requiter
87 الجامع Al-Jāmi' The Gatherer, The Unifier
88 الغني Al-Ghanīy The Rich, The Independent
89 المغني Al-Mughnīy The Enricher, The Emancipator
90 المانع Al-Māni' The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender
91 الضار Aḍ-Ḍārr The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor
92 النافع An-Nāfi' The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good
93 النور An-Nūr The Light
94 الهادي Al-Hādīy The Guide, The Way
95 البديع Al-Badī' The Incomparable, The Unattainable
96 الباقي Al-Bāqīy The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting
97 الوارث Al-Wārith The Heir, The Inheritor of All
98 الرشيد Ar-Rashīd The Guide to the Right Path
99 الصبور Aṣ-Ṣabūr The Timeless, The Patient