The 5 Names ‫ﷲ َﻻ ِإ ٰلَ َه ِإ َّﻻ ُه َو الْ َح ُّي الْ َق ُّيو ُم ۚ َﻻ َتأْ ُخ ُذ ُه ِس َن ٌة َو َﻻ‬ ُّ َ

of Allāh Mentioned ‫ض ۗ َمن َذا‬ ِ ‫ات َو َما ِفي ْاﻷَ ْر‬ ِ ‫الس َما َو‬ َّ ‫َن ْو ٌم ۚ ّلَ ُه َما ِفي‬
in Āyat’l-Kursi and ‫ا ّلَذِ ي َي ْش َف ُع ِعن َد ُه ِإ َّﻻ ِب ِإ ْذ ِن ِه ۚ َي ْعلَ ُم َما َب ْي َن َأ ْيدِ ِيه ْم‬
What You Can ‫ون ِب َش ْي ٍء ِ ّم ْن ِعلْ ِم ِه ِإ َّﻻ ِب َما‬ َ ‫يط‬ ُ ‫َو َما َخلْ َف ُه ْم ۖ َو َﻻ ُي ِح‬
Learn from Them ‫ض ۖ َو َﻻ‬ َ ‫ات َو ْاﻷَ ْر‬ ِ ‫الس َما َو‬ َّ ‫َشا َء ۚ َو ِس َع ُك ْر ِس ُّي ُه‬
‫َي ُئو ُد ُه ِح ْف ُظ ُه َما ۚ َو ُه َو الْ َع ِل ُّي الْ َع ِظيم‬
By Ammar AlShukry Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Maintainer.
Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is
in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede
with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before
them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His
knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens
and the earth, and their preservation does not tire him. And He is the
Most High, the Most Great.

(Al-Baqarah v. 255)

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 Linguistic meaning: Allah comes from, Al-ilha.

Which carries a number of meanings; the one who is worshipped,

Bewilderment, Refuge, Tranquility, The One who is Loved,
Permanence and Establishment, Protection

َ‫اﷲ‬
Allah is the default Name for God. It is the most Grandiose Name,

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the most inclusive and comprehensive in meaning, and the most
rewarding.

It combines the beauty, grandioseness and perfection of all of

the Names of Allah.

Did you know?

When this Name is lifted, the Hour will come.

“The Hour will not arrive until there is no one on Earth who says,
Allah “Allah, Allah”. (Muslim)

A fruit of this Name:

To worship Him alone. That He be the One you love the most, and
have hope in the most, and fear the most. That you spend your life
seeking nearness to Him, and that you recognize that there is no
station you will ever achieve in life that is nobler, purer, and loftier
than being the servant of Allah.

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 This Name indicates the perfection and completeness of His Life.
It is Life without weakness, not only is He Al-Hayy the One who
does not die, but He is Al-Hayy the One who is not touched by
sleep or even drowsiness as Ayat Al-Kursi describes. It is life that

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is complete and perfect from every aspect.

‫ال َح ُّي‬
Al-Hayy combines all of the attributes that describe Allah’s
Essence; His Hearing, Sight, Knowledge, Speech all return to the
perfection of Al-Hayy.

A fruit of this Name:

To seek refuge from Al-Hayy, for He is your source of refuge and
your protector who will always be there. As is in the du’a of the
Prophet ‫ﷺ‬

The Ever Living. ‫ال ّلَ ُه َّم ِإ ِ ّني َأ ُعو ُذ ِب ِع َّز ِت َك ﻻَ ِإلَ َه ِإ ّﻻَ َأ ْن َت َأ ْن ُت ِض ّلَ ِني َأ ْن َت الْ َح ُّى‬
َ ‫وت َوالْ ِج ُّن َوا ِﻹ ْن ُس َي ُمو ُت‬
‫ون‬ ُ ‫ا ّلَذِ ي ﻻَ َي ُم‬
O Allah, I seek refuge in Your Power; there is nothing worthy of worship except for You,
that you cause me to be led astray. You are Al-Hayy, the one who does not die, while
the Jinn and mankind die.

(Bukhari and Muslim)

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 Al-Qayyoom is the one who maintains all of the creation while not
needing any of it for His own existence.

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He maintains all and is maintained by none.

‫الق ُّيو ُم‬ ُ ‫الس َما ُء َو ْاﻷَ ْر‬

‫ض ِب َأ ْم ِر ِه‬ َّ ‫َو ِم ْن آ َيا ِت ِه َأن َت ُقو َم‬
“And of His signs is that the heavens and earth subsist by His command.”

Al-Qayyoom combines all of the attributes of Allah’s actions;

His Creating, Providing, Bestowing, Giving Life & Giving Death all
(Al-Rum v. 25)

return to the perfection of Al-Qayyoom.

The Self Subsisting
Maintainer A fruit of this Name:
Knowing that Allah is Al-Qayyoom inspires trust and surrender. He
Maintains the entire universe and what is beyond it, would you not
trust Him in maintaining your life and livelihood?

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 Allah is the Most High. High in His Essence, in His Names &

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Attributes, and High over all imperfections.

‫ال َع ِل ُّي‬
A fruit of this Name:
Allah loves Loftiness.

ِ ‫عالي ا ُﻷ‬
‫ و َيك َر ُه‬، ‫ و َأشرا َفها‬، ‫مور‬ َ
َ ‫إن اﷲ تعالى ُي ِح ُّب َم‬ َّ
‫َس ْفسا َفها‬
“Verily Allah loves lofty matters, and noble ones, and Hates lowly ones.”

(Saheeh Al-Jaami)

The Most High Share this with your family. And definitely share this with your
WhatsApp groups, you know which ones. Yup, and definitely
Twitter. That we spend our times on lofty discussions, lofty ideas,
lofty goals, and not lowly matters like gossip, slander, and
vulgarity.

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‫ال َع ِظي ُم‬
The Greatest, the One who none is greater than. Great in His
Essence, in His Attributes, in His Actions, in His Ability, and in His
Dominion.

His Power is so great that His Kursi extends over the heavens
and the earth, and their preservation does not tire him.

A Fruit of This Name:

Is to greatly honor that which Al-Azeem has honored; times,
places, people, and acts of worship. That you honor the laws that

The Greatest He has legislated and that you honor His book, and most
importantly that you honor Him, for there is nothing and no one
who is greater.

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