* The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library * Asma'ul-Husna The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah On-line version of the book, "Asma'ul-Husna", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyadddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Welcome to the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, and the book, "Asma'ul-Husna" To learn about His Holiness, The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, and The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, click on About The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library above. To access other material provided by His Holiness click on Go To Father's Library above. To go to the book, either scroll down, or click on Go To Table of Contents above. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. My love you, my dearest brothers and sisters. Table of Contents Introduction ---------- by His Holiness The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah 2. List of Names - From 51 To 99 Further Explanations 1. Turn Your Heart Toward God 2. A Hadisz Qudsi [a direct revelation from God To The Prophet (Sal.)] 3. Another Hadisz Qudsi 4. The Ocean of Divine Knowledge 5. Glorify Allah With Every Breath 6. The Story of Jonah 7. Within The Asma'ul-Husna Appendix 1. Explanation of The Third Kalimah 2. Explanation of Qurban Glossary List of Names - From 1 to 50 - click on Name to go to an "expanded definition". - ya Allah - God, The One and Only 1. ya Rahman - The Merciful 2. ya Raheem - The Compassionate 3. ya Malik - The King 4. ya Quddus - The Holy 5. ya Salaam - The Peace 6. ya Mu'mim - The Faithful 7. ya Muhaimin - The Protector 8. ya Aziz - The Mighty 9. ya Jabbar - The Repairer 10. ya Mutakabbir - The Self-Expanding 11. ya Khaliq - The Creator 12. ya Bari - The Maker From Nothing 13. ya Musawwir -The Fashioner 14. ya Ghaffar -The Absolver 15. ya Qahhar - The Dominant 16. ya Wahhab - The Bestower 17. 'ya Razzaq - The Provider 18. ya Fattah - The Opener of The Heart 19. ya Alim - The Omniscient 20. 'ya Qabidh - The Restrainer 21. ya Basit - The Spreader 22. ya Khafidh - The Abaser 23. ya Rafi - The Exalter 24. ya Mu'izz - The Honorer 25. ya Muzill - The Degrader 26. ya Sami - The All-Hearing 27. ya Baseer - The All-Seeing 28. ya Hakam - The Judge 29. ya Adl - The Equitable 30. ya Lateef - The Most Subtle and Gracious 31. ya Khabir - The Aware 32. ya Halim - The Clement 33. ya Azheem - The Supreme Glory 34. ya Ghafur - The Much-Forgiving 35. ya Shakur - The Most Grateful 36. ya 'Aliy - The Exalted 37. ya Kabeer - The Great 38. ya Hafizh - The Preserver 39. ya Muqit - The Sustainer 40. ya Hasib - The Reckoner 41. ya Jalil - The Subline 42. ya Kareem - The Generous 43. ya Raqeeb - The Watchful 44. ya Majib - The Hearer And Answerer of Prayer 45. ya Wasi - The Comprehensive 46. ya Hakim - The Wise 47. ya Wadud - The Loving 48. ya Majid - The Glorious 49. ya Ba'is - The Resurrector 50. ya Shahid - The Witness Definition of Names - click on back to names below to return to List of Names above ya Allah - God, The One and Only He is within Himself in His own hands. His duty is the protection, preservation, and salvation of Creation. He generates things which are with and without wisdom, and makes them become useful things. He creates everything, but nothing is equal to Him. He created lives so that they would return to Him and merge with Him. One who knows Him will merge with Him in the end, and such a one is given the power and grace for that state. For earth, heaven, seas, rain, hills, for things with and without life, even for atoms and un-atoms, He gives His grace which is all-perfection. Not lacking anything, He is endless, birthless, and deathless. He existed always, granting grace. Finally, He calls for praise and that comes. He has endless rays and compassion. That name, Ya Allah, is in His hand. In this state, His praise and glory are in His hands. No one else can know it. This name of His grace is only one point of His grace. 1. ya Rahman - The Merciful The Compassionate, Most Gracious, Beneficent, Kind, And Understanding; The Cherisher. Explanation: The One who has endless compassion for all lives. He is compassionate and helpful to all lives. 2. ya Raheem - The Compassionate The Most Merciful, Clement, Kind, and Understanding; The Sustainer and Redeemer. Explanation: The One who is full of endless compassion for all lives.. 3. ya Malik - The King The Sovereign, King of Kings, Monarch, Possessor. Explanation: The King of the utmost interior and exterior of all creation. He is the King that discharges help and justice to all. 4. ya Quddus - The Holy The Most Holy, All-Holy. Explanation: The Holy of holies of all creation. The holiest. The One without dirt, scars, or guilt. The purest. 5. ya Salaam - The Peace The Source of Peace and Perfection; The Bringer of Safety, Security, Intactness, and Well-Being. Explanation: The One who gives His grace, purifies His creation, and tries to draw it to Himself. The One who has that grace and compassion. 6. ya Mu'mim - The Faithful The Guardian of Faith, Keeper or Giver of Faith, Bestower of Security. Explanation: The One who protects all of creation by His compassion and grace. 7. ya Muhaimin - The Protector The Guardian, Preserver of Safety, helper of Those in Peril, The Master. Explanation: The One who looks into every creation by the light of His grace and helps them. alif (A). The first letter of the Arabic alphabet (I). To the transformed man of wisdom, the alif represents Allah, the One. See also, lam, mim. [iswp] 'alim (A) (pl. ulama). Teacher; learned one; one of wisdom. One who swims in the dhat (the essence of grace), and has learned the ocean of divine knowledge or 'ilm (bahr al-'ilm). [iswp] Allah Akbar (A). God is great. [iswp] Allah ta'ala (A). God Almighty; God is the Highest. Allah: (A). The beautiful undiminishing One. Ta'ala (A). The One who exists in all lives in a state of humility and exaltedness. [iswp] Amir al-Mu'minin (A). Commander of the faithful. [iswp] anbiya (A) (sing. Nabi). Prophets. [iswp] An'um Muhammad (A). The food; the rizq; the nourishment of all creations; Muhammad of the kindnesses or blessings. [iswp] 'arsh (A). The throne of God; the plenitude from which God rules. The station located on the crown of the head is the throne that can bear the weight of Allah. Allah is so heavy that we cannot carry the load with our hands and legs. The 'arsh is the only part of man that can support Allah. [iswp] 'arsh al-mu'min (A). The throne of the true believer; the throne of the one who has steadfast iman (absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God); the throne of an insan, a true man who has that perfect iman. Allah resides within the heart which praises Him, the tongue which speaks only virtuous thoughts, the tongue which speaks the truth and praises the truth. [iswp] ashab (A). Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. [iswp] Asma' al-husna (A). The ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah. The plenitude of the ninety-nine duties of God; the sifat of His dhat, the manifestations of His essence. The states of His qualities are His manifestations which emerge from Him. He performs His duty when these manifestations of His essence are brought into action. They become His wilayat, the actions which stem from the manifestations of His essence. The Asma al-husna are the ninety-nine beautiful names of His duties. They were revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the Qur'an, and He explained them to His followers. This is the vast bahr al-dawlah, a very deep ocean of His grace and His limitless, infinite, and undiminishing wealth. If we go on cutting one of these ninety-nine wilayat over and over again, taking one piece at a time, we will see ninety-nine particles revolving one around the other without touching. This applies to each one of the ninety-nine wilayat. This is the Asma al-husna. As we go on cutting, we lose ourselves in that. We die in that. How can we ever hope to reach an end of the ninety-nine? If we receive only one drop of that, it will be more than sufficient for us. The person who has touched the smallest, tiniest drop becomes a good one. These are merely His powers. If we go on cutting just one of His powers, it is so powerful that it will draw you in. That power will swallow you up, and you become the power (wilayat). Then you come to the stage at which you can lose yourself within Allah; you can disappear within Allah. [iswp] 'asr (A). The third of the five-times of prayer; also means era, time, and afternoon. [iswp] astaghfiru Allah al-Azim (A). I seek forgiveness from Allah the Supreme. [iswp] A'udhu billahi min al-Shaytan al-Rajim (A). I seek refuge in God from the evils of the accursed satan. [iswp] awliya' (A) (sing. wali). The favorites of God. Those who are near to God, referring to Holy Men of Islam. [iswp] al-awwal (A). The creation of forms; the state at which the soul becomes surrounded by form, and each creation takes shape; the stage at which the souls of the six kinds of lives (earth-life, fire-life, water-life, air-life, ether-life, and light-life) are placed in their respective forms. Allah created these forms (for the six kinds of lives), and then placed that "trust property", which is life, within these forms. [iswp] Awwal Muhammad (A). The first Muhammad; the beginning; the emergence of creation; the time Muhammad emerged, resonated, and pulsated within Allah. [iswp] bahr al-'ilm (A). The ocean of divine knowledge. [iswp] barakat (A). The wealth of Allah's grace. [iswp] al-Bayt al-Muqaddas (O). A name given to the temple at Jerusalem, on which site the Dome of the Rock stands today. Lit.: the Holy House. [iswp] Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim (A). In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bismillah: Allah is the first and the last, the One with the beginning and without the beginning. He is the One who is the cause for creation and for the absence of creation, the cause for the beginning and for the beginningless. al-Rahman: He is the King, the Nourisher, the One who gives food. He is the Compassionate One. He is the One who protects the creations. He is the Beneficent One. al-Rahim: He is the One who redeems, the One who protects from evil, who preserves and who confers eternal bliss; the Savior. On the Day of Judgment, and on the Day of Inquiry, and on all days from the day of the beginning, He protects, and brings His creations back unto Himself. [iswp] Dajjal (A). Antichrist. Lit.: lying, false. [iswp] dawlah (A). This has two meanings. One is the wealth of the world, or dunya. The other is the wealth of the grace of Allah. The wealth of Allah is the wealth of the divine knowledge known as 'ilm, and the wealth of perfect iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination. [iswp] dhat (A). The essence of God; His treasury; His wealth of purity; His grace. [iswp] dhikr (A). The remembrance of God. It is a common name given to certain words in praise of God. Of the many dhikrs, the most exalted dhikr is to say, "La ilaha illa Allah - there is nothing other than God. Only You are Allah." All the others relate to His wilayat, or His actions, but this dhikr points to Him, and to Him alone. See also: kalimah; La illaha illa Allah. [iswp] din (A). The light of perfect purity; the resplendence of perfectly pure iman, absolute faith, certitude, and determination. Lit.: religion, faith, or belief. [iswp] Din al-Islam (A). The faith of surrender to the will of Allah. [iswp] dunya (A). The earth-world in which we live; the world of physical existence; the darkness which separated from Allah, at the time when the light of the Nur Muhammad manifested from within Allah. [iswp] fikr (A). Contemplation; meditation; concentration on God. [iswp] firdaws (A). The eighth heaven. If we cut away the seven base desires known as the nafs ammarah, what remains will be Allah's qualities, actions, and conduct, His gracious attributes, and His duties. If man can make these his own, and store them within the heart, then that is firdaus. That is Allah's house, the limitless heaven. That will be the eighth heaven. Allah's house of infinite magnitude and perfect purity. [iswp] farud (A) (sing. fard). The five farud refer to the five pillars of Islam: Iman, or absolute faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and hajj, or holy pilgrimage. [iswp] gnanam (T). Divine luminous wisdom; grace-awakened wisdom. If man can throw away all the worldly treasures (within him), and take within him only the treasure called Allah, and His qualities and actions, His conduct and behavior, if he makes Allah the only treasure and completeness for him - that is the state of gnanam. End of List of Terms - From "A" To "G" ........................................................... |
* The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library * Asma'ul-Husna The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah On-line version of the book, "Asma'ul-Husna", By His Holiness, M. R. Bawa Muhaiyadddeen (may God be pleased with Him) Welcome to the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, and the book, "Asma'ul-Husna" To learn about His Holiness, The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, and The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library, click on About The Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Library above. To access other material provided by His Holiness click on Go To Father's Library above. To go to the book, either scroll down, or click on Go To Table of Contents above. Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim. In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. My love you, my dearest brothers and sisters. Table of Contents Introduction ---------- by His Holiness The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah 2. List of Names - From 51 To 99 Further Explanations 1. Turn Your Heart Toward God 2. A Hadisz Qudsi [a direct revelation from God To The Prophet (Sal.)] 3. Another Hadisz Qudsi 4. The Ocean of Divine Knowledge 5. Glorify Allah With Every Breath 6. The Story of Jonah 7. Within The Asma'ul-Husna Appendix 1. Explanation of The Third Kalimah 2. Explanation of Qurban Glossary List of Names - From 1 to 50 - click on Name to go to an "expanded definition". - ya Allah - God, The One and Only 1. ya Rahman - The Merciful 2. ya Raheem - The Compassionate 3. ya Malik - The King 4. ya Quddus - The Holy 5. ya Salaam - The Peace 6. ya Mu'mim - The Faithful 7. ya Muhaimin - The Protector 8. ya Aziz - The Mighty 9. ya Jabbar - The Repairer 10. ya Mutakabbir - The Self-Expanding 11. ya Khaliq - The Creator 12. ya Bari - The Maker From Nothing 13. ya Musawwir -The Fashioner 14. ya Ghaffar -The Absolver 15. ya Qahhar - The Dominant 16. ya Wahhab - The Bestower 17. 'ya Razzaq - The Provider 18. ya Fattah - The Opener of The Heart 19. ya Alim - The Omniscient 20. 'ya Qabidh - The Restrainer 21. ya Basit - The Spreader 22. ya Khafidh - The Abaser 23. ya Rafi - The Exalter 24. ya Mu'izz - The Honorer 25. ya Muzill - The Degrader 26. ya Sami - The All-Hearing 27. ya Baseer - The All-Seeing 28. ya Hakam - The Judge 29. ya Adl - The Equitable 30. ya Lateef - The Most Subtle and Gracious 31. ya Khabir - The Aware 32. ya Halim - The Clement 33. ya Azheem - The Supreme Glory 34. ya Ghafur - The Much-Forgiving 35. ya Shakur - The Most Grateful 36. ya 'Aliy - The Exalted 37. ya Kabeer - The Great 38. ya Hafizh - The Preserver 39. ya Muqit - The Sustainer 40. ya Hasib - The Reckoner 41. ya Jalil - The Subline 42. ya Kareem - The Generous 43. ya Raqeeb - The Watchful 44. ya Majib - The Hearer And Answerer of Prayer 45. ya Wasi - The Comprehensive 46. ya Hakim - The Wise 47. ya Wadud - The Loving 48. ya Majid - The Glorious 49. ya Ba'is - The Resurrector 50. ya Shahid - The Witness Definition of Names - click on back to names below to return to List of Names above ya Allah - God, The One and Only He is within Himself in His own hands. His duty is the protection, preservation, and salvation of Creation. He generates things which are with and without wisdom, and makes them become useful things. He creates everything, but nothing is equal to Him. He created lives so that they would return to Him and merge with Him. One who knows Him will merge with Him in the end, and such a one is given the power and grace for that state. For earth, heaven, seas, rain, hills, for things with and without life, even for atoms and un-atoms, He gives His grace which is all-perfection. Not lacking anything, He is endless, birthless, and deathless. He existed always, granting grace. Finally, He calls for praise and that comes. He has endless rays and compassion. That name, Ya Allah, is in His hand. In this state, His praise and glory are in His hands. No one else can know it. This name of His grace is only one point of His grace. 1. ya Rahman - The Merciful The Compassionate, Most Gracious, Beneficent, Kind, And Understanding; The Cherisher. Explanation: The One who has endless compassion for all lives. He is compassionate and helpful to all lives. 2. ya Raheem - The Compassionate The Most Merciful, Clement, Kind, and Understanding; The Sustainer and Redeemer. Explanation: The One who is full of endless compassion for all lives.. 3. ya Malik - The King The Sovereign, King of Kings, Monarch, Possessor. Explanation: The King of the utmost interior and exterior of all creation. He is the King that discharges help and justice to all. 4. ya Quddus - The Holy The Most Holy, All-Holy. Explanation: The Holy of holies of all creation. The holiest. The One without dirt, scars, or guilt. The purest. 5. ya Salaam - The Peace The Source of Peace and Perfection; The Bringer of Safety, Security, Intactness, and Well-Being. Explanation: The One who gives His grace, purifies His creation, and tries to draw it to Himself. The One who has that grace and compassion. 6. ya Mu'mim - The Faithful The Guardian of Faith, Keeper or Giver of Faith, Bestower of Security. Explanation: The One who protects all of creation by His compassion and grace. 7. ya Muhaimin - The Protector The Guardian, Preserver of Safety, helper of Those in Peril, The Master. Explanation: The One who looks into every creation by the light of His grace and helps them. alif (A). The first letter of the Arabic alphabet (I). To the transformed man of wisdom, the alif represents Allah, the One. See also, lam, mim. [iswp] 'alim (A) (pl. ulama). Teacher; learned one; one of wisdom. One who swims in the dhat (the essence of grace), and has learned the ocean of divine knowledge or 'ilm (bahr al-'ilm). [iswp] Allah Akbar (A). God is great. [iswp] Allah ta'ala (A). God Almighty; God is the Highest. Allah: (A). The beautiful undiminishing One. Ta'ala (A). The One who exists in all lives in a state of humility and exaltedness. [iswp] Amir al-Mu'minin (A). Commander of the faithful. [iswp] anbiya (A) (sing. Nabi). Prophets. [iswp] An'um Muhammad (A). The food; the rizq; the nourishment of all creations; Muhammad of the kindnesses or blessings. [iswp] 'arsh (A). The throne of God; the plenitude from which God rules. The station located on the crown of the head is the throne that can bear the weight of Allah. Allah is so heavy that we cannot carry the load with our hands and legs. The 'arsh is the only part of man that can support Allah. [iswp] 'arsh al-mu'min (A). The throne of the true believer; the throne of the one who has steadfast iman (absolute faith, certitude, and determination in God); the throne of an insan, a true man who has that perfect iman. Allah resides within the heart which praises Him, the tongue which speaks only virtuous thoughts, the tongue which speaks the truth and praises the truth. [iswp] ashab (A). Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. [iswp] Asma' al-husna (A). The ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah. The plenitude of the ninety-nine duties of God; the sifat of His dhat, the manifestations of His essence. The states of His qualities are His manifestations which emerge from Him. He performs His duty when these manifestations of His essence are brought into action. They become His wilayat, the actions which stem from the manifestations of His essence. The Asma al-husna are the ninety-nine beautiful names of His duties. They were revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the Qur'an, and He explained them to His followers. This is the vast bahr al-dawlah, a very deep ocean of His grace and His limitless, infinite, and undiminishing wealth. If we go on cutting one of these ninety-nine wilayat over and over again, taking one piece at a time, we will see ninety-nine particles revolving one around the other without touching. This applies to each one of the ninety-nine wilayat. This is the Asma al-husna. As we go on cutting, we lose ourselves in that. We die in that. How can we ever hope to reach an end of the ninety-nine? If we receive only one drop of that, it will be more than sufficient for us. The person who has touched the smallest, tiniest drop becomes a good one. These are merely His powers. If we go on cutting just one of His powers, it is so powerful that it will draw you in. That power will swallow you up, and you become the power (wilayat). Then you come to the stage at which you can lose yourself within Allah; you can disappear within Allah. [iswp] 'asr (A). The third of the five-times of prayer; also means era, time, and afternoon. [iswp] astaghfiru Allah al-Azim (A). I seek forgiveness from Allah the Supreme. [iswp] A'udhu billahi min al-Shaytan al-Rajim (A). I seek refuge in God from the evils of the accursed satan. [iswp] awliya' (A) (sing. wali). The favorites of God. Those who are near to God, referring to Holy Men of Islam. [iswp] al-awwal (A). The creation of forms; the state at which the soul becomes surrounded by form, and each creation takes shape; the stage at which the souls of the six kinds of lives (earth-life, fire-life, water-life, air-life, ether-life, and light-life) are placed in their respective forms. Allah created these forms (for the six kinds of lives), and then placed that "trust property", which is life, within these forms. [iswp] Awwal Muhammad (A). The first Muhammad; the beginning; the emergence of creation; the time Muhammad emerged, resonated, and pulsated within Allah. [iswp] bahr al-'ilm (A). The ocean of divine knowledge. [iswp] barakat (A). The wealth of Allah's grace. [iswp] al-Bayt al-Muqaddas (O). A name given to the temple at Jerusalem, on which site the Dome of the Rock stands today. Lit.: the Holy House. [iswp] Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim (A). In the name of God, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate. Bismillah: Allah is the first and the last, the One with the beginning and without the beginning. He is the One who is the cause for creation and for the absence of creation, the cause for the beginning and for the beginningless. al-Rahman: He is the King, the Nourisher, the One who gives food. He is the Compassionate One. He is the One who protects the creations. He is the Beneficent One. al-Rahim: He is the One who redeems, the One who protects from evil, who preserves and who confers eternal bliss; the Savior. On the Day of Judgment, and on the Day of Inquiry, and on all days from the day of the beginning, He protects, and brings His creations back unto Himself. [iswp] Dajjal (A). Antichrist. Lit.: lying, false. [iswp] dawlah (A). This has two meanings. One is the wealth of the world, or dunya. The other is the wealth of the grace of Allah. The wealth of Allah is the wealth of the divine knowledge known as 'ilm, and the wealth of perfect iman, or absolute faith, certitude, and determination. [iswp] dhat (A). The essence of God; His treasury; His wealth of purity; His grace. [iswp] dhikr (A). The remembrance of God. It is a common name given to certain words in praise of God. Of the many dhikrs, the most exalted dhikr is to say, "La ilaha illa Allah - there is nothing other than God. Only You are Allah." All the others relate to His wilayat, or His actions, but this dhikr points to Him, and to Him alone. See also: kalimah; La illaha illa Allah. [iswp] din (A). The light of perfect purity; the resplendence of perfectly pure iman, absolute faith, certitude, and determination. Lit.: religion, faith, or belief. [iswp] Din al-Islam (A). The faith of surrender to the will of Allah. [iswp] dunya (A). The earth-world in which we live; the world of physical existence; the darkness which separated from Allah, at the time when the light of the Nur Muhammad manifested from within Allah. [iswp] fikr (A). Contemplation; meditation; concentration on God. [iswp] firdaws (A). The eighth heaven. If we cut away the seven base desires known as the nafs ammarah, what remains will be Allah's qualities, actions, and conduct, His gracious attributes, and His duties. If man can make these his own, and store them within the heart, then that is firdaus. That is Allah's house, the limitless heaven. That will be the eighth heaven. Allah's house of infinite magnitude and perfect purity. [iswp] farud (A) (sing. fard). The five farud refer to the five pillars of Islam: Iman, or absolute faith, prayer, charity, fasting, and hajj, or holy pilgrimage. [iswp] gnanam (T). Divine luminous wisdom; grace-awakened wisdom. If man can throw away all the worldly treasures (within him), and take within him only the treasure called Allah, and His qualities and actions, His conduct and behavior, if he makes Allah the only treasure and completeness for him - that is the state of gnanam. End of List of Terms - From "A" To "G" ........................................................... |
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