Asma ul Husna

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Asma ul Husna refers to the 99 beautiful names of Allah in Islamic tradition, each expressing a distinct divine attribute.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Asma ul Husna canonical 3
Asma ul-Husna 2
Al-Wadud (The Most Loving) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious concept
theological doctrine
associatedWithDeity Allah
basedOnHadith Sahih Muslim
surface form: Sahih Muslim 2677

Sahih al-Bukhari
surface form: Sahih al-Bukhari 2736
basedOnVerse Quran 17:110
Quran 20:8
Quran 59:22-24
Quran 7:180
centralConceptIn Islamic devotional practice
Sufism
surface form: Islamic spirituality (tasawwuf)

Islamic theology (aqidah)
describes divine attributes of Allah
hasDevotionalBelief whoever enumerates them and acts by them will enter Paradise (according to hadith)
hasInterpretiveVariation lists of the 99 names differ slightly among scholars
hasMeaning the Most Beautiful Names
hasNumberOfNames 99
hasTheologicalFunction to describe Allah without likening Him to creation
to guide believers in understanding God’s attributes
to provide names by which Allah may be invoked
includesName Al-Alim (The All-Knowing)
Al-Aziz (The Almighty)
Al-Basir (The All-Seeing)
Al-Ghafur (The All-Forgiving)
Al-Hakim (The All-Wise)
Al-Asma ul-Husna
surface form: Al-Hayy (The Ever-Living)

Al-Jabbar (The Compeller)
Al-Karim (The Generous)
Allah
surface form: Al-Khaliq (The Creator)

Al-Asma ul-Husna
surface form: Al-Latif (The Subtle, Gentle)

Al-Malik
surface form: Al-Malik (The Sovereign)

Al-Mu’min (The Giver of Security)
Allah
surface form: Al-Qayyum (The Sustainer)

Al-Quddus
surface form: Al-Quddus (The Most Holy)

Asma ul Husna self-linksurface differs
surface form: Al-Wadud (The Most Loving)

Ar-Rahim (The Especially Merciful)
Surah Ar-Rahman
surface form: Ar-Rahman (The Most Merciful)

Ar-Razzaq (The Provider)
As-Salam
surface form: As-Salam (The Source of Peace)

As-Samad
surface form: As-Samad (The Self-Sufficient)

As-Sami (The All-Hearing)
Al-Asma ul-Husna
surface form: At-Tawwab (The Accepter of Repentance)
influences Islamic art and design
Muslim personal names
languageOfTerm Arabic
mentionedIn Hadith
Quran
recitedIn Islamic educational institutions
homes
mosques
refersTo Al-Asma ul-Husna
surface form: the 99 names of Allah
usedFor Islamic calligraphy
Islamic education
dhikr (remembrance of God)
meditation on divine attributes
supplication (dua)
usedInReligion Islam

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Quddus isOneOf Asma ul Husna
Asma ul Husna includesName Asma ul Husna self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Al-Wadud (The Most Loving)
Qudus partOf Asma ul Husna
The Especially Merciful isAmong Asma ul Husna
Al-Maqasid al-Asna mainSubject Asma ul Husna
this entity surface form: Asma al-Husna
Al-Wahid isPartOf Asma ul Husna
this entity surface form: Asma ul-Husna
Al-Aziz (The Almighty) isAmong Asma ul Husna
subject surface form: Al-Aziz
this entity surface form: Asma ul-Husna