Al-Hayy

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Al-Hayy is one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God as the Ever-Living whose existence is eternal and self-sustaining.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Name of God in Islam
associatedWithTheme Absolute independence of God
Eternity of God
Sustainer of all living beings
belongsToReligion Islam NERFINISHED
contrastedWith Mortality of creation
denotesAttribute God’s eternal life
God’s self-sustaining existence
God’s unending existence
emphasizes God’s continuous awareness and activity
God’s independence from creation
expressesConcept Divine life
God as the source of all life
hasGrammaticalForm Arabic definite active participle
hasMeaning The Ever-Living NERFINISHED
The Living NERFINISHED
implies God is free from death
God is free from imperfection NERFINISHED
God is free from sleep
God’s life has no beginning
God’s life has no end
isEpithetOf Allah NERFINISHED
isPartOf Asma ul-Husna NERFINISHED
language Arabic
mentionedIn Ayat al-Kursi NERFINISHED
mentionedInScripture Quran NERFINISHED
pairedWith Al-Qayyum NERFINISHED
refersTo Allah NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Hayat (life)
rootLetters Ḥ-Y-Y
transliteration al-Ḥayy NERFINISHED
usedIn Dhikr
Islamic supplications
Islamic theology
veneratedBy Muslims
verseReference Quran 2:255
writtenInArabic ٱلْحَيُّ

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