99 Names?

When I talk to non-Muslims about this project, their response is almost always, "Really?  The Muslims have 99 names for God?  I thought they just had one God, Allah."

Of course there is just one God in Islam, and his name is Allah in Arabic. But the Quran also talks about multiple names for Allah:  "Allah! There is no god but He! To Him belong the most Beautiful Names." (20:8).

There is a Sunni hadith which says

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." (According to Sahih Muslim, Book 35:6475)

Early on, Al-Walid ibn Muslim collected a list of 99 names from the Qur'an which got attached to this hadith as an addendum, and it became customary to consider these the 99 names.  These are the names I am considering here, though the list has been questioned by a number of commentators.  It is a traditional list, not an official list.

I have found the Wikipedia List extremely helpful, with links to sound files, Quranic citaions and more.

Here is a list based on that list, with links to my blog articles for the names I have covered:

	Link to Blog Entry	Arabic	Transliteration	Translation (can vary based on context)	Qur'anic usage
	Blog Entry	الله	Allah
1	Blog Entry	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	Blog Entry	الرحيم	Ar-Raḥīm	The Exceedingly Merciful	Beginning of every chapter except one, and in numerous other places
3	Blog Entry	الملك	Al-Malik	The King	59:23, 20:114
4	Blog Entry	القدوس	Al-Quddūs	The Holy, The Pure, The Perfect	59:23, 62:1
5	Blog Entry	السلام	As-Salām	The Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety	59:23
6	Blog Entry	المؤمن	Al-Mu'min	The Guarantor, The Affirming	59:23
7	Blog Entry	المهيمن	Al-Muhaymin	The Guardian	59:23
8	Blog Entry	العزيز	Al-‘Azīz	The Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable	3:6, 4:158, 9:40,48:7, 59:23
9	Blog Entry	الجبار	Al-Jabbār	The Irresistible, The Compeller, The Lofty	59:23
10	Blog Entry	المتكبر	Al-Mutakabbir	The Majestic, The Supreme	59:23
11	Blog Entry	الخالق	Al-Khāliq	The Creator	6:102, 13:16,39:62, 40:62,59:24
12	Blog Entry	البارئ	Al-Bāri'	The Evolver, The Fashioner, The Designer	59:24
13	Blog Entry	المصور	Al-Muṣawwir	The Fashioner of Forms	59:24
14		الغفار	Al-Ghaffār	The Repeatedly Forgiving	20:82, 38:66,39:5, 40:42, 71:10
15		القهار	Al-Qahhār	The Subduer	13:16, 14:48,38:65, 39:4, 40:16
16		الوهاب	Al-Wahhāb	The Bestower	3:8, 38:9, 38:35
17		الرزاق	Ar-Razzāq	The Provider	51:58
18		الفتاح	Al-Fattāḥ	The Opener, The Victory Giver	34:26
19		العليم	Al-'Aleem	The All Knowing, The Omniscient	2:158, 3:92, 4:35,24:41, 33:40
20		القابض	Al-Qābiḍ	The Restrainer, The Straightener	2:245
21		الباسط	Al-Bāsiṭ	The Extender / Expander	2:245
22		الخافض	Al-Khāfiḍ	The Abaser	95:5
23		الرافع	Ar-Rāfi'	The Exalter	58:11, 6:83
24		المعز	Al-Mu'izz	The Giver of Honour	3:26
25		المذل	Al-Mudhill	The Giver of Dishonour	3:26
26		السميع	As-Samī'	The All Hearing	2:127, 2:256,8:17, 49:1
27		البصير	Al-Baṣīr	The All Seeing	4:58, 17:1, 42:11,42:27
28		الحكم	Al-Ḥakam	The Judge, The Arbitrator	22:69
29		العدل	Al-'Adl	The Utterly Just	6:115
30		اللطيف	Al-Laṭīf	The Gentle, The Subtly Kind	6:103, 22:63,31:16, 33:34
31		الخبير	Al-Khabeer	The All Aware	6:18, 17:30,49:13, 59:18
32		الحليم	Al Haleem	The Forbearing, The Indulgent	2:235, 17:44,22:59, 35:41
33		العظيم	Al-'Aẓeem	The Magnificent	2:255, 42:4, 56:96
34		الغفور	Al Ghafūr	The Much-Forgiving	2:173, 8:69,16:110, 41:32
35		الشكور	Ash-Shakūr	The Grateful	35:30, 35:34,42:23, 64:17
36		العلي	Al-'Alīy	The Sublime	4:34, 31:30, 42:4,42:51
37		الكبير	Al-Kabīr	The Great	13:9, 22:62, 31:30
38		الحفيظ	Al-Ḥafeeẓ	The Preserver	11:57, 34:21, 42:6
39		المقيت	Al-Muqeet	The Nourisher	4:85
40		الحسيب	Al-Ḥaseeb	The Bringer of Judgment	4:6, 4:86, 33:39
41		الجليل	Al-Jalīl	The Majestic	55:27, 39:14,7:143
42		الكريم	Al-Karīm	The Bountiful, The Generous	27:40, 82:6
43		الرقيب	Ar-Raqīb	The Watchful	4:1, 5:117
44		المجيب	Al-Mujīb	The Responsive, The Answer	11:61
45		الواسع	Al-Wāsi'	The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless	2:268, 3:73, 5:54
46		الحكيم	Al-Ḥakīm	The Wise	31:27, 46:2, 57:1,66:2
47		الودود	Al-Wadūd	The Loving	11:90, 85:14
48		المجيد	Al-Majīd	All-Glorious, The Majestic	11:73
49		الباعث	Al-Bā'ith	The Resurrecter	22:7
50		الشهيد	Ash-Shahīd	The Witness	4:166, 22:17,41:53, 48:28
51		الحق	Al-Ḥaqq	The Truth, The Real	6:62, 22:6,23:116, 24:25
52		الوكيل	Al-Wakīl	The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate	3:173, 4:171,28:28, 73:9
53		القوي	Al-Qawwīy	The Strong	22:40, 22:74,42:19, 57:25
54		المتين	Al-Matīn	The Firm, The Steadfast	51:58
55		الولي	Al-Walīy	The Friend, Patron and Helper	4:45, 7:196,42:28, 45:19
56		الحميد	Al-Ḥamīd	The All Praiseworthy	14:8, 31:12,31:26, 41:42
57		المحصي	Al-Muḥṣīy	The Accounter, The Numberer of All	72:28, 78:29, 82:10-12
58		المبدئ	Al-Mubdi'	The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator	10:34, 27:64,29:19, 85:13
59		المعيد	Al-Mu'īd	The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All	10:34, 27:64,29:19, 85:13
60		المحيي	Al-Muḥyīy	The Giver of Life	7:158, 15:23,30:50, 57:2
61		المميت	Al-Mumīt	The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death	3:156, 7:158,15:23, 57:2
62		الحي	Al-Ḥayy	The Living	2:255, 3:2, 25:58,40:65
63		القيوم	Al-Qayyūm	The Subsisting, The Guardian	2:255, 3:2, 20:111
64		الواجد	Al-Wājid	The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing	38:44
65		الماجد	Al-Mājid	The Illustrious, The Magnificent	85:15, 11:73,
66		الواحد	Al-Wāḥid	The One, The Unique	2:163, 5:73, 9:31,18:110
67		الاحد	Al-'Aḥad	The Unity, The Indivisible	112:1
68		الصمد	Aṣ-Ṣamad	The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient	112:2
69		القادر	Al-Qādir	The Omnipotent, The All Able	6:65, 36:81,46:33, 75:40
70		المقتدر	Al-Muqtadir	The Determiner, The Dominant	18:45, 54:42,54:55
71		المقدم	Al-Muqaddim	The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward	16:61, 17:34,
72		المؤخر	Al-Mu'akhkhir	The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away	71:4
73		الأول	Al-'Awwal	The First	57:3
74		الأخر	Al-'Akhir	The Last	57:3
75		الظاهر	Aẓ-Ẓāhir	The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer	57:3
76		الباطن	Al-Bāṭin	The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner	57:3
77		الوالي	Al-Wālīy	The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord	13:11, 22:7
78		المتعالي	Al-Muta'ālīy	The Supremely Exalted, The Most High	13:9
79		البر	Al-Barr	The Good	52:28
80		التواب	At-Tawwāb	The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting	2:128, 4:64,49:12, 110:3
81		المنتقم	Al-Muntaqim	The Avenger	32:22, 43:41,44:16
82		العفو	Al-'Afūw	The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver	4:99, 4:149, 22:60
83		الرؤوف	Ar-Ra'ūf	The Kind, The Pitying	3:30, 9:117, 57:9,59:10
84		مالك الملك	Mālik-ul-Mulk	The Owner of all Sovereignty	3:26
85		ذو الجلال والإكرام	Dhū-l-Jalāli wa-l-'ikrām	The Lord of Majesty and Generosity	55:27, 55:78
86		المقسط	Al-Muqsiţ	The Equitable, The Requiter	7:29, 3:18
87		الجامع	Al-Jāmi'	The Gatherer, The Unifier	3:9
88		الغني	Al-Ghanīy	The Rich, The Independent	3:97, 39:7, 47:38,57:24
89		المغني	Al-Mughnīy	The Enricher, The Emancipator	9:28
90		المانع	Al-Māni'	The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender	67:21
91		الضار	Aḍ-Ḍārr	The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor	6:17
92		النافع	An-Nāfi'	The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good	30:37
93		النور	An-Nūr	The Light	24:35
94		الهادي	Al-Hādīy	The Guide, The Way	22:54
95		البديع	Al-Badī'	The Incomparable, The Unattainable	2:117, 6:101
96		الباقي	Al-Bāqīy	The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting	55:27
97		الوارث	Al-Wārith	The Heir, The Inheritor of All	15:23
98		الرشيد	Ar-Rashīd	The Guide to the Right Path	2:256
99		الصبور	Aṣ-Ṣabūr	The Timeless, The Patient	2:153, 3:200,103:3