The Beautiful Names of Allah ﷻ

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

BismiLlahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim:

(Qur’ān 07:180). ‘Wa li-Llāhi l-asmā’u l-ḥusnā fad‘ūhu bihā’, ‘And to Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call on Him by them.’ Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla has Beautiful Names. Beg to Allah ﷻ with them. Whoever counts the ninety nine names of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla will enter paradise, says our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam. This is a great good tidings.

Some people are confused whether they can use them or not. You can use them. Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla says in Qur’an ‘Azimu sh-Shan to recite them and to make Dua with them. With the holy names of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, your Dua will be accepted. And whoever counts them every day will certainly enter paradise.

The names of Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla given to our Holy Prophet ﷺ are ninety nine. However, there are too many names. Different names were given to every Prophet. Now we have ninety nine names. And the last name is Al-Ismul A’zam/the Greatest Name which is not known to everyone. He ﷻ kept it hidden for people to look for it and find it.

How do you look for it? Not with eyes but through worship. When you look for it through worship, Allah ﷻ gives it to whomever He ﷻ wants. People now try to cut corners; they say “I must find Al-Ismul A’zam/the Greatest Name and do whatever I want”. It is not so easy to do whatever you want. That holy name is given to the one who deserves it. And who deserves it knows it. Otherwise, it is difficult. There is nothing like: a person with an ego will know Al-Ismul A’zam/the Greatest Name.

Before, during the time of Bani Isra’il there was someone who knew Al-Ismul A’zam/the Greatest Name. People had cheated him and used it against him. But Allah ﷻ punished them. Since then, there is no one who deserves it. It is not by wanting, Allah ﷻ gives it to whomever He ﷻ wants. And He ﷻ gives it to the one who deserves it. May Allah ﷻ give it to us as well insha’Allah.

We should use it for our Iman to get stronger. If it is used for Dunya, it will have no benefit. Its benefit is for Akhirah. Dunya is temporary. Eternal is Allah ‘Azza wa Jalla, His ﷻ holy names and attributes, His ﷻ mercy and generosity. These are what we need. May Allah ﷻ not deprive us. May He ﷻ increase them insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 12 June 2022/ 13 Dhu l-Qiʻdah 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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