According to Muslim tradition, there are 99 Names of God (Allah).
Reading this list, all of them are true for Jews and Christians too.
But how these names are understood depends on which Name takes priority.
For Jesus, the Name that takes priority over all others is “Father”.
This is the starting point, and this Name/Idea gives shape to all the others.
Related to this is John’s idea that God is first and foremost love (1 John 4:8).
Certainly God is The Exalter and the Abaser, but only as an expression of His fatherly love.
Certainly God is the Giver and Taker of life, but only in the context of His fatherly love.
Yes, God is to be feared (respected), “with deepest, tenderest fears”, but not cowered before.
Jesus presents to us a God that we can respect AND love.
Jesus models to us a God that loves us so much that He stoops to our level and suffers for us.
God may be all these things listed below – here we agree with Muslims – but most of all, God is love.
God is our loving Father, our Father exalted in heaven, over all powers and realities.
God has many names, but according to Jesus one Name stands out: “Our Father in heaven, holy is His Name!”
- Allah (????) God
- Ar Rahman (??????) The All Merciful
- Ar Rahim (??????) The Most Merciful
- Al Malik (?????) The King, The Sovereign
- Al Quddus (??????) The Most Holy
- As Salam (??????) Peace and Blessing
- Al Mu’min (??????) The Guarantor
- Al Muhaymin (???????) The Guardian, the Preserver
- Al ‘Aziz (??????) The Almighty, the Self Sufficient
- Al Jabbar (??????) The Powerful, the Irresistible
- Al Mutakabbir (???????) The Tremendous
- Al Khaliq (??????) The Creator
- Al Bari’ (??????) The Maker
- Al Musawwir (??????) The Fashioner of Forms
- Al Ghaffar (??????) The Ever Forgiving
- Al Qahhar (??????) The All Compelling Subduer
- Al Wahhab (??????) The Bestower
- Ar Razzaq (??????) The Ever Providing
- Al Fattah (??????) The Opener, the Victory Giver
- Al Alim (??????) The All Knowing, the Omniscient
- Al Qabid (??????) The Restrainer, the Straightener
- Al Basit (??????) The Expander, the Munificent
- Al Khafid (??????) The Abaser
- Ar Rafi’ (??????) The Exalter
- Al Mu’izz (?????) The Giver of Honor
- Al Muzil (?????) The Giver of Dishonor
- Al Sami’ (??????) The All Hearing
- Al Basir (??????) The All Seeing
- Al Hakam (?????) The Judge, the Arbitrator
- Al ‘Adl (?????) The Utterly Just
- Al Latif (??????) The Subtly Kind
- Al Khabir (??????) The All Aware
- Al Halim (??????) The Forbearing, the Indulgent
- Al ‘Azim (??????) The Magnificent, the Infinite
- Al Ghafur (??????) The All Forgiving
- Ash Shakur (??????) The Grateful
- Al ‘Ali (?????) The Sublimely Exalted
- Al Kabir (??????) The Great
- Al Hafiz (??????) The Preserver
- Al Muqit (??????) The Nourisher
- Al Hasib (??????) The Reckoner
- Al Jalil (??????) The Majestic
- Al Karim (??????) The Bountiful, the Generous
- Ar Raqib (??????) The Watchful
- Al Mujib (??????) The Responsive, the Answerer
- Al Wasi’ (??????) The Vast, the All Encompassing
- Al Hakim (??????) The Wise
- Al Wadud (??????) The Loving, the Kind One
- Al Majid (??????) The All Glorious
- Al Ba’ith (??????) The Raiser of the Dead
- Ash Shahid (??????) The Witness
- Al Haqq (????) The Truth, the Real
- Al Wakil (??????) The Trustee, the Dependable
- Al Qawiyy (?????) The Strong
- Al Matin (??????) The Firm, the Steadfast
- Al Wali (?????) The Protecting Friend, Patron, and Helper
- Al Hamid (??????) The All Praiseworthy
- Al Muhsi (??????) The Accounter, the Numberer of All
- Al Mubdi’ (??????) The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of all
- Al Mu’id (??????) The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
- Al Muhyi (??????) The Giver of Life
- Al Mumit (??????) The Bringer of Death, the Destroyer
- Al Hayy (????) The Ever Living
- Al Qayyum (??????) The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
- Al Wajid (??????) The Perceiver, the Finder, the Unfailing
- Al Majid (??????) The Illustrious, the Magnificent
- Al Wahid (??????) The One, the All Inclusive, the Indivisible
- As Samad (?????) The Long, the Impregnable, the Everlasting
- Al Qadir (??????) The All Able
- Al Muqtadir (???????) The All Determiner, the Dominant
- Al Muqaddim (??????) The Expediter, He who brings forward
- Al Mu’akhkhir (??????) The Delayer, He who puts far away
- Al Awwal (?????) The First
- Al Akhir (?????) The Last
- Az Zahir (??????) The Manifest; the All Victorious
- Al Batin (??????) The Hidden; the All Encompassing
- Al Wali (??????) The Patron
- Al Muta’al (????????) The Self Exalted
- Al Barr (????) The Most Kind and Righteous
- At Tawwab (??????) The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
- Al Muntaqim (???????) The Avenger
- Al ‘Afuww (?????) The Pardoner, the Effacer of Sins
- Ar Ra’uf (??????) The Compassionate, the All Pitying
- Malik al Mulk (???? ?????) The Owner of All Sovereignty
- Dhu al Jalal wa al Ikram (?? ?????? ? ???????) The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
- Al Muqsit (??????) The Equitable, the Requiter
- Al Jami’ (??????) The Gatherer, the Unifier
- Al Ghani (?????) The All Rich, the Independent
- Al Mughni (??????) The Enricher, the Emancipator
- Al Mani’ (??????) The Withholder, the Shielder, the Defender
- Ad Dharr (?????) The Distresser
- An Nafi’ (??????) The Propitious, the Benefactor
- An Nur (?????) The Light
- Al Hadi (??????) The Guide
- Al Badi (??????) Incomparable, the Originator
- Al Baqi (??????) The Ever Enduring and Immutable
- Al Warith (??????) The Heir, the Inheritor of All
- Ar Rashid (??????) The Guide, Infallible Teacher, and Knower
- As Sabur (??????) The Patient, the Timeless