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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. According to tradition (hadith) there are 99 names of God in Islam, known as the ʾasmāʾu- llāhi l-ḥusnā (Arabic: أسماء الله الحسنى‎‎) "Beautiful Names of God" (also أسماء الحسنى asmāʾu-l-ḥusnā "Beautiful Names").[1][2]

According to 9th-century collections of hadith, the tradition of there being "99 names" is sahih (reliable), while the tradition of the actual list of 99 names as given by some collectors, in at least three different variants, is stated to be gharib (scarce, unreliable).[3] Most names in these lists are divine epithets taken from the text of the Quran, with a minority based in oral tradition or Sunnah. The lists of names vary because there are more than 99 such epithets to choose from.

Different sources give different lists of the 99 names.[4]

Origin

The 99 names of God on the ceiling of the Grand Mosque in Kuwait.

In the hadith, Muhammad is said to have invoked God by a number of names.[5] The origin of the number 99 specifically is commonly attributed to a hadith[which?] considered weak,[according to whom?] although there are less-commonly cited hadith that are considered authentic and also support the same point.[4] According to Sahih Muslim, 35:6475:

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Abu Hurairah reported Allah's Messenger [Muhammad] (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 and He loves odd numbers. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar [the words are]: 'He who enumerated them'."

The Quran refers to God's "most beautiful Names" (al-ʾasmāʾ al-ḥusná).[6] Gerhard Böwering[who?][year needed] refers to Sura 17:110 as the locus classicus to which explicit lists of 99 names used to be attached in Quranic commentary. A cluster of more than a dozen Divine epithets which are included in such lists is found in Sura 22:22–24. Mystic philosopher Ibn Arabi surmised that the 99 names are "outward signs of the universe's inner mysteries".[clarification needed][4]

Most, though not all, of the traditionally listed 99 names are found somewhere in the Quran itself. The others are taken from the hadith.[4][7][8]

The list is not necessarily fixed, as more than 99 divine epithets can be adduced from Quran and hadith combined,[9] although the list of names given in modern sources is mostly that compiled by al-Walid ibn Muslim.[year needed][citation needed]

Lists of names

There is no universal agreement among Muslims as to what exactly counts as a name of Allah, and what does not. Additionally, while some names are only in the Qur'an, and others are only in the hadith, there are some names which appear in both. Different sources give different lists of the 99 names.[4] Furthermore, in record, there are more than 1001 names given in one text.[which?]

The following list is based on the one found in the Jamiʿ at-Tirmidhi (9th century).[citation needed] Other hadith, such as those of al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn Majah, al-Hakim or Ibn ʿAsākir, have variant lists. All attribute the original compilation of the list of names to Abu Hurairah.

Al-Tirmidhi comments on his list: "This (version of the) hadith is gharib [unusual, scarce]; it has been narrated from various routes on the authority of Abu Hurairah, but we do not know of the mention of the Names in the numerous narrations, except this one." Various early Muslim exegetes, including Jaʿfar al-Sadiq, Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi, Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, have given their own versions of lists of 99 names.[10]

ٱ = The waṣla (hamzatu l-waṣli (هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ "hamza of connection")) denoting of ٱلْ is "ʾal/ ʾul/ ʾil" depending on the last vowel of the previous word/sentence structure:

e.g. سُوْرَةُ ٱلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ Suratu ʾr-Raḥmaān [Surah ar-Rahman].

Please note the written Arabic spelling of the names written in Arabic in the table are in the vowelled Classical/ Qur'anic form (proper = in the Holy Qur'an and Ahādith) with the square bracketed "[.]" variant of the written Arabic forms given in common or modern texts - usually in media, some long vowels and punctuations are omitted for the easier typing and reading.

Classical Arabic

(Qur'anic/ classical written forms)

 Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)

(Variant with vowels/ without vowels)

 Transliteration Romanization

[Various Spellings]

 ! Translationa Reference grammatical typeb
<phonos file="01-ar-rahman.ogg">1</phonos> ٱلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ

(أَلْرَّحْمَـٰنُ)

 \ أَلْرَّحْمَانُ

الرحمن، الرحمان

 ʾAr-Raḥmaān/ ʾAr-Raḥmān Ar-Rahman

[Ar-Rahmaan]

 The Exceedingly Merciful (Compassionate) Quran: Beginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places. The first verse ('ayat) of Surah ar-Rahman (Surah 55) consists only of this Name. D
<phonos file="02-ar-rahim.ogg">2</phonos> ٱلْرَّحِيْمُ

(أَلْرَّحِيْمُ)

 الرحيم ʾAr-Raḥiym/ ʾAr-Raḥīm Ar-Rahim

[Ar-Raheem]

 The Merciful (Compassionate) Quran: Beginning of every Surah (chapter) except one, and numerous other places (there are a total of 114 Surahs in the Quran.) D
<phonos file="03-al-malik.ogg">3</phonos> ٱلْمَـٰلِكُ

(أَلْمَـٰلِكُ)

 \ أَلْمَالِكُ

الملك، المالك

 ʾAl-Maālik/ ʾAl-Mālik Al-Malik

[Al-Maalik]

 The King 59:23, 20:114, 23:116 D
<phonos file="04-al-quddus.ogg">4</phonos> ٱلْقُدُّوسُ

(أَلْقُدُّوسُ)

 القدّوس، القدوس ʾAl-Qudduūs/

ʾAl-Quddūs

 Al-Quddus

[Al-Quddous, Al-Quddows]

 The Holy 59:23, 62:1 D
<phonos file="05-as-salam.ogg">5</phonos> ٱلْسَّلَامُ

(أَلْسَّلَامُ)

 السلام ʾAs-Salaām/ ʾAs-Salām As-Salam [As-Salaam] The Peace 59:23 D
<phonos file="06-al-mumin.ogg">6</phonos> ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ

(أَلْمُؤْمِنُ)

 المؤمن ʾAl-Muʾumin Al-Muʾmin [Al-Mu'min] The Granter of Security 59:23 D
<phonos file="07-al-muhaymin.ogg">7</phonos> المهيمن Al-Muhaymin The Controller 59:23 D
<phonos file="08-al-aziz.ogg">8</phonos> العزيز Al-Aziz The Powerful 3:6, 4:158, 9:40, 48:7, 59:23 D
<phonos file="09-al-jabbar.ogg">9</phonos> الجبار Al-Jabbar The Strong 59:23 D
<phonos file="10-al-mutakabbir.ogg">10</phonos> المتكبر Al-Mutakabbir The Supreme 59:23 D[clarification needed]
mutafaʿʿil
<phonos file="11-al-khaliq.ogg">11</phonos> الخالق Al-Khaliq The Creator 6:102, 13:16,[11] 36:81, 39:62, 40:62, 59:24 D
<phonos file="12-al-bari.ogg">12</phonos> البارئ Al-Bariʾ The Evolver, The Maker 59:24 D
<phonos file="13-al-musawwir.ogg">13</phonos> المصور Al-Musawwir The Fashioner, The Shaper, The Designer 59:24 D
<phonos file="14-al-ghaffar.ogg">14</phonos> الغفار Al-Ghaffar The Repeatedly Forgiving 20:82, 38:66, 39:5, 40:42, 71:10 D
<phonos file="15-al-qahhar.ogg">15</phonos> القهار Al-Qahhar The Subduer 12:39, 13:16, 14:48, 38:65, 39:4, 40:16 D
<phonos file="16-al-wahhab.ogg">16</phonos> الوهاب Al-Wahhab The Bestower 3:18, 38:9, 38:35 D
<phonos file="17-ar-razzaq.ogg">17</phonos> الرزاق Ar-Razzaq The Provider, The Sustainer 51:58 D
<phonos file="18-al-fattah.ogg">18</phonos> الفتاح Al-Fattah The Opener, The Victory Giver 34:26 D
Audio file "19-al-.ogg" not found العليم Al-ʿAlim The Knowing 2:158, 3:92, 4:35, 24:41, 33:40 D
<phonos file="20-al-qabid.ogg">20</phonos> القابض Al-Qabid The Restrainer, The Straightener 2:245 V
<phonos file="21-al-basit.ogg">21</phonos> الباسط Al-Basit The Extender / Expander 2:245 V
<phonos file="22-al-khafid.ogg">22</phonos> الخَافِض Al-Khafid The Abaser, The Humiliator, The Downgrader 56:3; al-Kafʿamī (1992:38) O
<phonos file="23-ar-rafi.ogg">23</phonos> الرافع Ar-Rafiʿ The Exalter, The Upgrader 58:11, 6:83 V
<phonos file="24-al-muizz.ogg">24</phonos> المعز Al-Muʿizz The Giver of Honor 3:26 V
<phonos file="25-al-mudhill.ogg">25</phonos> المذل Al-Muzill The Giver of Dishonor 3:26 V
<phonos file="26-as-sami.ogg">26</phonos> السميع As-Samiʿ The Hearing 2:127, 2:256, 8:17, 49:1 D
<phonos file="27-al-basir.ogg">27</phonos> البصير Al-Basir The All-Seeing 4:58, 17:1, 42:11, 42:27 D
<phonos file="28-al-hakam.ogg">28</phonos> الحكم Al-Hakam The Judge, The Arbitrator 22:69 V
<phonos file="29-al-adl.ogg">29</phonos> العدل Al-ʿAdl The Just Not Quranic, see al-Kafʿamī (1992:40)
<phonos file="30-al-latif.ogg">30</phonos> اللطيف Al-Latif The Gentle, The Subtly Kind 6:103, 22:63, 31:16, 33:34 D
<phonos file="31-al-khabir.ogg">31</phonos> الخبير Al-Khabir The All-Aware 6:18, 17:30, 49:13, 59:18 D
<phonos file="32-al-halim.ogg">32</phonos> الحليم Al-Halim The Forbearing, The Indulgent 2:235, 17:44, 22:59, 35:41 A
<phonos file="33-al-azim.ogg">33</phonos> العظيم Al-ʿAzim The Great, The Magnificent 2:255, 42:4, 56:96 D
<phonos file="34-al-ghafur.ogg">34</phonos> الغفور Al-Ghafur The Much-Forgiving 2:173, 8:69, 16:110, 41:32 D
<phonos file="35-ash-shakur.ogg">35</phonos> الشكور Ash-Shakur The Grateful 35:30, 35:34, 42:23, 64:17 A
<phonos file="36-al-ali.ogg">36</phonos> العلي Al-ʿAlī The Sublime 4:34, 31:30, 42:4, 42:51 34:23 D
<phonos file="37_al-kabir.ogg">37</phonos> الكبير Al-Kabir The Great 13:9, 22:62, 13:30, 34:23 D
<phonos file="38-al-hafiz.ogg">38</phonos> الحفيظ Al-Hafiz The Preserver 11:57, 34:21, 42:6 A
<phonos file="39-al-muqit.ogg">39</phonos> المقيت Al-Muqit The Nourisher 4:85 I
<phonos file="40-al-hasib.ogg">40</phonos> الحسيب Al-Hasib The Bringer of Judgment 4:6, 4:86, 33:39 I
<phonos file="41-al-jalil.ogg">41</phonos> الجليل Al-Jalil The Majestic, The Exalted 55:27, 7:143 A, V
Audio file "42-al-karim.ogg" not found الكريم Al-Karim The Bountiful, The Generous 27:40, 82:6 D
<phonos file="43-ar-raqib.ogg">43</phonos> الرقيب Ar-Raqib The Watchful 4:1, 5:117 D
<phonos file="44-al-mujib.ogg">44</phonos> المجيب Al-Mujib The Responsive, The Answerer 11:61 A
<phonos file="45-al-wasi.ogg">45</phonos> الواسع Al-Wasiʿ The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless 2:268, 3:73, 5:54 A
<phonos file="46-al-hakim.ogg">46</phonos> الحكيم Al-Hakim The Wise 31:27, 46:2, 57:1, 66:2 D
<phonos file="47-al-wadud.ogg">47</phonos> الودود Al-Wadud The Loving 11:90, 85:14 D
<phonos file="48-al-majid.ogg">48</phonos> المجيد Al-Majid The All-Glorious, The Majestic 11:73 A
Audio file "49-al-baith.ogg " not found الباعث Al-Baʿith The Resurrector 22:7 V
<phonos file="50-ash-shahid.ogg">50</phonos> الشهيد Ash-Shahid The Witness 4:166, 22:17, 41:53, 48:28 A
<phonos file="51-al-haqq.ogg">51</phonos> ٱلْحَقُّ

(أَلْحَقُّ)

 الحقّ، الحق ʾAl-Ḥaqq Al-Haqq The Truth, The Reality 6:62, 22:6, 23:116, 24:25 D
<phonos file="52-al-wakil.ogg">52</phonos> الوكيل Al-Wakil The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate 3:173, 4:171, 28:28, 73:9 A
<phonos file="53-al-qawi.ogg">53</phonos> القوي Al-Qawiy The Strong 22:40, 22:74, 42:19, 57:25 D
<phonos file="54-al-matin.ogg">54</phonos> المتين Al-Matin The Firm, The Steadfast 51:58 D
<phonos file="55-al-wali.ogg">55</phonos> الولي Al-Wali The Friend, Helper 4:45, 7:196, 42:28, 45:19 D
<phonos file="56-al-hamid.ogg">56</phonos> الحميد Al-Hamid The All Praiseworthy 14:8, 31:12, 31:26, 41:42 D
<phonos file="57-al-muhsi.ogg">57</phonos> المحصي Al-Muhsi The Accounter, The Numberer of All 72:28, 78:29 V
<phonos file="58-al-mubdi.ogg">58</phonos> المبدئ Al-Mubdiʾ The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator 10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13 V
<phonos file="59-al-muid.ogg">59</phonos> المعيد Al-Muʿid The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All 10:34, 27:64, 29:19, 85:13 V
<phonos file="60-al-muhyi.ogg">60</phonos> المحيي Al-Muhyi The Giver of Life 7:158, 15:23, 30:50, 57:2 V
<phonos file="61-al-mumit.ogg">61</phonos> المميت Al-Mumit The Bringer of Death 3:156, 7:158, 15:23, 57:2 V
<phonos file="62-al-hayy.ogg">62</phonos> الحي Al-Hayy The Living 2:255, 3:2, 20:111, 25:58, 40:65 D
<phonos file="63-al-qayyum.ogg">63</phonos> القيوم Al-Qayyum The Subsisting, The Independent 2:255, 3:2, 20:111 D
<phonos file="64-al-wajid.ogg">64</phonos> الواجد Al-Wajid The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing 38:44 V
<phonos file="65-al-majid.ogg">65</phonos> الماجد Al-Majid The Illustrious, The Magnificent 85:15, 11:73; al-Kafʿamī (1992:48) A
<phonos file="66-al-wahid.ogg">66</phonos> الواحد Al-Wahid The Unique, The Single 13:16, 14:48, 38:65, 39:4 D
<phonos file="67-al-ahad.ogg">67</phonos> الاحد Al-Ahad The One, The Indivisible 112:1 A
<phonos file="68-as-samad.ogg">68</phonos> الصمد As-Samad The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient 112:2 D
<phonos file="69-al-qadir.ogg">69</phonos> القادر Al-Qadir The All-Powerful, He Who is able to do Everything 6:65, 46:33, 75:40 D
<phonos file="70-al-muqtadir.ogg">70</phonos> المقتدر Al-Muqtadir The Determiner, The Dominant 18:45, 54:42, 6:65 A
<phonos file="71-al-muqaddim.ogg">71</phonos> المقدم Al-Muqaddim The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward 16:61 V
<phonos file="72-al-muakhkhir.ogg">72</phonos> المؤخر Al-Muʾakhkhir The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away 71:4 V
<phonos file="73-al-awwal.ogg">73</phonos> الأول Al-Awwal The First, The Beginning-less 57:3 D
<phonos file="74-al-akhir.ogg">74</phonos> الأخر Al-Aakhir The Last, The Endless 57:3 D
<phonos file="75-az-zahir.ogg">75</phonos> الظاهر Az-Zahir The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer 57:3 D
<phonos file="76-al-batin.ogg">76</phonos> الباطن Al-Batin The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner 57:3 D
<phonos file="77-al-wali.ogg">77</phonos> الوالي Al-Wali The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord 13:11 I
<phonos file="78-al-mutaali.ogg">78</phonos> المتعالي Al-Mutaʿali The Supremely Exalted, The Most High 13:9 D
<phonos file="79-al-barr.ogg">79</phonos> البر Al-Barr The Good, The Beneficent 52:28 D
<phonos file="80-at-tawwab.ogg">80</phonos> التواب At-Tawwab The Ever-Returning, Ever-Relenting 2:128, 4:64, 49:12, 110:3 D
<phonos file="81-al-muntaqim.ogg">81</phonos> المنتقم Al-Muntaqim The Avenger 32:22, 43:41, 44:16 P
<phonos file="82-al-afuw.ogg">82</phonos> العفو Al-ʿAfu The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver 4:43, 4:99, 4:149, 22:60, 58:2 V, I
<phonos file="83-ar-rauf.ogg">83</phonos> الرؤوف Ar-Raʾuf The Kind, The Pitying 9:117, 57:9, 59:10 I
<phonos file="84-malik-ul-mulk.ogg">84</phonos> مالك الملك Malik-ul-Mulk The Owner of all Sovereignty 3:26 D
<phonos file="85-dhul-jalaal-wal-ikraam.ogg">85</phonos>
ذو الجلال والإكرام
Zul-Jalali
wal-Ikram
 The Lord of Majesty and Generosity 55:27, 55:78 D
<phonos file="86-al-muqsit.ogg">86</phonos> المقسط Al-Muqsit The Equitable, The Requiter 3:18; al-Kafʿamī (1992:58f) O
<phonos file="87-al-jame.ogg">87</phonos> الجامع Al-Jamiʿ The Gatherer, The Unifier 3:9 I
<phonos file="88-al-ghani.ogg">88</phonos> الغني Al-Ghani The Rich, The Independent 39:7, 47:38, 57:24 I, A, D
<phonos file="89-al-mughni.ogg">89</phonos> المغني Al-Mughni The Enricher, The Emancipator 9:28 V
<phonos file="90-al-mani.ogg">90</phonos> المانع Al-Maniʿ The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender See al-Kafʿamī (1992:61)
<phonos file="91-ad-darr.ogg">91</phonos> الضار Ad-Darr The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor 6:17; al-Kafʿamī (1992:58)
Audio file "92-an-nafi.ogg" not found النافع An-Nafiʿ The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good 30:37
Audio file "93-an-nur.ogg" not found النور An-Nur The Light 24:35 I
Audio file "94-al-hadi.ogg" not found الهادي Al-Hadi The Guide, The Way 22:54 I
Audio file "95-al-badi.ogg" not found البديع Al-Badiʿ The Incomparable, The Unattainable, The Beautiful 2:117, 6:101 I
Audio file "96-al-baqi.ogg" not found الباقي Al-Baqi The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting 55:27; al-Kafʿamī (1992:64) V
Audio file "97-al-warith.ogg" not found الوارث Al-Warith The Heir, The Inheritor of All 15:23, 57:10 P
Audio file "98-ar-rashid.ogg" not found الرشيد Ar-Rashid The Guide to the Right Path 2:256, 72:10
Audio file "99-as-sabur.ogg" not found الصبور As-Sabur The Timeless, The Patient 2:153, 3:200, 103:3 I

a[by whom?].      b D = Direct;[clarification needed] V = from Verb; A = from Adjective or Adjectival Phrase; I = from Indefinite noun; P = from Plural noun; O = Other

Islamic mysticism

There is a tradition in tasawwuf to the effect the 99 names of God point to a mystical "Greatest Name" (Ismul A'zam, الإسم الأعظم).[12] This "Greatest Name of Allah" is said to be "the one which if He is called (prayed to) by it, He will answer."[13]

According to a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud,[which?] some of the names of God have also been hidden from mankind.[14] More than 1000 names are listed in the Jawshan Kabir invocations.

Theophoric given names

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A Muslim may not be given any of the 99 names of God in exactly the same form.[15] For example, nobody may be named al-Malik "the King", but may be named Malik "King". This is because of the belief that God is almighty, and no human being is the equivalent of God, and no human being will ever be the equivalent of God. Muslims are allowed to use the 99 names of God for themselves but should not put 'Al' at the front of them.[15]

However the names of God can be combined with the word "‘Abd-", which means "slave" (of God) and are commonly used as Arabic name among Muslims, such as Abd al-Rahman. The two parts of the name may be written separately (as above) or combined as one transliterated name; in such a case, the vowel transcribed after "Abd" is often written as u when the two words are transcribed as one: e.g., Abdurrahman, Abdul'aziz, "Abdul Jabbar", or even Abdullah ("Servant of God"). (This has to do with Arabic case vowels, the final u vowel showing the normal "quote" nominative/vocative case form: ʿabdu.)

Some Muslim people have names resembling those 99. Examples include:

Use in Bahá'í

Bahá'í sources state that the 100th name was revealed as "Bahá’" (Arabic: بهاء‎‎ "glory, splendor"), which appears in the words Bahá'u'lláh and Bahá'í. They also believe that it is the greatest name of God.[16][17] The Báb wrote a noted pentagram-shaped tablet with 360 derivatives of the word "Bahá'" used in it.[16]

According to Bahá'í scholar ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari, Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī adopted the Persian poetic pen name "Bahāʾ" after being inspired by the words of the fifth Twelver Imam, Muhammad al-Baqir, and the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq, who stated that the greatest name of God was included in either the Duʿāʾu l-Bahāʾ, a dawn prayer for Ramadan, or the Aʿmal ʿam Dawūd.[16] In the first verse of the duʿāʾu l-Bahāʾ, the name "Bahāʾ" appears four times.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Abdullah Saeed, The Qur'an: An Introduction, pg. 63. London: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 9781134102945
  3. ↑ Al-Tirmidhi says in his Sunan, "This (version of the) hadith is [unusual, scarce]; it has been narrated from various routes on the authority of Abu Hurairah, but we do not know of the mention of the Names in the numerous narrations, except this one." Richard Shelquist (wahiduddin.net)[unreliable source?]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Diane Morgan, Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice, p. 10. Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2010. ISBN 9780313360251
  5. ↑ Ibn Majah, Book of Duʿa;[citation needed] Malik ibn Anas, Muwatta Imam Malik.
  6. ↑ See the surahs "al-A'raf" (7:180), "al-Isra" (17:110), "Ta-Ha" (20:8) and "al-Hashr" (59:24).
  7. ↑ Martin Parsons, Unveiling God, pg. 206. William Carey Library, 2005. ISBN 9780878084548
  8. ↑ Juan Eduardo Campo, Encyclopedia of Islam, pg. 515. Infobase Publishing, 2009. ISBN 9781438126968
  9. ↑ Susanne Enderwitz, "The 99: Islamic Superheroes - A New Species." Taken from Transcultural Turbulences: Towards a Multi-Sited Reading of Image Flows, pgs. 84-85. Springer, 2011. ISBN 9783642183935. The 99 names of Allah; the ‘Most Beautiful Names’ at BBC Online. Accessed 8 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Suhaib Hassan, Introduction to the Science of Hadith Classification (ahya), cited after Richard Shelquist (wahiduddin.net)[unreliable source?]
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The endnote states: "Ibn Májah, Sunan, 34. (Kitáb ad-Du'á), ch. 9, no. 3856, vol. 2, p. 1267. See also: Ad-Dárimí, Sunan, 23 (Fada'il al-Qur'án), ch. 15, no. 3296, vol. 2, pp. 324-5. Similar statements in Shi'i tradition include: Majlisí, Bihár al-Anwár, vol. 26. p. 7."
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 [1] Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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