KNOWLEDGE

THIS IS A GREAT NAME from the beautiful names of Allah and it is the name which has been most mentioned in the Qur'an; it is mentioned over 2200 times. The name “ALLAH” is the origin of all of Allah's beautiful names and all other names are included in its meaning.

The origin of “Allah” is (إله) which means:

• The One Who is worshipped
• The One Whom your heart jumps to
• The One Who is loved and magnified
• The One Whom the minds cannot grasp due to His perfection

WHO IS ALLAH?

• Allah is the Owner of divinity and worship over all His creation.
• Allah is the One Who encompasses all qualities of perfection, majesty and grandeur.
• Allah is the One Who is free from any shortcomings, faults, defects or having anyone similar to Him or partner with Him.
• Allah is the One Whom the hearts make Him divine out of love, magnification, hope and obedience.
• Allah is the One Who is loved a great love.
• Allah is the true Ilah, the One worthy of being worshipped and attached to out of love and magnification because of His perfection.

IMPACTS

• Freedom: you are not chained to anything imperfect, but attached to Allah – perfect in every way.
• Ask Him for anything, going to One and not many is easy. He can give you faith, guidance, health, wealth, strength and feelings of love and joy.
• Pure love with no pain because He is perfect.

IN THE QUR’AN

وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا

“And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah, so call on Him by them.” [Surah Al-A'raf [7:180]]

IN THE SUNNAH

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a man saying: “O Allah, I ask You, I bear witness that there is no god but You, the One, The Self-Sufficient Master, nothing is born from Him, and He is born to no one, and to Whom no one is equal.” He said: You have supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when asked with this name He gives, and when supplicated by this name He answers. [Abu Dawud 1493]