About this website
About
Why this website exists
I originally created this website for myself. My goal was to learn the 99 Names of Allah, the Asma ul-Husna, in a calm, conscious, and consistent way. At first, it was not meant to be an app or a large project; it was simply a personal tool to support my own learning journey.
But as I spent more time with the Names and reflected on each meaning while building this site, I realized something more deeply: the Names of Allah are not just words to memorize. Each Name is a door to knowing Allah more consciously — His mercy, His knowledge, His power, His wisdom, and the way He deals with His servants.
This process genuinely benefited me. That is why I decided to complete this small side project and share it with others. Perhaps it may help someone who wants to begin as I did: slowly, without pressure, without rushing, and with the intention to understand.
While preparing the content, I tried to use careful and cautious wording. Where there is uncertainty, I have tried to make that clear. This site does not claim to be a final theological authority. Corrections, source suggestions, and constructive feedback are sincerely appreciated.
Sources
The following sources were consulted during the creation of this content. The foundational primary sources are the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth; secondary sources serve for theological contextualisation and linguistic preparation.
Primary sources – Qurʾān
- Qurʾān 7:180 (Al-Aʿrāf) – Basis for calling upon Allah by His most beautiful names.
- Qurʾān 17:110 (Al-Isrāʾ) – Calling upon Allah as "Allah" or "ar-Raḥmān"; to Him belong the most beautiful names.
- Qurʾān 20:8 (Ṭāhā) – "To Him belong the most beautiful names."
- Qurʾān 59:22–24 (Al-Ḥashr) – Central verses containing divine names such as al-Malik, al-Quddūs, as-Salām, al-Muʾmin, al-ʿAzīz, al-Jabbār, al-Khāliq, al-Bāriʾ, al-Muṣawwir.
Primary sources – Hadith
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Hadith 6410 / 7392 – Foundational hadith on the 99 Names; meaning of aḥṣāhā (to know, preserve, and act accordingly).
- Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Hadith 2677a / 2677b – Parallel transmission of the 99-Names hadith.
- Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī, Hadith 3506–3508 – General 99-Names hadith plus a widely used enumeration. The list is used as a learning reference, not as an exhaustive boundary.
- Sunan Ibn Mājah, Hadith 3860 / 3861 – Additional transmission. Usable as a teaching list; not presented as definitively exhaustive.
Scholarly sources
- Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı – "Allah'ın 99 ismi" – Official Turkish religious authority: iḥṣāʾ means more than memorisation – recognising Allah through His names, believing, serving, and obeying.
- Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı – "Esmâ-i Hüsnâ ne demektir?" – Definition of Esmâ-i Hüsnâ in connection with Qurʾān 20:8 and 7:180.
- Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi – "Esmâ-i Hüsnâ" – More than 100 divine names occur in the Qurʾān alone; Esmâ-i Hüsnâ encompasses all names attributed to Allah in Qurʾān and Hadith.
- Diyanet – "Allah'ın zaman ve mekândan münezzeh olması" – Theological grounding in the Tanzīh doctrine: Allah is not understood as corporeal, spatial, or anthropomorphic (Sunni-Ḥanafī / Māturīdī line).
Language sources
- Diyanet Kur'an Meali – Turkish Qurʾān translation; used for phrasing of 7:180, 17:110, 20:8, 59:22–24.
- islam.de – German Qurʾān translation – German phrasing for Aʿrāf 7:180 and Isrāʾ 17:110.
- Islamic Relief Deutschland – 99 Namen Allahs – German-language reference for spelling conventions and meanings.
- Sunnah.com – Practical online reference for Bukhārī, Muslim, Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah. The primary sources are the classical hadith works themselves.
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