Say: If the ocean were ink (wherewith to write out) the words of my Lord, the ocean would be used up before the words of my Lord would be exhausted, even if we added another ocean like it to help us. (Quran 18:109)Īnd if all the trees in the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas to help it, (were ink), the words of Allah could not be exhausted. Likewise, in a hadith describing the Prophet’s intercession on the Day of Judgment, the Prophet (peace be upon him) foretells that he will prostrate beneath the Throne, and then Allah will reveal to him words of praise that had never before been taught to anyone. I beseech You by every name You have, by which You have named Yourself, or have revealed in Your Book, or taught any of Your creatures, or preserved in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You…
It is authentically related from Ibn Masood that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, while supplicating his Lord: There is decisive proof in the s unnah of Prophet Muhammad that Allah has more names than those He revealed to us in the scriptures. Therefore, we should not understand this hadith to be limiting Allah’s names to 99. Our minds can never conceive a limit to His nature. The various modes of Allah’s praise, and all the numerous aspects of His glory, perfection, greatness, might, and power, are beyond human comprehension. We cannot place a limit on Allah’s names. Thank you for your question and your eagerness to learn about Allah and His religion. There are, however, countless names the knowledge of which Allah has withheld for Himself, names He has taught to no one.As for the 99 mentioned in various ahadith, these are merely a fraction of His names which have a special significance attached to them.Up to 81 names of Allah have been identified in the Quran.
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