Al-Ism al-A'zam
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Al-Ism al-Aʿẓam (Arabic: الاسم الأعظم), literally "the Greatest Name",[1][2][3][4] also known as Ism Allah al-Akbar (اسم الله الأکبر, 'the Greatest Name of God'),[5][6] refers in Islam to the greatest names of Allah,[7][8] which include Al-Ḥayy, Al-Qayyūm, Zul Jalali wal Ikram, Al-Ahad, As-Samad.[9]
Hadith
[edit]Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a man was offering prayer. He then made supplication: O Allah, I ask Thee by virtue of the fact that praise is due to Thee, there is no deity but Thou, Who showest favour and beneficence, the Originator of the Heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour (Ya Dhul Jalāli wal Ikrām), O Living One (Ya Hayu), O Eternal One (Ya Qayyūm).
The Prophet (ﷺ) then said: He has supplicated Allah using His Greatest Name, when supplicated by this name, He answers, and when asked by this name He gives.
— Abu Dawood 1495 (Sahih: Albani)
Significance
[edit]According to some Islamic hadiths, whoever calls to God using al-Ism al-A'zam, his or her prayer (du'a) will be granted.[10][11][12]
In Shi'a Islam, al-Ism al-A'zam is believed to have a powerful effect in the act of blessing.[10]
See also
[edit]- God in Islam
- Hashem, Hebrew for "the Name", a name of God in Judaism
- Names of God in Islam
References
[edit]- ↑ Which Quran verses have Esmul-A'zam? yjc.ir Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ The key of Esm A'zam Allah, in the Quran tebyan.net Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ Ism A'zam, the greatest Dua x-shobhe.com Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ Ism A'zam Archived 2021-05-17 at the Wayback Machine ghadeer.org Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ The greatest name (Ism A'zam daneshnameh.roshd.ir Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ The name (Esm) A'zam Archived 2019-04-13 at the Wayback Machine askdin.com Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ Asmaollah wa Sefatah, P. 84
- ↑ Ism al-A'zam pasokhgoo.ir Retrieved 27 Oct 2018
- ↑ aṣ-Saʿdī, Abū ʿAbdu-r-Raḥmān Nāṣir (2008). "Al-Aḥad (The One)". Explanation to the Beautiful and Perfect Names of Allāh: Extracted from the Taysīr al-Raḥmān (PDF). Translated by Abu Rumaysah. Birmingham: Daar Us-Sunnah. pp. 39–40.
- 1 2 "What is Ism A'zam?". hawzah.net. 27 Oct 2018.
- ↑ Majlesi, Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 93, P. 225
- ↑ Isl Azam welayatnet.com Retrieved 28 Oct 2018
