Sufi Introduction to the 99 Names of Allah and sufi ... - Deen islam

Collected by Muhammad Sajad Ali - webmaster – www.deenislam.co.uk - 10 th December 2009
Mâni' refers to the One who protects and defends against harmful situations.
(Also written as al-mani, al-maani, the preventer: ya mani, ya maani)
91. Ad-Dârr- The Distresser, The afflictor, Bringer of Adversity, The Correcter, The Balancer,
The Punisher
The Distresser. He who creates things that cause pain and injury.,One Who Can Cause Loss,The One
who makes harm reach to whoever He willed.
YA DARRU: O Distresser! If this Name is invoked, on Friday nights, by those who have fallen to the
bottom of the scale, they will rise to higher status. Anyone who says this name 100 tmes on the eve
of Jumu'ah will be safeguarded against all physical and spiritual calamities. This will also draw him
near to Allah - if Allah so wishes.
The One whose wisdom may choose to use forceful corrections.
The One who creates adversity or distress in order to discourage or correct wrongful behavior.
The One whose wisdom may use situations that have an outward appearance of being harmful.
From the root d-r-r which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
to have an opinion that is opposing
to apply forceful correction
to do an act that is disliked
to make inconvenient, annoy, distress
to cause adversity, afflict
to harm, injure, hurt
The name Dârr is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ân.
Nâfi' (creator of good) is the opposite of Dârr (distresser)
The names Dârr and Nâfi' are often used together to acknowledge the way that balance and
harmony are established and maintained. These opposing attributes are often inseparable, since
that which is the sweetest nectar to one person may be bitter poison to another.
Such opposites help to make one aware that every action accomplishes some purpose and is, in the
grand scheme of things, subservient to the all-knowing hand of Allâh, through whom balance and
harmony are created and maintained... even if we don't understand.
Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî wrote:
Do not suppose that poison kills or harms by itself.... or that kings or men or satan, or any creature,
are capable of good or evil, benefit or harm, by themselves. For all of these are subservient causes
from which nothing proceeds except that for which they were utilized.
There is a grand intelligence who has a plan that is beyond our understanding, and these pairs of
opposites serve to remind us to constantly focus our attention on the glory of the One, regardless of
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