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
Say: "What do you really think? If Allah made it permanent day for you till the Day
of Rising, what god is there other than Allah to bring you night to rest in? Do you
not then see?"(28:71-72)
Al-Wârith: The Inheritor
The One who inherits and continues after all others have ceased to be; thus all returns to Him. He
is the true owner of all.
Al-Warith is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"It is We who will inherit the earth and all those on it and. They will be returned to
Us." (19:39)
"We will inherit from him the things he is talking about and he will come to Us all
alone." (19:81)
"It is We who give life and cause to die and We are the Inheritor." (15:23)
Ad-Dahr: Time
Infinity of time, undifferentiated time from the beginning of the world to its end, extended
indivisible space of time.
"The son of Adam vexes me when he curses Time, for I am Time. In My hand is the
command. I cause the night and day to follow one upon the other." (al-Bukhari,
Muslim, etc.)
Al-Qayyûm: The Self-Sustaining
The Self-Sustaining, Self-Subsisting, Self-Existing, the One who is in charge of things and preserves
them and manages them. Also the One whose power over His creatures is unchangeable and will
never end. He requires nothing to exist.
Al-Qayyum is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"Allah. There is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining." (2:255)
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