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
He makes creatures distinct from one another; enabling creatures leave non-existence He is the
One who transforms sources, the One creates things not based on any model of likeness. He created
these things fear of any faultiness, and distinguished from from one another by various forms and
outward appearances. The crucial aspect of Khaliq is the One who has the power and changes
things from one state to another whereas Bari' brings them into time and originates them.
Al-Bari' is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"He is Allah - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form." (59:24)
Al-Musawwir: The Giver of Form
He gives each being its proper form, determines its composition, dimensions and appearance. The
Former or Fashioner of all existing things who has established them and given to every one of them
a special form and particular manner of being whereby it is distinguished.
Al-Musawwir is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"Then He formed him and breathed His Ruh into him." (32:8)
"It is He who forms you in the womb however He wills." (3:6)
"He is Allah - the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form." (59:24)
Al-Badî': The Originator
The Contriver, the Originator who first makes something new and original, the One who brings
something into existence for the first time, and not after the similitude of anything existing before
it.
Al-Badi' is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"The Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decides on something, He
simply says to it, 'Be!' and it is." (2:116)
Al-Fâtir: The Bringer-into-Being
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