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
"It is He who first produced you from a single self, then from a resting-place and a
repository." (6:99)
"It is He who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees and crops
of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, the same yet not the same." (6:142)
Al-Jâ'il: The One Who Puts in Place
To place, put, institute, to make be, assign. The verb ja'ala is similar to fa'ala and sana'a, to make
a thing from a thing, e.g. 16:81, "He has made shaded places for you." So to create or bring into
existence from something else, but also simply create, as 6:1, "He Who appointed darkness and
light," and 21:31, "We made from water every living thing."To make or prepare (65:3; 65:4). To
appoint (19:31); to make something be in a certain condition (2:21), also to make a change, to
pronounce a legal judgement, to call or name; to make known, to exalt, etc.
"Then He produced his seed from an extract of base fluid." (32:7)
"He who made the angels messengers, with wings - two, three and four." (35:1)
"He has given you mates from among yourselves, and given mates to the livestock,
in that way multiplying you." (42:11)
Al-Mubdi': The Originator
Like al-Badi', the One who originates something without prior model, begins the first time.
Al-Mubdi' is one of the Ninety-Nine Names.
"He who has created all things in the best possible way. He commenced the
creation of man from clay." (32:7)
"Have they not seen how Allah brings creation out of nothing, then reproduces it?
That is easy for Allah." (29:18)
Al-Mu'îd: The Restorer
The one who restores what He has already created before and brings it to live again.
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