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
The One who created the inanimate world, to which all living forms return.
The One who ordains what shall become lifeless.
The One who creates the appearance of death, physically or spiritually.
From the root m-w-t which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
to die, pass away, burn out, be lifeless
to be quiet, still, calm
to be inanimate
to be deprived of sensation
to be spiritually dead, lacking spiritual life
The name Mumît is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ân.
The names Mumît (the life-taker) and Muhyî (the life-giver) are opposites.
The esoteric meaning of this name is well summarized by the Sufi saying that one should strive to
"die before you die". In such a light, al-Mumît is the One who has the power to kill lusts and
attachments, the One who can slay the sense of separateness, the One who can quiet the ego.
(Also written as al-mumit, al-mumeet, al-mumiit, the Life Taker: ya mumit, ya mumeet)
62. Al-Hayy-The Living, The Alive, The Everlasting, The Ever-Living
The Living. The Ever-Living, who knows all things and whose strength is sufficient for
everything.The One attributed with a life that is unlike our life and is not that of a combination of
soul, flesh or blood.
YA HAYYU: O Living One! Long life will be enjoyed by those who constantly invoke this
Name.Anyone desiring sound health should say this Ism 3000 times daily. If a sick person writes this
ism in a bowl with musk and rose water and then washes such inscription with water and drinks the
water, he will soon be cured from his illness Insha-Allah. Alternatively, if such water is given to a
person who is ill, he will be cured. Insha-Allah. Any person who reads this name 3000 thousand
times he will never fall ill.
The One who is undying, everlasting. The One who is eternally whole and sound.
The One Life from whom all life arises. The One who calls all life into being.
The One who animates all life and who makes each living thing different and distinct.
From the three letter root h-y-y, which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
to live, to be living
to become apparent, distinct
to animate, to revive
to vitalize, to call into being
to be whole, sound
to call, summon, invite, hasten
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