Asma al-Husna

Ism Fa’il refers to Allah as the doer of a given quality. There are two types of Ism Fa’il that Allah had used to describe His Names and Attributes, the normal ones and the extreme ones. The normal ones refer to the typical Ism Fa’il that appears for the Sarf Table F1 – F10. The extreme ones refer to the hyperbolized version of the Ism Fa’il. This suggests that some of His qualities are more prevalent over the others in terms of its intensity. Understanding this will help us understand Allah better, insyaAllah. a.        Normal (43) The Asmaul Husna under this form refers to the normal qualities of Allah as the One Who Does Something. His names are as categorized below depending on Family: b.        Sighah Mubalaghah (41) Sighah Mubalaghah refers to the hyperbolized version of Ism Fa’il. This type of Asmaul Husna still illustrate the sifah of Allah as a doer, but in a more extreme form. T...

This Sighah Mubalaghah refers to a quality that does not manifest all the times, but when it does, it will be something extreme. It is something that is temporary (it disappears as quickly as it appears) but is always extreme whenever it appears:    (i)     Extreme anger that manifests as one-shot at the heap of the moment, but quickly disappears after it was manifested = [   غَضْبَان   ]    (ii)    Extreme thirst that quickly disappears after one had been given with drink = [   عَطْشَان   ]    (iii)     Extreme hunger that quickly disappears after one had been given food = [   جَوْعَان   ] For Allah, this refers to something that He manifests in this world. This world is temporary, so the manifestation of this quality refers to this world.

Masdar refers to “The Very Idea of Something” or “The True Essence of Something”. When used as a quality, it refers to the ultimate form of something, or the embodiment of something    (i)     When you want to say something is ultimately fast, instead of calling it fast or speedy, you call it “Speed” itself. Speed is a Masdar, therefore the usage of “I am Speed” = I am the embodiment of fast itself    (ii)     When you call someone good at basketball as “He is Basketball”, it is as though you are saying if you look for the definition of basketball in the dictionary, you will find his face there instead. When you think of basketball, you automatically think of him. He is the ultimate definition of basketball. For Allah, when His quality is a Masdar, it indicates that He is the ultimate embodiment of that quality. This is another type of hyperbole used to describe His Asma’ul Husna.

This Sighah Mubalaghah has the same form with Ism Sifah. Ism Sifah refers to the idea of something that is permanent but remains dormant. The extremity of this [   فَعِيل   ] lies in the permanence of its nature. For Allah, it denotes something that exists all the time, thus the best way to describe Asma’ul Husna under this form is through the usage of “Always” or “All-something”

This approach will look at the:    1. Root Word    2. Spelling and Harakat of the Asma'ul Husna to precisely understand why Allah had chosen such name as the description of Himself. To illustrate this importance, the easiest example is when Allah is describing Himself as "The Forgiver". To say this, simply calling Himself as  الغَافِر  is enough. However, in term of forgiveness, Allah purposefully did not choose  الغَافِر  as the perfect description of Himself. Instead, He chose to describe Himself by, not only with one name, but two:    1.   الغَفُور     2.   الغَفَّار So, how are these three connected? Both  الغَفُور   and  الغَفَّار  are actually the derived form of  الغَافِر  as its hyperbolic form. In other words:    1.   الغَافِر  = The Forgiver    2.   الغَفُور = The Extreme Forgiver ...

The second Sighah Mubalaghah is of the form [  فَعُول  ]. Of all the others, this Sighah Mubalaghah is hardest to explain, especially when is related to Asma'ul Husna.. This Sighah Mubalaghah is related to the concept of being the source to achieve something. Usually, it refers to something that is concrete that is used to specifically complete an action:   (i)      The source for making wudu’ = [   وَضُوء   ] = water that is prepared specifically to make wudu’   (ii)       The source for burning = [   وَقُود   ] = wood that is prepared specifically to burn   (iii)      The source for breaking fast = [   فَطُور   ] = food that is prepared specifically to break fast   (iv)  The source for covering the body = [   لَبُوس   ] = cloth that is prepared specifically to cover the body   (v)   The source for starting a motion = [   هَبُوب ...