Ism Fa'il

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. There are only four forms of Sighah Mubalaghah that Allah has chosen to describe Himself hyperbolically, which are:

   (i)     Sighah Mubalaghah I [  فَعِيل  ]

   (ii)    Sighah Mubalaghah II [  فَعَّال  ]

   (iii)   Sighah Mubalaghah III, [  فَعُول  ]

   (iv)   Sighah Mubalaghah IV [ فَعْلَان  ]