Q281: What is the meaning of Allah's name As-Samad?
Answer: The Master whom all creation turns to for their needs
💡 All of creation turns to Allah and seeks Him for their needs, and He is the Master who is perfect in all His attributes.
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Answer: The Master whom all creation turns to for their needs
💡 All of creation turns to Allah and seeks Him for their needs, and He is the Master who is perfect in all His attributes.
Answer: True ✔
💡 It is verse 35 of Surah An-Nur. Among the meanings of Allah's name An-Nur (the Light) is that He illuminates the heavens and the earth and guides their people.
Answer: Al-Karim
💡 Allah is abundant in goodness; He gives His servants countless blessings and pardons them, and His generosity never runs out.
Answer: Free of need, the Praiseworthy
💡 All people need Allah in everything, and Allah is Al-Ghani (the Free of need), who needs no one, and Al-Hamid (the Praiseworthy), who is praised in every situation.
Answer: The One who is pure and free of every imperfection
💡 Al-Quddus is the Pure One, free of every imperfection. That is why we say in glorification "Subhan Allah" (Glory be to Allah), declaring Him far above anything unbefitting.
Answer: The One who has special mercy for His believing servants
💡 Allah is merciful to His believing servants: He guides them, forgives them, and admits them into Paradise through His special mercy for them.
Answer: The Self-Sustaining, who sustains and manages the affairs of His creation
💡 Allah is self-sustaining and needs no one, and He manages all the affairs of His creation; neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him.
Answer: responsive
💡 Salih (peace be upon him) said to his people: "Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive," for Allah is near to His servants; He hears their supplications and answers them.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Allah commanded us to call upon Him by His Beautiful Names, so we say, for example: "O Ar-Razzaq (Provider), provide for me," and "O Al-Ghaffar (Perpetual Forgiver), forgive me."
Answer: True ✔
💡 The verse affirms for Allah the names As-Sami' (the Hearing) and Al-Basir (the Seeing), and tells us that, glory be to Him, none of His creation resembles Him in His hearing, His sight, or any of His attributes.
Answer: Al-Hayy (the Ever-Living), Al-Qayyum (the Sustainer of all existence), Al-'Azim (the Most Great)
💡 Ayat al-Kursi begins with Allah's words: "Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence" and ends with: "and He is the Most High, the Most Great." The Prophet ﷺ said it is the greatest verse in the Noble Quran (narrated by Muslim).
Answer: The One who needs no one, while all creation needs Him
💡 Allah needs no food and needs none of His creation, while all creatures are poor and in need of Him.
Answer: Generous
💡 In this verse Allah reminds man that his Lord, the Generous (Al-Karim), has blessed him with countless blessings, so it does not befit him to be deceived and disobey Him.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Yusuf (peace be upon him) said it after he was reunited with his parents and brothers and had raised his parents upon the throne, as in Surah Yusuf (verse 100). It contains Allah's names Al-'Alim (the Knowing) and Al-Hakim (the Wise).
Answer: Al-Fatihah, then Al-Baqarah, then An-Nur, then Al-Hashr, then Al-Ikhlas
💡 Al-Fatihah is the first surah, then Al-Baqarah is Surah 2, An-Nur is 24, Al-Hashr is 59, and Al-Ikhlas is 112.
Answer: The One who protects His servants and preserves everything
💡 Allah preserves the heavens and the earth and protects His servants from evil, so we ask Him to protect us at all times.
Answer: 99
💡 The Prophet ﷺ said: "Allah has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one; whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise" (Agreed upon). Enumerating them means memorizing them, understanding their meanings, and acting upon them.
Answer: True ✔
💡 No one is called Ar-Rahman except Allah. That is why we name people "Abdur-Rahman" (servant of the Entirely Merciful), but we never call anyone "Ar-Rahman".
Answer: Al-Fatihah
💡 Surah Al-Fatihah is called "Umm al-Kitab" and "As-Sab' al-Mathani" (the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses). It is the first surah in the Mushaf and has 7 verses.
Answer: Al-Baqarah
💡 Ayat al-Kursi is in Surah Al-Baqarah, and the Prophet ﷺ said it is the greatest verse in the Book of Allah.