Araf 180
180- AND ALLAH HAS THE GOOD NAMES, CALL HIM BY THEM, AND TURN AWAY FROM THOSE WHO DENY HIS NAMES; THEY WILL BE RECOMPENSED FOR WHAT THEY USED TO DO.
Allah the Highest has ninety nine names, which are description of Him and His Character. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Allah has ninety nine names, one hundred minus one, whoever knows them all, goes to Paradise”. (Bukhari & Muslim & Termezi)
These are the names Allah the Highest let us know, but some He may have kept to Himself. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Whenever a person suffers upset or grief, and says: ‘Allah, I am your slave, and the son of your man slave and woman slave, my fate is in your hands, and your judgement is upheld over me, for your judgement is just. I ask you by every name you called yourself, or taught any of your creation, or kept with You in the knowledge of the unknown, to make the Quran the source of happiness in my heart, to light up my chest, clear my grief, and to relieve my burden, and to let my grief and burden be replaced with happiness’ (Ibn Haban)
Therefore, there are more than the 99 names, but not all are known to us. Allah’s names tell us about Allah’s characters and describe Allah the Highest to us. When we call upon Allah the Highest for help in Dawa, we may call upon him by His Good Names. We may use the most appropriate names for then; calling Him by the names of Pardoning and Forgiving, if we are asking for pardoning and forgiveness etc.
The disbelievers reject and mock Allah’s Good Names, it used to happen in the past and it happens now. When the treaty of Hudaybiah was being written down, the representative of Makkah insisted on wiping out “The Most Merciful, the Compassionate” saying that they did not know such a God.
We will find Allah’s Good names mentioned throughout the Quran, in different Ayahs, always at the appropriate place, reminding us of Allah’s character and of Him. Whether we call upon Allah the Highest, by His name Allah, or any of His Good Names, it is the same. Allah the Highest said: “SAY: CALL UPON ALLAH OR CALL UPON THE MERCIFUL (RAHMAN), WHATEVER YOU CALL HIM, FOR HE HAS THE GOOD NAMES”. (S: 17 A: 110)
Allah’s names however, come under two major categories; the ones which show His Power, Might and Greatness, and the ones which show His Mercy, Kindness, Care, Forgivingness etc. Allah the Highest does not like us to imitate the first ones, but likes us to imitate the later ones.
This does not mean that Allah the Highest does not like us to be powerful, but does not want us to be excessively overpowering to other beings.
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