The Qur’an commands Muslims to call on Allah by his “most beautiful names”:
Qur’an 7:180 —The Most Beautiful Names belong to Allah: So call on Him by them; But shun such men as use profanity in His names: For what they do, they will soon be requited.
In the Hadith, Muhammad says that there are 99 names of Allah, and that anyone who memorizes the list of names will be awarded paradise:
Sahih Muslim 6475 —Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: There are ninety-nine names of Allah; he who commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd number.
However, there are more than 99 names of Allah found in the Qur’an and even in the Hadith, and Muhammad never delivered an official list to his followers. This makes it impossible to know which specific names are included among the 99 names.
Some scholars, however, have agree’d and created a list of 99 characteristics to attribute to Allah even though the Quran in Surah 7:80 says otherwise!!!
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