The Meaning of the Name 'ALLĀH'
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The Meaning Of the Name 'Allā h' by Eight Major Scholars ALLĀH الله Al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr رحمه الله Imām Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله Imām AbdurRaḥmān As-Saʿdī رحمه الله Shaykh ʿAbdul-ʿAziz Ibn Bāz رحمه الله Shaykh Ṣāliḥ al-Fawzān حفظه الله Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-ʿUthaymīn رحمه الله Shaykh ʿAbdur-Razzāq ibn ʿAbdul-Muḥsin حفظهما الله Dr Ṣāliḥ aṣ-Ṣāliḥ رحمه الله Ibn Kathīr رحمه الله said; Allah is the Name of the Lord, the Exalted. It is said that Allah is the Greatest Name of Allah, because it is referred to when describing Allah by the various attributes. For instance, Allah said, هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِى لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمَـنُ الرَّحِيمُ - هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِى لاَ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَـمُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَـنَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ - هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَـلِقُ الْبَارِىءُ الْمُصَوِّ...