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The Quran refers to God's Most Beautiful Names (al-ʾasmāʾ al-ḥusná) in several Surahs. Gerhard Böwering refers to Surah 17 (17:110) as the locus classicus to which explicit lists of 99 names used to be attached in tafsir.
In his book, "Al-Maqsad Al-Asna fi Sharah Asma' Allahu al-Husna" (also known as "The Best Means in Explaining Allah's Beautiful Names"), Imam Al Ghazali translates At-Tawwāb as "The Ever-Relenting, [2] He who constantly turns man to repentance". He states that Al-Tawwāb is "the One Who keeps on facilitating the causes of repentance for His ...
The other names are known as the 99 Names of Allah (al-asmā' al-ḥusná lit. meaning: 'the best names' or 'the most beautiful names') and considered attributes, each of which evoke a distinct characteristic of Allah. [13] [61] All these names refer to Allah, the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name. [62]
The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]
God’s name Al-Ghafūr occurs 91 times in the Quran, making it one of the most common names mentioned there, and is often mentioned alongside other Attributes of God: Ar-Raheem: is mentioned 72 times with Al-Ghafūr, one of the most common sets of pairs of Allah’s names. Al-Haleem ('The Forbearing one': 6 times. Al-’Afuww: 4 times.
In his book, "Al-Maqsad Al-Asna fi Sharah Asma' Allahu al-Husna" ("The best means in explaining Allah's Beautiful Names"), Imam Al Ghazali translates Al-Ḥalīm as "The Non-Precipitate and Forbearing One". He states that Al-Ḥalīm is "the One Who Witnesses the disobedience of the disobedient, the One Who Sees the violation of the command ('amr).
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The locus classicus for listing the Divine Names in the literature of Qurʾānic commentary is “Call upon Allah, or call upon The Merciful; whichsoever you call upon, to Allah belong the most beautiful Names,” and also , which includes a cluster of more than a dozen Divine epithets."