Allah's Divine Names

The law of the Loh-e-Mehfooz conveys to us that the remotest beginning up until now is all the miraculous working of a Word. The present, future and the time in between the very beginning up until now is nothing but the utterance of a Word.

It is the various forms of this Name that has caused new creations to come into existence and will continue to do so. It is Allah's Name that is controlling the entire universe. There are many forms of this Word or Name. For every kind of Name or Word, there exists a leader and it is this leading Name that controls all the Names of its own kind. The leading Name too is a Name of Allah and it is this Name that we call Ism-e-Azam (the Greatest Name).

The existence of Names is nothing but lights. All the lights that each form has and even the Names that control these lights are all compounded from lights. These Names are the constituents of all the matter that exists in the universe. For example, the Name that sustains all the senses and the desires contained within a human being is the leader of all those Names and it is this Name that we call Ism-e-Azam.

Ism-e-Azam (Greatest Name) for the Jinn’s

There is a separate Ism-e-Azam (Greatest Name) for the jinn’s. Mankind is controlled by a different Ism-e-Azam. Similar is the case for the kingdom of vegetation, the mineral kingdom and the angels. All are governed by different Ism-e-Azams. The one versed with the knowledge of the Ism-e-Azam of any species possesses the knowledge of the entire forms, demands and details of that species.

Eleven Thousand Ism-e-il'a'hi (Divine Names)

There are two types of senses operating within man along with all the demands and emotions of life. One type of sense operates during the state of dreaming and the other during the wakeful state. If we gather both of these senses together they amount to eleven thousand states and demands in total. There always remains a dominant Name on these eleven thousand states or demands. It could be said that Allah’s Names that are operating in human life are approximately eleven thousand in total and the Name that is controlling these eleven thousand Names is the Ism-e-Azam. Out of these eleven thousand Names, five and a half thousand Names function during the state of dreaming. Because man is the best of all Allah's creation, according to Allah’s laws, every Name that operates within a human holds the rank of being an Ism-e-Azam for another species. It is these Names that Allah taught the knowledge of to Hazrat Adam.

The ones who direct or manage Allah’s administration possess knowledge of these Names according to their ranks and responsibilities.

Each Name of Allah represents an attribute of Allah. Each attribute contains creative laws within it as well as its entire forms. All laws that function in the system of creation are Allah's laws.

‘Allah is the Light of the Heavens and the Earth’

(Surah Noor, 35)

It is this Noor of Allah’s that produces life and all the movements pertaining to life in vegetation, minerals, animals, humans, jinn’s and angels in the form of waves. It is nature’s ceaseless benevolence that every individual of the universe is connected and related to one another through these waves of Noor.

There is a very strong relationship between the galactic systems and us. All the thoughts that enter our minds one after another are related to other systems and habitats. These waves of Noor take on the form of light within no time at all. These short and long waves of light come to us bringing lots of picture galleries. It is these picture galleries that we have named impression, thought, imagination and reflection.

Allah has declared: -

‘People! Call to Me, I will listen. Ask from Me, I will give’

To call someone or to ask from someone it is important that we are introduced to or know this being. It is also important for us to know whether this being to whom we are presenting our needs and wants can fulfill them or not. To have faith regarding this point we must understand and recognize an entity from whom we can hope for the fulfillment of our wants, needs, desires and wishes, even if we asked for more than a million a day. Obviously, this entity is none but Allah. Allah has mentioned His attributes using His Names. Allah declares in Sarah Araf: -

‘And Allah has Great Names. Invoke Him by them’

(Surah Araf, 180)

In Surah Ahzab Allah declares: -

‘O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify Him day and night’

(Surah Ahzab, 41)

Each Name of Allah is a hidden treasure. When the ones who are familiar with these treasures mention Allah’s name by their tongue, they are showered with a rain of blessings and grace. Generally there are ninety-nine Names Of Allah that are popular. Each name has a different effect. To benefit from this precious treasure, there exists a separate method to recite each Name.

By the consistent repetition of a Name the brain becomes flourished with the divine Lights of that Name. As Allah’s divine Lights become stored in the brain, depending on the amount of lights, matters that are unresolved are solved and the desired results are manifested.

Just as these beneficial effects are accumulated, similarly the darkness resulting from sinning causes the light within one to become faint and vague. Negligence, carelessness and errors draw one closer to darkness and impurity and distant one from Allah’s Noor. When a person knowingly settles his life upon sin and errors, he becomes an example of the following Quranic verse: -

‘Allah hath sealeth their hearts and their hearing, and put a covering on their eyes. Theirs will be an awful doom’

(Surah Baqara, 7)

Allah’s every Name is an attribute of Allah and Allah’s every attribute is active and mobile and in accordance to the laws of nature. Every attribute contains strength and life within it. When we mention or recite a Name the effect and strength of the Name is manifested. If the desired effects are not achieved we should examine and review our sinful actions, negligence and disobedience.

We are all familiar with the fact that during treatment as well as taking medicine it is important to abstain from certain matters. Without abstention the medicine becomes ineffective. To treat the disease of disobedience and sinning it is important to abstain from certain things and have a virtuous character:

Lawful earning, hatred of lying and love for the truth, compassion for Allah’s creation, uniformity in the outer and inner self, hatred of hypocrisy, avoidance of arguments and sin, avoidance of pride and arrogance. A person who is a hypocrite, hard-hearted and thinks of Allah's creation as inferior to him, and himself as superior to others cannot achieve benefit from the qualities and virtues of Allah’s divine Names.

Before starting the recitation of any Name it is necessary for the aforementioned qualities and characteristics to be produced within one. Acting upon the forthcoming stated cures, and the avoidance of the aforementioned characteristics will definitely cause one to benefit from the fruits of Allah’s divine Names, just as our saints have been seeking favors and still are benefiting from them.