al-Latif — The Subtle and Kind

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al-Latif — The Subtle and Kind. It is name number 30 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi ¹; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names ².

In the Qur'an

The name occurs in the Qur'an, among them: 6:103، 67:14.

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' ³.

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Exemplified by: Yusuf (Joseph)
Mentioned in: Qur'an 6:103· Qur'an 67:14
Part of: The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)

People and things also explored

Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim (lecture series)· al-Adl — The Utterly Just· al-Afuww — The Pardoner· al-Ahad — The Unique· al-Akhir — The Last· al-Ali — The Most High· al-Alim — The All-Knowing· al-Awwal — The First

Sources

Jami' al-Tirmidhi
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
Sahih Muslim

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Latif — The Subtle and Kind”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-al-latif/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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