as-Sami — The All-Hearing

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as-Sami — The All-Hearing. It is name number 26 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: 10:65، 12:34، 17:1، 2:127، 2:137، 21:4، 26:220، 29:5، 29:60، 3:35، 40:20، 40:56، 41:36، 42:11، 44:6، 5:76، 6:115، 6:13، 8:61.

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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Mentioned in: Qur'an 10:65· Qur'an 12:34· Qur'an 17:1· Qur'an 2:127· Qur'an 2:137· Qur'an 21:4· Qur'an 26:220· Qur'an 29:5· Qur'an 29:60· Qur'an 3:35· Qur'an 40:20· Qur'an 40:56· Qur'an 41:36· Qur'an 42:11· Qur'an 44:6· Qur'an 5:76· Qur'an 6:115· Qur'an 6:13· Qur'an 8:61
Part of: The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)
Related to: al-Basir — The All-Seeing

People and things also explored

al-Basir — The All-Seeing· The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)· 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

Sources

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

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islam.museum contributors. “as-Sami — The All-Hearing”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-al-sami/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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