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Afterlife and eschatologyWorship and the pillars
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In the scholars' books
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a section of Jala' al-Afham to the ninety-nine names, transmitting and commenting on them 3; later writers expanded the subject into chapters on creed, remembrance and supplication, making it among the most-repeated topics in Islamic writing.
From Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy's Tafsir lectures (episode 3)
The Sheikh says that God is the Guide before there exists anyone who needs guidance, that is, from eternity, and that He is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden 4. He adds that God is the Provider before there exists anyone who needs provision 4.
The Sheikh says these are among the most beautiful names of God, and when they settle in the servant's heart he gains full certainty in the sincerity of his reliance on God 5. He explains that God's guidance exists before the existence of those who need it, and that His provision exists before the servants are created 5.
The Sheikh stresses again that God is the Provider before He creates those who need provision 6. He then turns to the softening of hearts, likening it to a gradual process of making something supple, prays that God soften the hearts of those present, and links this to opening the Qur'an and reading it 6.
People and things also explored
Hilal (the crescent and the lunar month for the law)· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· Islamic eschatology
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Tafsir Al Quran Al Qareem, episode 3, at 00:04:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Tafsir Al Quran Al Qareem, episode 3, at 00:04:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Omar Abdelkafy's lectures (audio and video) , Tafsir Al Quran Al Qareem, episode 3, at 00:05:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
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islam.museum contributors. “The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-allah-al-husna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.