33- The Number of Allah’s Names Is Not Fixed
All the names of Allah are exceedingly beautiful and exalted. In a hadith from the Prophet ﷺ their number is reported as ninety-nine, as his ﷺ saying:
« إِنَّ لِلّٰهِ تِسْعَةً وَّتِسْعِيْنَ اِسْماً مَنْ أَحْصَاهَا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ »
“Allah has ninety-nine names; whoever memorises them will enter Paradise.”
Counting these names means understanding their meaning and sense, believing in these names, and worshipping Allah in accordance with what they require. No authentic hadith has been established regarding the specification of these names. Therefore, these names will be taken from the Noble Qur’an and the authentic hadiths of the Prophet ﷺ, because they relate to revelation. So only a name that is established by an authentic evidence from the Book and the Sunnah will be accepted.
