99 + 1 Attributes

[LHX]

The 99 + 1 Attributes of Allah

1    Allah (الله)    (The) God
2    Ar-Rahman (الرحمن)    The All Beneficent
3    Ar-Rahim (الرحيم)    The Most Merciful
4    Al-Malik (الملك)    The King, The Sovereign
5    Al-Quddus (القدوس)    The Most Holy
6    As-Salam (السلام)    The Peace and Blessing
7    Al-Mu'min (المؤمن)    The Guarantor
8    Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن)    The Guardian, The Preserver
9    Al-Aziz (العزيز)    The Almighty, The Self Sufficient
10    Al-Jabbar (الجبار)    The Powerful, The Irresistible
11    Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر)    The Tremendous
12    Al-Khaliq (الخالق)    The Creator
13    Al-Bari' (البارئ)    The Maker
14    Al-Musawwir (المصور)    The Fashioner of Forms
15    Al-Ghaffar (الغفار)    The Ever Forgiving
16    Al-Qahhar (القهار)    The All Compelling Subduer
17    Al-Wahhab (الوهاب)    The Bestower
18    Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق)    The Ever Providing
19    Al-Fattah (الفتاح)    The Opener, The Victory Giver
20    Al-`Alim (العليم)    The All Knowing, The Omniscient
21    Al-Qabid (القابض)    The Restrainer, The Straightener
22    Al-Basit (الباسط)    The Expander, The Munificent
23    Al-Khafid (الخافض)    The Abaser
24    Ar-Rafi (الرافع)    The Exalter
25    Al-Mu'izz (المعز)    The Giver of Honour
26    Al-Mudhill (المذل)    The Giver of Dishonour
27    As-Sami (السميع)    The All Hearing
28    Al-Basir (البصير)    The All Seeing
29    Al-Hakam (الحكم)    The Judge, The Arbitrator
30    Al-`Adl (العدل)    The Utterly Just
31    Al-Latif (اللطيف)    The Subtly Kind
32    Al-Khabir (الخبير)    The All Aware
33    Al-Halim (الحليم)    The Forbearing, The Indulgent
34    Al-Azim (العظيم)    The Magnificent, The Infinite
35    Al-Ghafur (الغفور)    The All Forgiving
36    Ash-Shakur (الشكور)    The Grateful
37    Al-Ali (العلى)    The Sublimely Exalted
38    Al-Kabir (الكبير)    The Great
39    Al-Hafiz (الحفيظ)    The Preserver
40    Al-Muqit (المقيت)    The Nourisher
41    Al-Hasib (الحسيب)    The Reckoner
42    Al-Jalil (الجليل)    The Majestic
43    Al-Karim (الكريم)    The Bountiful, The Generous
44    Ar-Raqib (الرقيب)    The Watchful
45    Al-Mujib (المجيب)    The Responsive, The Answerer
46    Al-Wasi (الواسع)    The Vast, The All Encompassing
47    Al-Hakim (الحكيم)    The Wise
48    Al-Wadud (الودود)    The Loving, The Kind One
49    Al-Majid (المجيد)    The All Glorious
50    Al-Ba'ith (الباعث)    The Raiser of The Dead
51    Ash-Shahid (الشهيد)    The Witness
52    Al-Haqq (الحق)    The Truth, The Real
53    Al-Wakil (الوكيل)    The Trustee, The Dependable
54    Al-Qawiyy (القوى)    The Strong
55    Al-Matin (المتين)    The Firm, The Steadfast
56    Al-Waliyy (الولى)    The Protecting Friend, Patron and Helper
57    Al-Hamid (الحميد)    The All Praiseworthy
58    Al-Muhsi (المحصى)    The Accounter, The Numberer of All
59    Al-Mubdi' (المبدئ)    The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of all
60    Al-Mu'id (المعيد)    The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
61    Al-Muhyi (المحيى)    The Giver of Life
62    Al-Mumit (المميت)    The Bringer of Death, The Destroyer
63    Al-Hayy (الحي)    The Ever Living
64    Al-Qayyum (القيوم)    The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
65    Al-Wajid (الواجد)    The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
66    Al-Majid (الماجد)    The Illustrious, The Magnificent
67    Al-Wahid (الواحد)    The One, the All Inclusive, The Indivisible
68    As-Samad (الصمد)    The Self Sufficient, The Impregnable, The Eternally Besought of All, The Everlasting
69    Al-Qadir (القادر)    The All Able
70    Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر)    The All Determiner, The Dominant
71    Al-Muqaddim (المقدم)    The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
72    Al-Mu'akhkhir (المؤخر)    The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
73    Al-Awwal (الأول)    The First
74    Al-Akhir (الأخر)    The Last
75    Az-Zahir (الظاهر)    The Manifest, The All Victorious
76    Al-Batin (الباطن)    The Hidden, The All Encompassing
77    Al-Wali (الوالي)    The Patron
78    Al-Muta'ali (المتعالي)    The Self Exalted
79    Al-Barr (البر)    The Most Kind and Righteous
80    At-Tawwab (التواب)    The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
81    Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم)    The Avenger
82    Al-'Afuww (العفو)    The Pardoner, The Effacer of Sins
83    Ar-Ra'uf (الرؤوف)    The Compassionate, The All Pitying
84    Malik-al-Mulk (مالك الملك)    The Owner of All Sovereignty
85    Dhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام)    The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86    Al-Muqsit (المقسط)    The Equitable, The Requiter
87    Al-Jami' (الجامع)    The Gatherer, The Unifier
88    Al-Ghani (الغنى)    The All Rich, The Independent
89    Al-Mughni (المغنى)    The Enricher, The Emancipator
90    Al-Mani'(المانع)    The Withholder, The Shielder, the Defender
91    Ad-Darr (الضار)    The Distressor, The Harmer
92    An-Nafi' (النافع)    The Propitious, The Benefactor
93    An-Nur (النور)    The Light
94    Al-Hadi (الهادي)    The Guide
95    Al-Badi (البديع)    The Incomparable, The Originator
96    Al-Baqi (الباقي)    The Ever Enduring and Immutable
97    Al-Warith (الوارث)    The Heir, The Inheritor of All
98    Ar-Rashid (الرشيد)    The Guide, Infallible Teacher and Knower
99    As-Sabur (الصبور)    The Patient, The Timeless

+1 Unnameable, Undefinable


dont sell yourself short







salvaged from a different thread

a exaggerated bump

[Payne]

A more righteous bump, due to leaving all the other dross behind from that thread.

[Darth Cupcake]

I concur with Payne.

I always liked this post. I think it's good to be bumped.

I would like to figure out some way to incorporate it into my compilation, but without it seeming like the only particularly partisan religious bit in there, if you will. If anyone has suggestions on how to do that, I'm open. I think I could make it work as is, or just with a touch of tweaking or intro or some such, but I'd like to hear ideas as well.

[Payne]

I concur with Payne.

I always liked this post. I think it's good to be bumped.

I would like to figure out some way to incorporate it into my compilation, but without it seeming like the only particularly partisan religious bit in there, if you will. If anyone has suggestions on how to do that, I'm open. I think I could make it work as is, or just with a touch of tweaking or intro or some such, but I'd like to hear ideas as well.

The only thing that makes it seem like religious partisanship (to anyone NOT a muslim, at least) is the fact it's called the attributes of Allah, and the arabic.

Take those out, and you're set.

[Forteetu]

The only thing that makes it seem like religious partisanship (to anyone NOT a muslim, at least) is the fact it's called the attributes of Allah, and the arabic.

Take those out, and you're set.

I'm in process of reading BIP, so forgive any utterly inane questions ... however, is there any intention in the BIP project to incorporate a mythological "wrapper" to encompass the message? Like the ancient Greek stories were used (with immense creative liberty) to portray the original PD?

If this is the case, is there any discussion on using the grounds of both Xtianity and Islam as that wrapper? These being the most prevelant religious topics of the day. They both decend from the same base, so perhaps a psuedo-mythology concocted from their shared history.

[Triple Zero]

1. what's so great about this allah list? i don't get it?

2. forteetu: mythological wrapper, yes. basing it on xtianity and islam .. i'm not so sure, but on the other hand, it would reach a lot of people that way, fuck with xtianity and islam, and i just don't like it but that may be something that needs to be shaken loose in myself.

[LHX]

1. what's so great about this allah list? i don't get it?

1. the length
2. the existence of seemingly contradictory claims describing the same element
3. the fact that they are all human attributes as well


come on man

be creative

[Triple Zero]

i wasn't dismissing the list or anything, i just genuinely wondered what the point of posting it was. thanks for your answer

peace

[LMNO]

The only thing that makes it seem like religious partisanship (to anyone NOT a muslim, at least) is the fact it's called the attributes of Allah, and the arabic.

Take those out, and you're set.

I'm in process of reading BIP, so forgive any utterly inane questions ... however, is there any intention in the BIP project to incorporate a mythological "wrapper" to encompass the message? Like the ancient Greek stories were used (with immense creative liberty) to portray the original PD?

If this is the case, is there any discussion on using the grounds of both Xtianity and Islam as that wrapper? These being the most prevelant religious topics of the day. They both decend from the same base, so perhaps a psuedo-mythology concocted from their shared history.

So far, no.  It has been shown elsewhere that the BIP metaphor is somewhat like a META-phor, in that it encompasses many other things.  If well-understood, a person can get behind the BIP metaphor while being a Jew, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Agnostic, or whatever.

The difference is, they're usually not funamentally fanatical about it, as the BIP shows that their religion is simply the way a certain part of their cell is shaped.

[Forteetu]

2. forteetu: mythological wrapper, yes. basing it on xtianity and islam .. i'm not so sure, but on the other hand, it would reach a lot of people that way, fuck with xtianity and islam, and i just don't like it but that may be something that needs to be shaken loose in myself.

Well, the idea that springs to mind is a fictionalised mythology with a basis in the early history of judeo-christianity and islam. They are all decended from the same lineage anyway

and as for shaking loose, i relate ... baptised a catholic, christian school upbringing ...  took time to deprogram all that shit, still finding more and more as I go along

[Forteetu]

So far, no.  It has been shown elsewhere that the BIP metaphor is somewhat like a META-phor, in that it encompasses many other things.  If well-understood, a person can get behind the BIP metaphor while being a Jew, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Agnostic, or whatever.

Agreed and using the PD as a reference, I think the inclusion of a mythology which spread across multiple cultures, the 5 apostles, worked in much the same fashion.

The difference is, they're usually not funamentally fanatical about it, as the BIP shows that their religion is simply the way a certain part of their cell is shaped.

Yes, I get this message very clearly from what I have read of the BIP so far.

[LMNO]

Agreed.  However, I don't think we should build a mythos into the BIP, because then one would have to buy into the mythos in order to buy into BIP.  And selling BIP is hard enough as it is.

[Cain]

The 99 + 1 Attributes of Allah

1    Allah (الله)    (The) God
2    Ar-Rahman (الرحمن)    The All Beneficent
3    Ar-Rahim (الرحيم)    The Most Merciful
4    Al-Malik (الملك)    The King, The Sovereign
5    Al-Quddus (القدوس)    The Most Holy
6    As-Salam (السلام)    The Peace and Blessing
7    Al-Mu'min (المؤمن)    The Guarantor
8    Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن)    The Guardian, The Preserver
9    Al-Aziz (العزيز)    The Almighty, The Self Sufficient
10    Al-Jabbar (الجبار)    The Powerful, The Irresistible
11    Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر)    The Tremendous
12    Al-Khaliq (الخالق)    The Creator
13    Al-Bari' (البارئ)    The Maker
14    Al-Musawwir (المصور)    The Fashioner of Forms
15    Al-Ghaffar (الغفار)    The Ever Forgiving
16    Al-Qahhar (القهار)    The All Compelling Subduer
17    Al-Wahhab (الوهاب)    The Bestower
18    Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق)    The Ever Providing
19    Al-Fattah (الفتاح)    The Opener, The Victory Giver
20    Al-`Alim (العليم)    The All Knowing, The Omniscient
21    Al-Qabid (القابض)    The Restrainer, The Straightener
22    Al-Basit (الباسط)    The Expander, The Munificent
23    Al-Khafid (الخافض)    The Abaser
24    Ar-Rafi (الرافع)    The Exalter
25    Al-Mu'izz (المعز)    The Giver of Honour
26    Al-Mudhill (المذل)    The Giver of Dishonour
27    As-Sami (السميع)    The All Hearing
28    Al-Basir (البصير)    The All Seeing
29    Al-Hakam (الحكم)    The Judge, The Arbitrator
30    Al-`Adl (العدل)    The Utterly Just
31    Al-Latif (اللطيف)    The Subtly Kind
32    Al-Khabir (الخبير)    The All Aware
33    Al-Halim (الحليم)    The Forbearing, The Indulgent
34    Al-Azim (العظيم)    The Magnificent, The Infinite
35    Al-Ghafur (الغفور)    The All Forgiving
36    Ash-Shakur (الشكور)    The Grateful
37    Al-Ali (العلى)    The Sublimely Exalted
38    Al-Kabir (الكبير)    The Great
39    Al-Hafiz (الحفيظ)    The Preserver
40    Al-Muqit (المقيت)    The Nourisher
41    Al-Hasib (الحسيب)    The Reckoner
42    Al-Jalil (الجليل)    The Majestic
43    Al-Karim (الكريم)    The Bountiful, The Generous
44    Ar-Raqib (الرقيب)    The Watchful
45    Al-Mujib (المجيب)    The Responsive, The Answerer
46    Al-Wasi (الواسع)    The Vast, The All Encompassing
47    Al-Hakim (الحكيم)    The Wise
48    Al-Wadud (الودود)    The Loving, The Kind One
49    Al-Majid (المجيد)    The All Glorious
50    Al-Ba'ith (الباعث)    The Raiser of The Dead
51    Ash-Shahid (الشهيد)    The Witness
52    Al-Haqq (الحق)    The Truth, The Real
53    Al-Wakil (الوكيل)    The Trustee, The Dependable
54    Al-Qawiyy (القوى)    The Strong
55    Al-Matin (المتين)    The Firm, The Steadfast
56    Al-Waliyy (الولى)    The Protecting Friend, Patron and Helper
57    Al-Hamid (الحميد)    The All Praiseworthy
58    Al-Muhsi (المحصى)    The Accounter, The Numberer of All
59    Al-Mubdi' (المبدئ)    The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of all
60    Al-Mu'id (المعيد)    The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
61    Al-Muhyi (المحيى)    The Giver of Life
62    Al-Mumit (المميت)    The Bringer of Death, The Destroyer
63    Al-Hayy (الحي)    The Ever Living
64    Al-Qayyum (القيوم)    The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
65    Al-Wajid (الواجد)    The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
66    Al-Majid (الماجد)    The Illustrious, The Magnificent
67    Al-Wahid (الواحد)    The One, the All Inclusive, The Indivisible
68    As-Samad (الصمد)    The Self Sufficient, The Impregnable, The Eternally Besought of All, The Everlasting
69    Al-Qadir (القادر)    The All Able
70    Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر)    The All Determiner, The Dominant
71    Al-Muqaddim (المقدم)    The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
72    Al-Mu'akhkhir (المؤخر)    The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
73    Al-Awwal (الأول)    The First
74    Al-Akhir (الأخر)    The Last
75    Az-Zahir (الظاهر)    The Manifest, The All Victorious
76    Al-Batin (الباطن)    The Hidden, The All Encompassing
77    Al-Wali (الوالي)    The Patron
78    Al-Muta'ali (المتعالي)    The Self Exalted
79    Al-Barr (البر)    The Most Kind and Righteous
80    At-Tawwab (التواب)    The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
81    Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم)    The Avenger
82    Al-'Afuww (العفو)    The Pardoner, The Effacer of Sins
83    Ar-Ra'uf (الرؤوف)    The Compassionate, The All Pitying
84    Malik-al-Mulk (مالك الملك)    The Owner of All Sovereignty
85    Dhu-al-Jalal wa-al-Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام)    The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
86    Al-Muqsit (المقسط)    The Equitable, The Requiter
87    Al-Jami' (الجامع)    The Gatherer, The Unifier
88    Al-Ghani (الغنى)    The All Rich, The Independent
89    Al-Mughni (المغنى)    The Enricher, The Emancipator
90    Al-Mani'(المانع)    The Withholder, The Shielder, the Defender
91    Ad-Darr (الضار)    The Distressor, The Harmer
92    An-Nafi' (النافع)    The Propitious, The Benefactor
93    An-Nur (النور)    The Light
94    Al-Hadi (الهادي)    The Guide
95    Al-Badi (البديع)    The Incomparable, The Originator
96    Al-Baqi (الباقي)    The Ever Enduring and Immutable
97    Al-Warith (الوارث)    The Heir, The Inheritor of All
98    Ar-Rashid (الرشيد)    The Guide, Infallible Teacher and Knower
99    As-Sabur (الصبور)    The Patient, The Timeless

+1 Unnameable, Undefinable


dont sell yourself short







salvaged from a different thread

a exaggerated bump

It must suck having to label all of Allah's stuff.

[guest7654]

Agreed.  However, I don't think we should build a mythos into the BIP, because then one would have to buy into the mythos in order to buy into BIP.  And selling BIP is hard enough as it is.

I disagree.  If you make it transparent enough one wouldn't really have to buy into it.   

Also it could come in later so that the reader would already have a sense of what is going on.  But then again I am sleep deprived and need a smoke break

[LMNO]

Agreed.  However, I don't think we should build a mythos into the BIP, because then one would have to buy into the mythos in order to buy into BIP.  And selling BIP is hard enough as it is.

I disagree.  If you make it transparent enough one wouldn't really have to buy into it.   

Also it could come in later so that the reader would already have a sense of what is going on.  But then again I am sleep deprived and need a smoke break

Rza, I cordially invite you to put pen to paper and introduce mythos to the BIP.  Good luck.