Bismillah.
To continue our Names of Allah series:
Ar-Rahman: The Entirely Merciful, Ar-Raheem: The Especially Merciful
Both of the names Rahman and Raheem come from the root Ra-ha-meem (ر ح م), these names are similar so they require a parallel explanation. What is Rahmah? Rahmah is mercy. In the dictionary it means: ar-rifqa wa ta’attuf, compassion, kindness [...]

Bismillah
Alhamdulillah we covered: tahmeed, tasbeeh and takbeer. InshaAllah (for now) the last dhikr we will dissect is tabaarak: Blessed is He, He is Greatly Blessed. This word tabaarak is only used for Allah ta’ala.

Bismillah.
To continue our meanings of the dhikr posts, we’ll analyze Takbeer which means to say: Allahu Akbar.
Allah ta’ala says in Suratul Israa ayah 111:
وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا
“and glorify Him with a great glorification”.
Both of these words in the ayah are from kaaf-ba-ra (ك-ب-ر) or kabar, which means to be great. كَبِّرْهُ Kabirhu means: Make Him great, declare [...]

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Alhamdulillah, we now know what hamd is, let’s move on to tasbeeh!
SubhanAllah, He is Absolutely Flawless. The utter beauty, completeness, total negation, absolute perfection and exaltation that is contained in saying those two words completely boggles my mind and I know I cannot do any justice to it. My intention is to give a tiny [...]

Bismillah.
Ismul Jalaalah, The Grand Name: Allah الله. This is Allah’s Personal Name. His Identifying Name. This Name only belongs to Allah, no one else can have besides Allah. Allah is the Title, the Name, of the One True Ilaah. The Name of Allah, you cannot play around with: there is no plural, there is no [...]