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Level A1
Divine Names and Attributes
15 Quranic words · ~20 min
Focus: Names of Allah (al-Asmāʾ al-Ḥusnā) and key Islamic phrases
Lesson overview
Divine Names and Attributes is a level A1 Quranic vocabulary lesson of 15 words: 7 nouns, 7 phrases and 1 verb. Its words come from 9 Arabic roots, listed below with links to each root family.
- Builds on: Advanced Quranic Vocabulary (B1)
- Leads to: The Natural World in the Quran (A1)
Word list
| Arabic | Meaning | Type | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
الرَّحْمٰنُ ar-Raḥmān | The Most Merciful (divine name) | noun | ر-ح-م |
الْوَدُودُ al-Wadūd | The Most Loving (divine name) | noun | و-د-د |
الْخَالِقُ al-Khāliq | The Creator (divine name) | noun | خ-ل-ق |
الرَّزَّاقُ ar-Razzāq | The Provider (divine name) | noun | ر-ز-ق |
الْعَزِيزُ al-ʿAzīz | The Almighty / The Exalted in Might (divine name) | noun | ع-ز-ز |
الْحَيُّ al-Ḥayy | The Ever-Living (divine name) | noun | ح-ي-ي |
السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ as-Samīʿ al-Baṣīr | The All-Hearing, The All-Seeing (divine name pair) | phrase | |
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ Allāhu akbar | God is the Greatest | phrase | ك-ب-ر |
سُبْحَانَهُ subḥānahū | Glory be to Him / He is exalted | phrase | س-ب-ح |
رَحِمَ raḥima | he had mercy / he showed compassion | verb | ر-ح-م |
صُحُفٌ ṣuḥuf | scrolls / scriptures / pages | noun | ص-ح-ف |
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ subḥāna Allāh | Glory be to God / God is perfect | phrase | س-ب-ح |
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ bismi Allāhi ar-Raḥmāni ar-Raḥīm | In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful | phrase | |
لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ lā ilāha illā Allāh | There is no god but Allah | phrase | |
مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ mā shāʾa Allāh | What God has willed / As God willed | phrase |
Themes these words belong to: Quranic (15)
Sample word cards
الرَّحْمٰنُ
ar-Raḥmān
Root: ر-ح-م
The Most Merciful (divine name)
الْوَدُودُ
al-Wadūd
Root: و-د-د
The Most Loving (divine name)
الْخَالِقُ
al-Khāliq
Root: خ-ل-ق
The Creator (divine name)
Exercises and spaced review for all 15 words
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