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an-Nur — The Light

النور

an-Nur — The Light. Name 93 in the enumeration of the most beautiful names in the Tirmidhi hadith.

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Overview

an-Nur — The Light. It is name number 93 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi 1; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names 2.

In the Qur'an

The name occurs in the Qur'an, among them: 14:1، 14:5، 2:257، 33:43، 35:20، 5:16، 57:9، 65:11، 7:157.

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' 3. Reports naming this name include: 179.

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Mentioned in
Muslim 179 — God does not sleep; His veil is light· Qur'an 14:1· Qur'an 14:5· Qur'an 2:257· Qur'an 24:35· Qur'an 24:40· Qur'an 33:43· Qur'an 35:20· Qur'an 39:22· Qur'an 5:15· Qur'an 5:16· Qur'an 57:9· Qur'an 61:8· Qur'an 65:11· Qur'an 7:157· Qur'an 9:32
Part of
The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)

People and things also explored

al-Adl — The Utterly Just· al-Afuww — The Pardoner· al-Ahad — The Unique· al-Akhir — The Last· al-Ali — The Most High· al-Alim — The All-Knowing· al-Awwal — The First· al-Azim — The Magnificent

Sources

  1. Jami' al-Tirmidhi
  2. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
  3. Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “an-Nur — The Light”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-al-nur/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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