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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the best book explaining the beautiful names of Allah?

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Question:
I ask Allah for you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the best book explaining the beautiful names of Allah the Exalted?

Answer:
There are many explanations in tafsir (exegesis). Follow them in the tafsir, and you will find that the mufassirun (exegetes) have explained them. However, collecting them in a book and explaining them is first of all incalculable. The names of Allah are incalculable in a book; the names of Allah are many. But the ninety-nine names that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified by saying, “Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine names, whoever enumerates them will enter Paradise,” these are the ones that can be tracked. Track them from the Qur'an and the Sunnah until you reach ninety-nine. A group of scholars have tracked them, recorded them, explained them, and composed them in poetry. They are found in the al-Nuniyyah by Ibn al-Qayyim. They are found in explanations of the beautiful names from old and new books under the title “Explanation of the Beautiful Names.” As for what is in al-Tirmidhi, “Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine names,” and he mentioned these ninety-nine names at the end, this is inserted into the hadith
And it is not from the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger didوليس من كلام الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم، الرسول ما
counting them. This is an insertion by some of the narrators. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1560- 4717] ما هو أفضل كتاب في شرح أسماء الله الحسنى؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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