The names of Allah are based on revelation.
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The Shaykh : Are the names of Allah based on revelation or on analogy? In other words, are the names of Allah restricted to what has been transmitted, with no analogy applied to them, or are they subject to analogy?
The answer is the first: the names of Allah are based on revelation. We have no right to name Allah with a name by which He has not named Himself, for Allah knows Himself and others best. If He had such a name, He would have revealed it in His Book. Therefore, the names of Allah are based on revelation, and no one can coin a name for Allah that He has not used for Himself, neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah. The most important thing among these principles is to know that the names of Allah are proper names, and what else? And attributes. All right. We begin with what is easy of the discussion of these names found at the end of Surat al-Hashr:.
The answer is the first: the names of Allah are based on revelation. We have no right to name Allah with a name by which He has not named Himself, for Allah knows Himself and others best. If He had such a name, He would have revealed it in His Book. Therefore, the names of Allah are based on revelation, and no one can coin a name for Allah that He has not used for Himself, neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah. The most important thing among these principles is to know that the names of Allah are proper names, and what else? And attributes. All right. We begin with what is easy of the discussion of these names found at the end of Surat al-Hashr: