Al-Awwal
Name 73 / 99
الْأَوَّلُ
The First
This name in the Quran
Each ayah below was read in its context and confirmed by two independent reviews, on one question: does this word name Allah here. Where the two disagreed the ayah was dropped. Some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form rather than as the noun itself.
هُوَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُ وَٱلۡأٓخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلۡبَاطِنُۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٌ
He is the First1623 and the Last,1624 the Ascendant1625 and the Intimate,1626 and He is, of all things, Knowing.
Translator notes (4)
- 1623 Before whom nothing existed. Also, He who is supreme, foremost or uppermost.
- 1624 Enduring eternally when nothing else remains.
- 1625 Nothing being above Him. Another meaning is "the Apparent," i.e., evident through His creation and revelation.
- 1626 Nothing being nearer than Him by way of His knowledge. Another meaning is "the Unapparent," i.e., concealed from man's physical senses.
About this name
- Ayat containing this word
- 26
- Quran text
- Uthmanic Hafs text of the King Fahd Complex
- Translation
- Saheeh International
Al-Awwal is name 73 of the 99. A plain search of the Arabic text finds this word form in 26 ayat. The one ayah listed above is a different measurement: what the app's reviewers accepted as naming Allah here, and it may carry the name as a verb or in another form, so the two numbers need not match.
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