Al-Hayy

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.

1. ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ۝٢٥٥

   Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living,⁹⁸ the Self-Sustaining.⁹⁹ Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them,¹⁰⁰ and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī¹⁰¹ extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High,¹⁰² the Most Great.¹⁰³

   Translator notes (6)

   1. 98 Whose life is perfect, complete and eternal, without beginning or end, and through whom all created life originated and continues.
   2. 99 Dependent on none for His existence while being the sustainer and administrator of all created existence.
   3. 100 Allāh's knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.
   4. 101 Chair or footstool. It is not to be confused with al-ʿArsh (the Throne) , which is infinitely higher and greater than al-Kursī.
   5. 102 Above all of His creations and superior to them in essence, rank and position.
   6. 103 Whose greatness is unlimited, beyond description or imagination.
   2:255

2. ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُ ۝٢

   Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining.¹¹⁴

   Translator notes (1)

   1. 114 See footnotes to 2:255.
   3:2

3. وَتَوَكَّلۡ عَلَى ٱلۡحَيِّ ٱلَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِهِۦۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا ۝٥٨

   And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allāh] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, [fully] Aware -

   25:58

4. هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدۡعُوهُ مُخۡلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَۗ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٦٥

   He is the Ever-Living;¹³⁷⁷ there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

   Translator notes (1)

   1. 1377 Whose life is without beginning or end, and upon whom all created life depends.
   40:65

About this name

Ayat containing this word

12

Quran text

Uthmanic Hafs text of the King Fahd Complex

Translation

Saheeh International

Al-Hayy is name 62 of the 99. A plain search of the Arabic text finds this word form in 12 ayat. The 4 ayat listed above are a different measurement: what the app's reviewers accepted as naming Allah here, and some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form, so the two numbers need not match.

Names that stand next to it

• الْقَيُّومُ Al-Qayyum