The Ninety-Nine Names · the 40th name
الْحَسِيب
Al-Hasib
The Reckoner, who is enough
- The rootح س ب
- From the roothasaba: to count, to reckon, to settle an account; and hasb, enough
The essay
Two meanings, and both are in the Name. He is the Reckoner who counts everything precisely, and He is the One who is enough. The second is why the Name comforts rather than frightens: the same word that says every deed is being tallied says that He, alone, suffices. When the Prophet's community was told that a great army had gathered against them, the answer recorded in the Book is a sentence built from this root: Allah is enough for us.
In the Qur'an
فَإِذَا دَفَعۡتُمۡ إِلَيۡهِمۡ أَمۡوَٰلَهُمۡ فَأَشۡهِدُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبٗا
So when you hand over their property to them, have it witnessed. And Allah is enough as a Reckoner.
this Name is in the Qur’an
What it asks of you
Say the accounting matters and then act as though the auditor is also your defence. Both are true, and only one of them is news.
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