The Ninety-Nine Names · the 54th name
الْمَتِين
Al-Matin
The Firm, whose strength does not tire
- The rootم ت ن
- From the rootmatuna: to be firm, solid, tough; matn is the back or the solid body of a thing
The essay
Where Al-Qawiyy is strength that acts, Al-Matin is strength that does not tire and does not thin out. The root describes the solid part: the back of an animal, the body of a text as distinct from its chain of transmitters. Human strength always has a term: the athlete slows, the empire ends, the will erodes. The verse pairs it with the Provider, and it is the pairing that matters, because provision that could run out is not provision.
In the Qur'an
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلرَّزَّاقُ ذُو ٱلۡقُوَّةِ ٱلۡمَتِينُ
It is Allah who is the Provider, the Owner of strength, the Firm.
this Name is in the Qur’an
What it asks of you
You are leaning on something that does not have a bad day. Lean harder.
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