The Ninety-Nine Names · the 6th name
الْمُؤْمِن
Al-Mu'min
The Granter of Security
- The rootا م ن
- From the rootamina: to be safe; the root of iman, faith, and of amanah, a trust
The essay
The same root gives us faith and safety, and that is not an accident of language. Al-Mu'min is the One who gives security, and also the One who confirms the truth of what He has said, who stands behind His own promise the way a guarantor stands behind a debt. Faith in Arabic is not primarily an opinion about the unseen; it is entering into safety with someone who has given His word. He never breaks it, and the whole structure rests there.
In the Qur'an
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُ ٱلۡمُهَيۡمِنُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡجَبَّارُ ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ
He is Allah, other than whom there is no god: the King, the Most Holy, the Peace, the Giver of Security, the Guardian over all, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allah, far above all they set beside Him.
this Name is in the Qur’an
What it asks of you
Where you are afraid, name the thing precisely, then ask whether it can reach past Him to get to you. Most fears do not survive being stated out loud in front of this Name.
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