6. As relating to His power and control of things, al-Qādir or Qadīr or Muqtadir (the powerful), al-Wakīl (the One having all things in His charge), al-Waliyy (the Guardian), al-Ḥafīz (the Keeper), al-Malik (the King), al-Mālik (the Master), al-Fattāḥ (the Greatest Judge), al-Ḥāsib or Ḥasīb (the One Who takes account), al-Muntaqim or Dhuntiqām (the Inflictor of retribution), al-Muqīt (the Controller of all things).

The other names which are taken from some act or attribute of God mentioned in the Holy Qur’ān are al-Qābidz (the One Who straitens), al-Bāsit (the One Who amplifies), al-Rāfi‘ (the one who exalts) al-Mu’izz (the one Who gives honour), al-Mudhill (the One Who brings disgrace), al-Mujīb (the one Who accepts prayers), al-Bāi‘th (the One Who raises the dead to life), al-Muḥṣī (the One Who records or numbers things), al-Mubdi’ (the One Who begins), al-Mu‘īd (the one Who reproduces), al-Muḥyī (the One Who gives life), al-Mumīt (the One Who causes death), Mālik al-mulk (the Master of the kingdom), al-Jāmi‘ (the One Who gathers), al-Mugh(the One Who enriches), al-Mu‘ṭī (the One Who grants), al-Māni‘ (the One Who withholds), al-Hādī (the One Who guides), al-Bāqī (the One Who endures for ever), al-Wārith (the One Who inherits everything).

Of the rest of the ninety-nine names, al-Nūr (the Light) is not really a name of the Divine Being — God is called Nūr in the sense of being the Giver of light (24:35); al-Sabūr (the Patient), al-Rashīd (the One Who directs), al-Muqsiṭ (the Equitable), al-Wālī (the One Who governs), al-Jalīl (the Majestic), al-‘Adl (the Just), al-Khāfidz (the One Who abases), al-Wājid (the Existing), al-Muqaddim (the One Who brings forward), alMu’akhkhir (the One Who puts off), al-Dzarr (the One Who brings distress), al-Nāfi‘ (the One Who confers benefits), may be taken from the sense of the attribute. Two more attributes falling under this head will be referred to later on because they require a detailed treatment; these are the attributes of speech and will, which are dealt with in the chapters Revealed Books and Predestination (Qadar), respectively.

Predominance of love and mercy in Divine nature

It will be seen that the attributes of God given above have nothing to do with the autocracy, inexorability, vengeance and cruelty which