Names That the Founder of Islam Gave Himself
- philhoraia
- May 25, 2024
- 7 min read
Jabir said, "One of our men had a son and named him al-Qasim. The Ansar said, "We will not give you the kunya of Abu'l-Qasim to make you happy.' He went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and told him what the Ansar had said. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The Ansar did well. Call yourselves with my name but do not use my kunya. I am Qasim (the divider)."
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahi through whom Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected there after; and I am also Al-`Aqib (i.e. There will be no prophet after me).
Did his supposed grandfather Abd Al-Muttalib give him all these names? How mightnhe have been both Muhammad and Ahmad? If he wasn't called any of the others, why should we think that he was named Muhammad by anyone in his family?
A mahi is an eraser. ماحي In English - Translation and Meaning in English Arabic Dictionary of All terms Page 1 Ibn Aminah would supposedly wipe out kufr. But wouldn't that be Isa, who would come down and abrogate part of quran?
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs, and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (as charitable gifts).
Hashir is the active participle of the verb hashara.
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
to raise for the last judgment
to destroy
to press, to compress, to pile up, to heap up حَشَرَتِ ٱلسِّكِّينَ إِلَى ٱللَّحْمِ ḥašarati s-sikkīna ʔilā l-laḥmi She thrust the knife into the meat. لَا تَحْشُرْ أَنْفَكَ فِي أَمْرِي lā taḥšur ʔanfaka fī ʔamrī Don't put your nose in my business.
to intermeddle, to intrigue
(passive voice) to be dead حشر - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
It rather looks as though he's insinuating that he's God.
'Aqib: The active participle of the verb 'aqaba:
Verb[edit]
'The one who comes after'? Comes after whom?
It is my suspicion that Muhammad 'Praised One' was a title originally given to Christ. We might wonder as to whether 'ahmad' was originally used of the Comforter.
Could it be that 'The one who comes after' is connected with 'Ahmad'?
Like Allah, the founder of Islam has been given 99 names.
See also:
Finally, let's look at S 9:128
A messenger has come to you from yourselves. Dear to him is what you have suffered. Greedy upon you. To the believers is he kind, merciful.
From an Answering Islam article:
In light of what has been said above, there is little doubt that anyone who only read these words from Surah 9:128 would think they are being used for Allah just as they are everywhere else. However, in context this is actually being said about Muhammad:
“Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish; ardently anxious is he over you: to the believers is he most kind and merciful.”
Muslim authorities are even in agreement that this is spoken about Muhammad, which can be seen from the fact that Yusuf Ali and other translators do not capitalize these words in Surah 9:128 as they usually do when used for Allah (even though they are not distinguished by this method in the Arabic text, which employs no such convention to indicate when words are being used for Allah or for another besides him).
In fact, if it wasn’t already clear from the syntax that this is referring to Muhammad, it is made all the more explicit in the Hilali-Khan version:
“Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad SAW) from amongst yourselves (i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad SAW) is anxious over you (to be rightly guided, to repent to Allah, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins, in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishment of the Hell-fire), for the believers (he SAW is) full of pity, kind, and merciful.”
The following hadith also reports a tradition that Muhammad was given these two names (among others):
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that he heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have many names: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am al-Mahi through whom Allah obliterates unbelief, and I am Hashir (the gatherer) at whose feet people will be gathered, and I am 'Aqib (after whom there would be none), and Allah has named him as compassionate and merciful. (Sahih Muslim, Book 30, #5811) (emphasis mine)
And the following sources admit that these two names are divine names, and that Allah has honored, clothed, and described Muhammad with these sublime qualities:
One of the men of knowledge, Al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl, said, “He honored him with two of His own names: the compassionate and the merciful (rauf, rahim).” The same point is made in another ayat: “Allah was kind to the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves.” (3:164) …
Jafar ibn Muhammad [as-Sadiq] said, “Allah knew that His creatures would not be capable of pure obedience to Him, so He told them this in order that they would realize that they would never be able to achieve absolute purity in serving Him. Between Himself and them He placed one of their own species, CLOTHING HIM IN HIS OWN ATTRIBUTES OF COMPASSION AND MERCY. He brought him out as a truthful ambassador to creation and made it such that when someone obeys him, they are obeying Allah, and when someone agrees with him, they are agreeing with Allah.” Allah says: “Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah.” (4:80)
As-Samarqandi explains that the words a mercy to all the worlds mean for both the jinn and mankind. It is also said that it means for all creation. He is a mercy to the believers by guiding them, a mercy to the hypocrites by granting them security from being killed, and a mercy to the unbelievers by deferring their punishment. Ibn Abbas said, “He is a mercy to the believers and also to the unbelievers since they are safe from what befell the other communities who cried lies.” It is related that the Prophet said to Jibril, “Has any of this mercy touched you?” He replied, “Yes, I used to have fear about what would happen to me, but now I feel safe because of the way Allah praised me when He said, ‘Possessing power, secure with the Lord of the Throne, obeyed, then trusty.’” (81:21) (Qadi Iyad Ibn Musa al-Yahsubi, Kitab Ash-shifa bi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa (Healing by the recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One), translated by Aisha Abdarrahman Bewley [Madinah Press, Inverness, Scotland, U.K., third reprint 1991, paperback], Part One. Allah’s great estimation of the worth of his Prophet expressed in both word and action, Chapter One. Allah’s praise of him and his great esteem for him, Section 1. Concerning praise of him and his numerous excellent qualities, pp. 4-6; capital, bold and underline emphasis ours)
And again:
Section 14. On Allah honouring the Prophet WITH SOME OF HIS OWN BEAUTIFUL NAMES and describing him with some of His own Sublime Qualities
… He has preferred our Prophet Muhammad [above other prophets - AR] since He has adorned him with a wealth of His names in His Mighty Book and on the tongues of His Prophets…
One of His names is the Praiseworthy (al-Hamid). This means the One who is praised because He praises Himself and His slaves praise him. It also means the One who praises Himself and praises acts of obedience. The Prophet is called Muhammad and Ahmad. Muhammad means praised, and that is how his name occurs in the Zabur of David. Ahmad means the greatest of those who give praise and the most sublime of those who are praised. Hassan ibn Thabit indicated this when he said:
It is taken for him from His own name in order to exalt him.
The One with the Throne is praised (Mahmud) and he is Muhammad.
Two of Allah’s names are the Compassionate, the Merciful (ar-Ra’uf, ar-Rahim). They are similar in meaning. He calls him by them in His Book when He says, “Compassionate, merciful to the believers.” (9.128) (Qadi Iyad Ibn Musa al-Yahsubi, Kitab Ash-shifa bi ta'rif huquq al-Mustafa (Healing by the recognition of the Rights of the Chosen One), translated by Aisha Abdarrahman Bewley [Madinah Press, Inverness, Scotland, U.K., third reprint 1991, paperback], Chapter Three. On The Sound And Well-Known Traditions Related About The Immense Value Placed On Him By His Lord, His Exalted Position And His Nobility In This World And The Next, pp. 126-127; capital and bold emphasis ours)
Whereas the Qur’an is otherwise careful to never speak of others in the same way it does about Allah, Most Kind and Merciful, it has a falling out with itself in Surah 9:128 when it says the same thing about Muhammad, calling him, and only him in addition to Allah, “Most Kind and Merciful”. To the Believers Is He Most Kind and Merciful
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