Creating and giving life
Al-Badīʿ ٱلْبَدِيع
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, with no prior pattern to copy.
2 āyāt · 2 sūrahs · root ب د ع
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī notes badīʿ means bringing about what has no precedent — the argument against saying creation needed a model or a partner.
Take this with you
Nothing constrains Him to how things have been done before, including in your life.
'Originator of the heavens and the earth; when He decrees a matter He only says to it Be, and it is' (2:117).
Qurʾān 2:117
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
1 āyah
āyah 117
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
1 āyah
āyah 101
Names close to this one
Al-Khāliq / Al-Khallāq ٱلْخَٰلِق
The Creator, who brings into being from nothing according to a measure He set.
Al-Bāriʾ ٱلْبَارِئ
The Originator who brings creation into existence free of flaw or mismatch.
Al-Muṣawwir ٱلْمُصَوِّر
The Fashioner, who gives every created thing its particular form.
Al-Bāʿith ٱلْبَاعِث
The Resurrector: the One who raises the dead and sends messengers.
Al-Mubdiʾ ٱلْمُبْدِئ
The Originator: the One who begins creation from nothing.
Al-Muʿīd ٱلْمُعِيد
The Restorer: the One who brings creation back after it has ended.
Al-Muḥyī ٱلْمُحْيِى
The Giver of Life: the One who gives life to the dead earth and to the dead.
Al-Mumīt ٱلْمُمِيت
The Bringer of Death: the One who takes life at its appointed term.