Creating and giving life
Al-Bāriʾ ٱلْبَارِئ
The Originator who brings creation into existence free of flaw or mismatch.
1 āyāt · 1 sūrah · root ب ر ا
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī reads the trio –– as stages: decreeing, bringing into being, then giving form.
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You were not thrown together. You were decreed, brought forth and shaped.
'He is Allah, the Creator, the Originator, the Fashioner; to Him belong the most beautiful names' (59:24).
Qurʾān 59:24
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.
59. Sūrat Al-Ḥashr الحشر
1 āyah
āyah 24
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-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.
Al-Badīʿ ٱلْبَدِيع
The Originator of the heavens and the earth, with no prior pattern to copy.