Knowledge and awareness
Al-Ḥakīm ٱلْحَكِيم
The All-Wise: He places everything exactly where it belongs, in creation and in command.
97 āyāt · 42 sūrahs · root ح ك م
Why Allah uses this name
Al-Saʿdī says His ḥikmah is of two kinds — wisdom in what He creates and wisdom in what He legislates — so this name answers the question 'why has it happened like this?' and 'why has He commanded this?'
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Where you cannot see the reason, the name tells you there is one.
Al-Saʿdī: is the One who puts things in their right places, perfect in what He creates and in what He commands, praised for both.
Al-Saʿdī, Taysīr al-Karīm al-Raḥmān (tafsīr of the beautiful names)
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
7 āyahs
āyah 32, 129, 209, 220, 228, 240, 260
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
5 āyahs
āyah 6, 18, 58, 62, 126
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
12 āyahs
āyah 11, 17, 24, 26, 56, 92, 104, 111, 130, 158, 165, 170
5. Sūrat Al-Māʾidah المائدة
2 āyahs
āyah 38, 118
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
5 āyahs
āyah 18, 73, 83, 128, 139
8. Sūrat Al-Anfāl الأنفال
5 āyahs
āyah 10, 49, 63, 67, 71
9. Sūrat At-Tawbah التوبة
8 āyahs
āyah 15, 28, 40, 60, 71, 97, 106, 110
10. Sūrat Yūnus يونس
1 āyah
āyah 1
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
1 āyah
āyah 1
12. Sūrat Yūsuf يوسف
3 āyahs
āyah 6, 83, 100
14. Sūrat Ibrāhīm إبراهيم
1 āyah
āyah 4
15. Sūrat Al-Ḥijr الحجر
1 āyah
āyah 25
16. Sūrat An-Naḥl النحل
1 āyah
āyah 60
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 52
24. Sūrat An-Nūr النور
4 āyahs
āyah 10, 18, 58, 59
27. Sūrat An-Naml النمل
2 āyahs
āyah 6, 9
29. Sūrat Al-ʿAnkabūt العنكبوت
2 āyahs
āyah 26, 42
30. Sūrat Ar-Rūm الروم
1 āyah
āyah 27
31. Sūrat Luqmān لقمان
3 āyahs
āyah 2, 9, 27
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
1 āyah
āyah 1
34. Sūrat Sabaʾ سبأ
2 āyahs
āyah 1, 27
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
1 āyah
āyah 2
36. Sūrat Yā Sīn يس
1 āyah
āyah 2
39. Sūrat Az-Zumar الزمر
1 āyah
āyah 1
40. Sūrat Ghāfir غافر
1 āyah
āyah 8
41. Sūrat Fuṣṣilat فصلت
1 āyah
āyah 42
42. Sūrat Ash-Shūrā الشورى
2 āyahs
āyah 3, 51
43. Sūrat Az-Zukhruf الزخرف
2 āyahs
āyah 4, 84
44. Sūrat Ad-Dukhān الدخان
1 āyah
āyah 4
45. Sūrat Al-Jāthiyah الجاثية
2 āyahs
āyah 2, 37
46. Sūrat Al-Aḥqāf الأحقاف
1 āyah
āyah 2
48. Sūrat Al-Fatḥ الفتح
3 āyahs
āyah 4, 7, 19
49. Sūrat Al-Ḥujurāt الحجرات
1 āyah
āyah 8
51. Sūrat Adh-Dhāriyāt الذاريات
1 āyah
āyah 30
57. Sūrat Al-Ḥadīd الحديد
1 āyah
āyah 1
59. Sūrat Al-Ḥashr الحشر
2 āyahs
āyah 1, 24
60. Sūrat Al-Mumtaḥanah الممتحنة
2 āyahs
āyah 5, 10
61. Sūrat Aṣ-Ṣaff الصف
1 āyah
āyah 1
62. Sūrat Al-Jumuʿah الجمعة
2 āyahs
āyah 1, 3
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
1 āyah
āyah 18
66. Sūrat At-Taḥrīm التحريم
1 āyah
āyah 2
76. Sūrat Al-Insān الإنسان
1 āyah
āyah 30
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-ʿAlīm ٱلْعَلِيم
The All-Knowing: His knowledge covers the hidden and the open, the past and what has not yet happened.
As-Samīʿ ٱلسَّمِيع
The All-Hearing: He hears every voice, in every language, including the one raised in secret.
Al-Baṣīr ٱلْبَصِير
The All-Seeing: nothing is too small, too dark or too distant for His sight.
Al-Ḥakam ٱلْحَكَم
The Judge: the One whose ruling settles a matter finally and justly.
Al-Khabīr ٱلْخَبِير
The All-Aware: knowledge of the inward reality of things, their secrets and motives.
Ar-Raqīb ٱلرَّقِيب
The Ever-Watchful, whose watch never lapses for a moment.
Ash-Shahīd ٱلشَّهِيد
The Witness, present to everything, who will testify on the Day of Judgement.
Al-Muḥṣī ٱلْمُحْصِى
The Reckoner of all things: the One who has counted and enumerated everything, exactly.