Care, nearness and protection
Al-Muhaymin ٱلْمُهَيْمِن
The Watchful Overseer, whose oversight preserves and keeps account of everything.
1 āyāt · 1 sūrah
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr glosses it as witnessing over creation and guarding it, the same word the Qurʾān uses for its own authority over earlier scripture.
Take this with you
Nothing runs unsupervised — not the world, and not your record.
Ibn Kathīr: al-Muhaymin — the Witness over His creation's deeds, the Guardian who preserves them.
Ibn Kathīr, Tafsīr al-Qurʾān al-ʿAẓīm, on 59:23
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 23
Names close to this one
Al-Muʾmin ٱلْمُؤْمِن
The Granter of security, who confirms the truth of His messengers with proofs.
Al-Ḥafīẓ ٱلْحَفِيظ
The Preserver: He guards what He wills from harm and keeps a complete record of deeds.
Al-Mujīb ٱلْمُجِيب
The Responder who answers the caller — the distressed one above all.
Al-Wakīl ٱلْوَكِيل
The Trustee to whom affairs are handed over, who then manages them perfectly.
Al-Walī / Al-Mawlā ٱلْوَلِىّ
The Protecting Ally and Patron who takes charge of the believer's affairs.
Al-Wālī ٱلْوَالِى
The Governor: the One who owns and manages the affair of all creation.
An-Nūr ٱلنُّور
The Light: the One by whom the heavens and the earth are lit, and by whom hearts see.
Al-Hādī ٱلْهَادِى
The Guide: guidance to the truth, and guidance along it, are both His to give.