Creating and giving life
Al-Muṣawwir ٱلْمُصَوِّر
The Fashioner, who gives every created thing its particular form.
1 āyāt · 1 sūrah · root ص و ر
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr notes the name completes the sequence of creation: existence given, then a form given that no other creature exactly repeats.
Take this with you
Your form is chosen, not accidental. Contempt for it is contempt for His choice.
'It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise' (3:6).
Qurʾān 3:6
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-Bāriʾ ٱلْبَارِئ
The Originator who brings creation into existence free of flaw or mismatch.
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.