Provision and generosity
Al-Wahhāb ٱلْوَهَّاب
The Bestower, who gives freely without being asked and without expecting return.
3 āyāt · 2 sūrahs · root و ه ب
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr reads it beside duʿāʾ for steadiness: gifts of guidance and mercy are named as pure grant, not wage.
Take this with you
Ask for what you could never earn — that is what this name is for.
'Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself; indeed You are (3:8).
Qurʾān 3:8
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.
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
1 āyah
āyah 8
38. Sūrat Ṣād ص
2 āyahs
āyah 9, 35
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
Ar-Razzāq ٱلرَّزَّاق
The Provider, who guarantees the provision of every creature He made.
Al-Fattāḥ ٱلْفَتَّاح
The Opener and the Judge: He opens what is closed and decides between disputants.
Al-Qābiḍ ٱلْقَابِض
The Withholder: the One who restricts provision, life and hearts by His wisdom.
Al-Bāsiṭ ٱلْبَاسِط
The Extender: the One who spreads out provision and opens what was closed.
Al-Muqīt ٱلْمُقِيت
The Sustainer and Overseer: the One who provides each thing its nourishment and keeps account of it.
Al-Karīm / Al-Akram ٱلْكَرِيم
The Most Generous: He gives before being asked and forgives when able to punish.
Al-Wāsiʿ ٱلْوَٰسِع
The All-Encompassing: vast in mercy, knowledge and giving — never depleted.
Al-Ghanī ٱلْغَنِىّ
The Self-Sufficient: rich beyond need of anything, while everything needs Him.