Care, nearness and protection
Ar-Rashīd ٱلرَّشِيد
The Guide to what is right: His direction leads to soundness in this life and the next.
3 āyāt · 1 sūrah · root ر ش د
Why Allah uses this name
The enumeration lists the name; the Qurʾān uses the root for the right course that guidance makes clear from error.
Take this with you
Ask for rushd — the right course — not only for what you happen to want.
'There is no compulsion in religion; the right course (al-rushd) has become clear from the wrong' (2:256).
Qurʾān 2:256; the name itself listed in Sunan al-Tirmidhī 3507 (the enumeration of the ninety-nine 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.
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
3 āyahs
āyah 78, 87, 97
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-Muʾmin ٱلْمُؤْمِن
The Granter of security, who confirms the truth of His messengers with proofs.
Al-Muhaymin ٱلْمُهَيْمِن
The Watchful Overseer, whose oversight preserves and keeps account of everything.
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.