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An-Nafi: meaning, transliteration and explanation
The one who creates every kind of good and benefit
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Arabic
النَّافِع
- Transliteration
- an-Nāfiʿ
- Meaning
- An-Nafi means the one who creates every kind of good, benefit, and advantage. No benefit occurs without His permission; health, provision, knowledge, and a medicine's power to heal are all manifestations of His being An-Nafi. It forms a pair with Ad-Darr (the one who can bring harm): true benefit and harm rest solely in Allah's hand.
In the Quran
This Name does not occur directly in this form in the Quran. It appears in the well-known list of 99 Names transmitted in Jami at-Tirmidhi 3507.
Explanation
Benefit comes from Him alone
A person may think of a cause, a medicine, a position, or a friend, as the source of benefit; in truth it is Allah who benefits, and causes are only means. The Quran states: "And if Allah touches you with good, then none can repel His bounty" (Yunus, 107).
This name in the Quran
An-Nafi does not occur in the Quran in this form as a name of Allah; but that good comes only from Allah is stated in the Quran (Yunus, 107) and in a hadith (Jami at-Tirmidhi, 2516). As a name, it appears in Tirmidhi's enumeration of the 99 Names of Allah (Jami at-Tirmidhi, 3507; the list portion of the narration is considered weak).
Sources
This page is based on Quran verses and authentic hadith sources.
- HadithJami at-Tirmidhi, 2516
This hadith states that good and benefit come only from Allah.
- Classical sourceTDV İslam Ansiklopedisi, "Esmâ-i hüsnâ"
Academic source for the meaning of the Nafi-Darr pair and the question of their occurrence in the Quran.
Related Names
Other Names with closely connected meanings.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this Name.
What does the name An-Nafi mean?
An-Nafi means Allah who creates every kind of good, benefit, and advantage; no benefit occurs without His permission.Does An-Nafi occur in the Quran?
Not as a name in this form; that good comes only from Allah is stated in the Quran (Yunus, 107) and in a hadith (Jami at-Tirmidhi, 2516). As a name, it appears in Tirmidhi's list.