The Greatest Name of Allah

[oceanmen]

Question: What is the Greatest Name of Allah

Nasser:
The greatest name of Allah is not greatest in term of being the greatest among all other names, the word GREATEST is a way to describe the name since achieving that name is GREATER than achieving heaven (Jannah)...

-AL NAEEM AL AZAM-

so what is that name? what is it that when you receive it, it is greater than Heaven/Jannah? ...it is the satisfaction of Allah, that Allah is satisfied with you..the world satisfied is RADWAN ALLAH and the meaning of the pleasure of Allahs satisfaction is NA3EEM RADWAN ALLAH or -AL NAEEM AL AZAM- ..this is in line with the ayah:

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah. that is the supreme felicity.

So where else can we find this in the koran spaking of Allah's good pleasure(RADWAN).....lets learn from the koran what how Allah has spoken of this word: RADWA (satisfaction of Allah/Allahs good pleasure)

وَمَا أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَا مُوسَىٰ
قَالَ هُمْ أُولَاءِ عَلَىٰ أَثَرِي وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ
(When Moses was up on the Mount, Allah said "What made thee hasten in advance of thy people, O Moses?"
He replied: "Behold, they are close on my footsteps: I hastened to thee, O my Lord, to please thee."

يَحْلِفُونَ بِاللَّهِ لَكُمْ لِيُرْضُوكُمْ وَاللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَقُّ أَن يُرْضُوهُ إِن كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
To you they swear by Allah. In order to please you: But it is more fitting that they should please Allah and His Messenger, if they are Believers.
-Tawba-

لَّقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا
Allah.s Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down Tranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;
-Al Fat7-


Do you also know why the people of hell fire will go to the hell fire?

فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ
ذَ‌ٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوا مَا أَسْخَطَ اللَّهَ وَكَرِهُوا رِضْوَانَهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالَهُمْ
But how (will it be) when the angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?
This because they followed that which called forth the Wrath of Allah, and they hated Allah.s good pleasure; so He made their deeds of no effect.

أَفَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَ اللَّهِ كَمَن بَاءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَمَأْوَاهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah Like the man who draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful refuge!

-AL NAEEM AL AZAM-
RADWAN ALLAH is GREATER THAN the heavens with rivers of water underneath and sweet homes in gardens of eden....-AL NAEEM AL AZAM - RADWAN ALLAH is the GREATEST VICTORY hence is called the GREATEST NAME of Allah because it is GREATER than HEAVEN

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-Imam Nasser El Yemeni-

[oceanmen]

More Detailed Translation Here:


the greatest name is النعيم
AL NA'EEM

so why is it the greatest and what does it mean?

na'eem means Joy or Bliss or Pleasure

the secret is not in the speaking or reciting of the name but it is in understanding the name. The name is not greater than any other name of Allah, but the reason why it is called the "Greatest" name of Allah is because "Greatness" is its Quality,

it is the quality of the name because it describes that there is a greater Bliss/Joy/Na'eem than the joy of heaven (الجنة)

this is in line with the ayah:

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah. that is the supreme felicity.

so what exactly is the good pleasure of Allah and where else is it mentioned in the koran?

أَفَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَ اللَّهِ كَمَن بَاءَ بِسَخَطٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَمَأْوَاهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ
Is the man who follows the good pleasure of Allah Like the man who draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and whose abode is in Hell?- A woeful refuge!

so what happens if you follow the good pleasure of Allah so he is pleased with you?

يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Wherewith Allah guideth all who seek His good pleasure to ways of peace and safety, and leadeth them out of darkness, by His will, unto the light,- guideth them to a path that is straight.

what else ?

لَّقَدْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ يُبَايِعُونَكَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ فَعَلِمَ مَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ فَأَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَثَابَهُمْ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا
Allah.s Good Pleasure was on the Believers when they swore Fealty to thee under the Tree: He knew what was in their hearts, and He sent down Tranquillity to them; and He rewarded them with a speedy Victory;

but lets take it one step further....

قَالَ اللَّهُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires).


wait a minute...how can they be pleased with Allah?
what does this mean? in order to know this we must ask ourselves first
why were we created?

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ
I have only created Jinns and men, that they may serve Me.

so to serve and worship Allah is why we are created
and we do that by making him pleased with us
but is he pleased with us?

when we go to heaven will he be pleased?

وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah. that is the supreme felicity.

so even thought we are in heaven there is still a greater pleasure

so what about the people in hell fire who are buring?
is he pleased with them? of course not, he is not pleased with them

so why did they (those in hell) not belief?
they made fun of the messegers and their messeges

so what does Allah say about those in the hell fire

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
أَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّنَ الْقُرُونِ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not an apostle to them but they mock him! See they not how many generations before them we destroyed? Not to them will they return

so why does Allah say:

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ
Ah! Alas for (My) Servants!

because one of his qualities is that he is the most merciful
AL RAHMAN AL RAHEEM

so is he more merciful than we are towards our family and friends who ended up in Hell fire?

yes he is much more merciful and if we grief about them a bit, his grief is much more, and why is that?

because he is the MOST MERCIFUL - AL RAHMAN AL RAHIM

so what can we do so Allah is pleased with them?
we can learn to worship him the way he is worthy to be worshipped, so it is not just about Allah being pleased with us but about Allah being pleased about ALL creation so we strive in this life to make the whole world guided in his path so no one goes to hell anymore and so Allah is pleased with his creation

but is this possible?

وَلِكُلٍّ وِجْهَةٌ هُوَ مُوَلِّيهَا ۖ فَاسْتَبِقُوا الْخَيْرَاتِ ۚ أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُوا يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِيعًا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
To each is a goal to which Allah turns him; then strive together (as in a race) Towards all that is good. Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً ۖ وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ
If thy Lord had so willed, He could have made mankind one people: but they will not cease to dispute.

وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَلَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
If Allah so willed, He could make you all one people: But He leaves straying whom He pleases, and He guides whom He pleases: but ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.

and will we be asked about this greatest Joy one day?

ثُمَّ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ
Then, shall ye be questioned that Day about the joy (ye indulged in!).


the greatest Joy is to make every creature on earth worship God alone and take no other God as partners and so our Goal of being created is achieved fully..and we learned WHY God created us ( to worship him) and so we also learned how to create him (by guiding others to worship him also)

and why do we do that? because we do not care about the pleasure of heaven anymore, we care about the pleasure of pleasing Allah so he is pleased with us and we are pleased with his pleasure, and what kind of people would do this? people who love Allah!

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَن يَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِينِهِ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِي اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ يُجَاهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا يَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.


and so he does not say anymore:

يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
Ah! Alas for (My) Servants! There comes not an apostle to them but they mock him!


قَالَ اللَّهُ هَـٰذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ ۚ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٌ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا أَبَدًا ۚ رَّضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah will say: "This is a day on which the truthful will profit from their truth: theirs are gardens, with rivers flowing beneath,- their eternal Home: Allah well-pleased with them, and they with Allah. That is the great salvation, (the fulfilment of all desires

[oceanmen]

so the Joy of pleasing Allah is a greater Joy than the Joy of heaven
as explained before,


وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا وَمَسَاكِنَ طَيِّبَةً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ ۚ وَرِضْوَانٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ ذَ‌ٰلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Allah hath promised to Believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of Allah. that is the supreme felicity.
At-Taubah, Chapter #9, Verse #72)


but who can be witness to this? who are the people who are a witness that this is indeed greater than heaven?

إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُهُ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَانًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ
أُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ حَقًّا ۚ لَّهُمْ دَرَجَاتٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ
For, Believers are those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a tremor in their hearts, and when they hear His signs rehearsed, find their faith strengthened, and put (all) their trust in their Lord; Who establish regular prayers and spend (freely) out of the gifts We have given them for sustenance:
Such in truth are the believers: they have grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness, and generous sustenance:
Al-Anfal, Chapter #8, Verse #2-4

those are the ones who Allah has fixed their faith with the spirit of the joy of his pleasure, and this is the quality of the spirit of his great pleasure, (greater than the pleasure of heaven)....so what quality is that? it is "Naeem" "Joy"

so they gain that knowledge now in this world, what knowledge is that? the knowledge that loving Allah and finding the means to get closer to him and make him pleased, is indeed the greatest Joy - the Joy of pleasing Allah, the greatest Joy - greater than the smaller Joy of heaven. This Joy is described as a Joy with a spirit and a scent that descends upon them and is a proof that Allah is pleased with them, loves them and is close to them. so the secret of this name is that it is the description that holds the quality of the pleasure of Allah..what description is that?
Naeem - "Joy"

(( فَأَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ * فَرَوْحٌ وَرَيْحَانٌ وَجَنَّتُ نَعِيمٍ
Thus, then, if he be of those Nearest to Allah,
(There is for him) Rest/Spirit and Satisfaction/Scent, and a Garden of Delights.
Al-Waqia, Chapter #56, Verse #88-89

لَّا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ كَتَبَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَأَيَّدَهُم بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ۖ وَيُدْخِلُهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِدِينَ فِيهَا ۚ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَرَضُوا عَنْهُ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ حِزْبُ اللَّهِ ۚ أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
Thou wilt not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred. For such He has written Faith in their hearts, and strengthened them with a SPIRIT from Himself. And He will admit them to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow, to dwell therein (for ever). Allah will be well pleased with them, and they with Him. They are the Party of Allah. Truly it is the Party of Allah that will achieve Felicity.
Al-Mujadila, Chapter #58, Verse #22

and within this Joy lies, this spirit of tranquility and rest, satisfaction and scent, where in lies also the secret and the wisdom why Allah created us, not to serve him as a means to go to heaven but to serve him as a means to make him pleased with all creation...so he does not grief about those in hell, because the whole earth is guided and is filled with true believers - so he is pleased within him ....and that is the "Joy" that is greater than heaven -

so our mission becomes a search for a means(waseela) to come closer to him and the competition to come closer to him is open for all creations not just for the prophets - hence prophet Mohamed asked us to pray for him so he wins the means(waseela) which means he does not know if he won it or not - which means this waseela/means is a degree in a room close to the throne of Allah and will be won by an anonymous servant of Allah - so does this mean we are allowed to compete with the prophets in loving Allah or we leave that only to the prophets because we already decided that they are higher than us? lets see what the Koran says about that:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَابْتَغُوا إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَجَاهِدُوا فِي سَبِيلِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
O ye who believe! Do your duty to Allah, seek the means(Waseela) of approach unto Him, and strive with might and main in his cause: that ye may prosper.
Al-Maeda, Chapter #5, Verse #35)

so we strive to seek the means to approach him and get closer to him and love him because we will be asked one day, asked about what?

ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ (
Then shall ye be Questioned that Day about the "NAEIM" ! (8)
At-Takathur, Chapter #102, Verse #8

we will be asked about which Joy was better, the Joy of this life? or the Joy of pleasing Allah?

why would be be asked this? because we will forget the meaning of this Joy of pleasing Allah amidst other Joys. What joys are that? the joys of this world, the smaller Joys, the ones that distract us and made us forget the true reason why we were created.....striving for the Greates Joy..."Al Naeem Al Azam"


سُوۡرَةُ التّ?اثُر
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلۡهَٮٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ (١) حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ (٢) كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ (٣) ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ (٤) كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ (٥) لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ (٦) ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّ?َا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ (٧) ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ (٨)

At-Takathur
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
The mutual rivalry for piling up (the good things of this world) diverts you (from the more serious things), (1) Until ye visit the graves. (2) But nay, ye soon shall know (the reality). (3) Again, ye soon shall know! (4) Nay, were ye to know with certainty of mind, (Ye would beware!) (5) Ye shall certainly see Hell Fire! (6) Again, ye shall see it with certainty of sight! (7) Then shall ye be Questioned that Day about the "Naeim( the great heaven of GOD pleasure)"! (8

[خليل الرحمن]

Imam Al Mahdi: The Greatest Name of Allah

[oceanmen]

جزاك اللة خيرا اخى