The following texts are the primary reference texts that were used in
compiling the definitions of each of the Beautiful Names:
Dictionary of the Holy Qur'ân, Abdul Mannân Omar... truly
a precious gift to those who speak English, this magnificent
dictionary translates every classical Arabic word used used in the
Qur'ân into English, giving the Arabic root word followed by English
translations of every form of that root which appears in the Qur'ân.
This dictionary is easy to use, is relatively inexpensive and is
based on classical Arabic.
An Arabic-English Lexicon, Edward W. Lane... an eight
volume masterpiece of classical Arabic which includes plentiful
examples of classical usage and the meanings of the words during the
time period that the Qur'ân was revealed. Indexed by Arabic roots,
with definitions in English.
A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran, John Penrice...
useful, but is said to occasionally rely upon somewhat less accurate
references than the previously cited works by Lane and Omar.
Vocabulary of the Holy Quran, compiled by Abdullah Abbas
al-Nadwi... the definitions are very brief and rarely cover the full
breadth of meaning of the words.
Hans Wehr Dictionary of
Modern Written Arabic, edited by J.M. Cowan... this text is
specifically addressed to modern, not classical, Arabic, yet it
generally does a very good job of including the classical meanings
of the roots.
The Most Beautiful Names, Sheikh Tosun Bayrak
The Ninety Nine Beautiful Names of God, by al-Ghazâlî, tr
by Burrell and Daher
Asmâ'ul Husnâ, the 99 Beautiful Names of Allâh,
Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
Ninety-Nine Names of Allah, Shems Friedlander
The Meaning of the Names of Our Lord, Sidi Shaykh Muhammad
Sa'id al-Jamal
Irshad, Wisdom of a Sufi Master, Sheikh Muzzafer Ozak
al-Jerrahi
The Holy Qur'an: Translation and Commentary by Abdullah
Yusef Ali
The Holy Qur'ân: with English Translation and Commentary,
by Muhammad Ali
The audio recitation of the Beautiful Names is by Nazir
Shaheen, digitally edited from the
SoundVision four-CD set 99 Names of Allah, which was produced by
Radio Islam .
