The Living, The Alive, The Everlasting, The Deathless, The Ever-LivingThe One who is undying, everlasting. The One who is eternally whole and sound. The One Life from whom all life arises. The One who calls all life into being. The One who animates all life and who makes each
living thing different and distinct. From the three letter root h-y-y, which has the following classical Arabic connotations:
This name is used in the Qur'ān. For example, see 2:255 The attributes of al-Hayy and al-Qayyūm are often used to together, with al-Hayy signifying the attribute of ever-lasting life, and al-Qayyūm signifying the attribute of self-existing life. Thus, the attributes of al-Hayy and al-Qayyūm express two aspects of the One Life. Abu Hurairah reported that whenever the Prophet, peace be upon him, was faced with a serious difficulty, he would raise his head to the sky and supplicate, "Subhan-Allah al-'Azim (glory be to Allah, the Mighty)." And when he implored seriously and strongly, he would say "Ya Hayyu, Ya Qayyum (O Ever-Living One, O Self-Existing One)." (hadith of Tirmidhi) (Also written as al-hayy, the Ever-Living: ya hayy, ya hayyu) |
