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The Restorer, The Reviver, The Renewer, The Re-Creator
The One who restores and repeats all that has been created. The One who
constantly renews, revives and repeats creation.
The One who restores and revives the spiritual essence of every person. The
One who repeatedly renews mankind's proper relationship with goodness.
The One who repeatedly restores and revives creation, both physically and
spiritually.
From the root '-w-d which has the following
classical Arabic connotations:
to return to something
to repeat, reproduce, to come back
to restore, to renew
The term Mu'īd is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ān.
The terms al-Mubdi' (the Starter) and al-Mu'īd (the Restorer) are often used
together in the hadith, and are also paired together by many commentators
including al-Ghazālī who described them as:
al-Mubdi' (the Beginner) al-Mu'īd (the
Restorer) - these terms mean the One who bestows existence, and when this
origination is not preceded by something like it, it is called a beginning;
but when it is preceded by something like it, then it is called
restoration.... all things began with Him and are restored to Him; began in
Him and in Him are restored.
And similarly, the two attributes al-Mubdi'
al-Mu'īd are defined in the lexicon
Tāj al-'Arūs
as:
He who createth mankind, and who returneth them after life to death...
Related names:
Mubdi' is the One who initiates, starts or
begins the production or creation of all things.
Badī' is the One who creates in awesome,
wonderful, amazingly original ways that have no precedent whatsoever.
Mu'īd is the One who repeats, restores and
revives that which had been previously invented.
Bāri' is the way the One works with
substances, often creating from existing matter, making and evolving that
which is free and clear of imperfections, free and clear of any other thing.
Khāliq is the One who continues to plan,
measure out and create and who has the power to change things from one state
to another, in and out of existence.
Musawwir is the One who arranges forms
and colors, and who is the shaper of beauty.
(Also written as al-mu'id, al-muid, al-mu'eed,
al-mueed, the Restorer: ya muid, ya mu'eed, ya mueed)
