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 THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES:

   Introduction

   Sufi Wazifa Practice

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   Numerical Index

   Some Additional Wazaif

   Pronunciation Guide

   Origins of this List

   Hebrew Beautiful Names

   Chants of the 99 Names

   References

an-Nâfi'                        ad Dârr un Nâfi'     92                   

        The Creator of Good,  The Benefiter,  The Propitious,  The  Auspicious
 

The One who helps and who grants all advantages. The One who creates all that produces benefit and usefulness.

The One who grants all favorable circumstances.  The One who confers all benefits.

The One who is continually blessing all of creation with goodness and all that is useful. The One through whom all needs are fulfilled.
 

From the root n-f-' which has the following classical Arabic connotations:

to profit, to be of use
to be beneficial, useful
to have the use of something
 

The name Nâfi' is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ân.

Nâfi' (creator of good) is the opposite of Dârr (distresser).

The names Dârr and Nâfi'  are often used together to acknowledge the way that balance and harmony are established and maintained. These opposing attributes are often inseparable, since that which is the sweetest nectar to one person may be bitter poison to another.

Such opposites help to make one aware that every action accomplishes some purpose and is, in the grand scheme of things, subservient to the all-knowing hand of Allâh, through whom balance and harmony are created and maintained... even if we don't understand.

Shaikh Tosun Bayrak wrote:

When man looks at the universe, what he sees is Allâh's will, what he with is Allâh's will, what he sees is Allâh's will, and what he seems to have chosen is Allâh's will.

And in that manner, the pairs of opposites serve to remind one to constantly focus our attention on the glory of the One, regardless of whether the situation  is smooth and easy or rough and difficult.
 

         There is only one virtue      
   and one sin for a soul on the path:
  virtue when he is conscious of God           
          and sin when he is not. 

                                                    Abu Hashim Madani
 

In the audio sample, the phrase ad-Dârr un Nâfi' is recited.

(Also written as al-nafi, al-naafi, the Creator of Good: y anafi, ya naafi)