Isme Azam

Asma bint Yazid (RA) — Supplication via Mercy & Sustenance

Sunan Abi Dawud 1496, Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3478

وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَٰنُ الرَّحِيمُ — الم اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

Transliteration

Wa ilahukum ilahun wahid, la ilaha illa Huwar-Rahmanur-Rahim — Alif Lam Meem, Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum.

English Meaning

And your god is one God; there is no deity except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful — Alif Lam Meem. Allah, there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence.

বাংলা অর্থ

তোমাদের উপাস্য একমাত্র উপাস্য। তিনি ব্যতীত কোনো উপাস্য নেই, তিনি পরম করুণাময়, অসীম দয়ালু — আলিফ-লাম-মীম। আল্লাহ, তিনি ব্যতীত কোনো উপাস্য নেই, তিনি চিরঞ্জীব, সর্বসত্তার ধারক।

asma-bint-yazid-tawhidismi-azamar-rahmanar-rahimal-hayyal-qayyummercymonotheism

Significance & Context

Narrated by Asma bint Yazid (RA), the Prophet ﷺ identified the Isme Azam in two Quranic passages: Al-Baqarah 2:163 and the opening of Aal-e-Imran 3:1-2. This formulation uniquely merges absolute monotheism with the twin mercy of Ar-Rahman (overflowing mercy for all creation) and Ar-Rahim (special mercy for believers), then links them to the eternal life and cosmic sustenance of Al-Hayy and Al-Qayyum.

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Isme Azam

Anas ibn Malik (RA) — Supplication via Creation & Bestowal

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ

Allahumma inni as'aluka bi-anna lakal-hamd, la ilaha illa ant, al-mannanu badi'us-samawati wal-ard, ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram, ya hayyu ya qayyum.

O Allah, I ask You by virtue of all praise being Yours; there is no deity except You, the Bestower, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Lord of Majesty and Splendour, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of existence.

Sunan Abi Dawud 1495, Sunan Ibn Majah 3858, Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3544

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Isme Azam

Buraidah al-Aslami (RA) — Supplication via Absolute Unity

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Allahumma inni as'aluka bi anni ashhadu annaka antallah, la ilaha illa ant, al-ahadus-samad, alladhi lam yalid wa lam yulad, wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad.

O Allah, I ask You by my testifying that You are Allah; there is no deity except You, the One, the Self-Sufficient, who did not beget, nor was begotten, and to Whom there is no equivalent.

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3475, Sunan Abi Dawud 1493

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Isme Azam

Al-Hayy Al-Qayyum — The Isme Azam Across Three Surahs

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum.

Allah — there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence.

Quran: 2:255, 3:2, 20:111 via Sunan Ibn Majah 3856

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