Al-Musawwir

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Al-Musawwir is one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, referring to God as the Fashioner who forms and shapes creation in perfect detail.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Al-Musawwir canonical 4
Al-Muṣawwir 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Divine attribute in Islam
Islamic theonym
Name of Allah
appearsWith Al-Bāriʼ
linked to: Al-Bari’

Al-Khāliq
linked to: Al-Khaliq
associatedConcept creation
design
individuality of creatures
perfection of form
attributeOf Allah
category Asma’ al-Husna
linked to: Asma ul Husna
contrastedWith human inability to create from nothing
derivedFromVerb ṣawwara
describes God as the One who forms and shapes creation
emphasizesAttribute God’s power to design
God’s power to give form
God’s power to perfect details
honorificUsage often preceded by “Allah” when recited
implies God’s exclusive right to shape forms
God’s knowledge of every detail of creation
intentionality in the design of all beings
isOneOf 99 Names of Allah
language Arabic
meaningInEnglish The Fashioner
The Form-Giver
The Shaper
mentionedIn Qur’an 59:24
morphologicalForm Arabic intensive active participle pattern “mufa‘‘il”
quranicContext listed among names of Allah at the end of Surah Al-Hashr
religion Islam
rootLetters Rāʼ
Wāw
Ṣād
theologicalStatus name of God affirmed by Sunni scholars
name of God affirmed by many Shia scholars
transliterationVariant Al-Musawwir
Al-Muṣawwir
linked to: Al-Musawwir
usedIn Islamic calligraphy
linked to: Arabic calligraphy

Islamic spirituality
Islamic theology
verbMeaning to fashion
to form
to shape
worshipPractice invoked in du‘a (supplication)
recited in dhikr (remembrance)

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al-Asma ul-Husna includesName Al-Musawwir
The Exile listsDivineNames Al-Musawwir
Al-Bari’ relatedName Al-Musawwir
Al-Musawwir transliterationVariant Al-Musawwir
Al-Musawwir transliterationVariant Al-Muṣawwir
linked to: Al-Musawwir