Al-Wadud

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Al-Wadud is one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God as the Most Loving and Affectionate toward His creation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Al-Wadud canonical 2
Al-Wadūd 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Divine attribute in Islam ⓘ
Islamic theonym ⓘ
Name of Allah ⓘ
appearsIn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
associatedWith Care for creation ⓘ
Compassion of Allah ⓘ
Mercy of Allah ⓘ
category Names expressing Allah’s mercy and love ⓘ
contrastedWith Human limited love ⓘ
denotesAttribute Affection toward creation ⓘ
Divine love ⓘ
derivedFromRoot waw-dal-dal (w-d-d) ⓘ
describes Allah’s love for His servants ⓘ
emphasizes Allah’s constant love ⓘ
Allah’s unconditional affection ⓘ
grammaticalForm Arabic intensive form (fa‘ul pattern) ⓘ
honorificLanguage Often preceded by “Al-” (the) indicating definiteness ⓘ
implies Allah both loves and is beloved ⓘ
invokedFor Harmony and affection in relationships ⓘ
Seeking Allah’s love ⓘ
Softening of hearts ⓘ
isOneOf 99 Names of Allah ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
loveIs Independent of creation ⓘ
Not dependent on reciprocity ⓘ
Perfect and complete ⓘ
meaningInEnglish The Affectionate ⓘ
The Most Loving ⓘ
mentionedInSurah Surah Al-Buruj ⓘ
Surah Hud ⓘ
partOf Islamic devotional vocabulary ⓘ
quranReference Qur’an 11:90 ⓘ
Qur’an 85:14 ⓘ
recognizedBy Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sufi traditions ⓘ
Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
relatedConcept Mawadda (affection) ⓘ
Rahma (mercy) ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
rootLetters و د د ⓘ
scriptType Written in Arabic script ⓘ
theologicalRole Affirms Allah’s attribute of love ⓘ
transliteration Al-Wadūd ⓘ
linked to: Al-Wadud
usedBy Muslims in prayer ⓘ
usedIn Dhikr (remembrance of God) ⓘ
linked to: Dhikr

Islamic supplications ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Al-Asma ul-Husna → includesName → Al-Wadud ⓘ
Al-Wadud → transliteration → Al-Wadūd ⓘ
linked to: Al-Wadud