Al-Hayy Al-Qayyoom (99 names of allah)
Al-Hayy Al-Qayyoom – The Ever-Living The Self-Subsisting Sustainer of all the creation are two Names that come together in the Qur’aan in three places. The first occurrence is in Aayatul Kursee:
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ
Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. [Baqarah 2:255]
The second occurrence is at the beginning of Soorah Aali ‘Imraan:
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُ
Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. [Aali ‘Imraan 3:2]
The third is in Soorah Taahaa:
وَعَنَتِ ٱلۡوُجُوهُ لِلۡحَيِّ ٱلۡقَيُّومِۖ
And (all) faces shall be humbled before (Allah), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. [Taahaa 20:111]
Allaah the Blessed and Exalted’s Name al Hayy The Ever- Living contains an affirmation of Allaah’s Attribute of Living. It is a complete Life not preceded by non-existence nor followed by it being taken away or ending. Allaah is Living without deficiency or defect and our Lord is Exalted and free from that. Allaah’s Name al Qayyoom contains affirmation of His Attribute of Self-Subsistence. It being that Allaah is Self- Subsisting and sustains His creation.
These two Names al Hayy and al Qayyoom both encompass the meanings of Allaah’s Beautiful Names where all the Attributes of the Creator return back. The Attributes of Allaah’s Self such as hearing, seeing, His Hand, Knowledge and so on return back to His Name al Hayy The Ever-Living. The Attributes of Allaah that are actions such as creation, providing, bestowing blessings, giving life, giving death and so on return back to His Name al Qayyoom. Due to this, the People of Knowledge have said that they are Allaah’s greatest Names which if He is called on by them He answers and if He is asked by them He gives.
