Al-Barr
الْبَرّ
The Source of Goodness, The Beneficent
What it means
Al-Barr is the source of every goodness in creation — the goodness of parents to children, of strangers to travellers, of the earth to its inhabitants. Where good exists, He is its origin.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Al-Barr with SABR
Learning the names of Allah alongside memorising His words is one of the highest forms of study. SABR pairs one name per day with your memorisation session.