Al-Batin
الْبَاطِن
The Hidden
What it means
Al-Bāṭin is hidden from every faculty that could contain Him: sight cannot reach Him, imagination cannot picture Him, mind cannot fully grasp Him. His hiddenness is not concealment but transcendence.
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-Batin 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.