Al-Fattah
الْفَتَّاح
The Opener, The Judge
What it means
Al-Fattāḥ opens what is closed: doors of relief for the distressed, doors of understanding for the seeker, doors of victory for the patient. He is also the decisive Judge who opens truth between disputants.
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.
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