Al-Mu'akhkhir
الْمُؤَخِّر
The Delayer
What it means
Al-Muʾakhkhir delays what His wisdom requires — the punishment of the tyrant, the answer of the prayer, the arrival of the moment. Delay is not denial; it is timing beyond a creature's calculation.
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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