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Al-Muqit

الْمُقِيت

The Sustainer, The Nourisher

What it means

Al-Muqīt sustains every creature by its measure: the earthworm has its earth, the whale has its ocean, the human has both body and soul provisions. What is precisely required is delivered precisely.

Qur'anic evidence

This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:

Q 4:85

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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