Ar-Rafi'
الرَّافِع
The Exalter (of the humble believer)
What it means
Ar-Rāfiʿ raises whom He wills: prophets to messengers, believers to sincerity, the ordinary Muslim to piety-based nobility. He raised the enslaved Bilāl above kings by the standard of the Hereafter.
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 Ar-Rafi' 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.