Ash-Shahid
الشَّهِيد
The Witness
What it means
Ash-Shahīd is present at every place and time, witnessing every event with an immediacy no creature can match. On the Day of Reckoning He is the ultimate witness — no false claim can stand.
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 Ash-Shahid 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.