Al-Fattah
Al-Fattah is the Opener — the One who opens what is shut, and who judges between people with the truth.
Name 18 of 99
الْفَتَّاحُ
Al-Fattah
The Opener
- In Arabic
- الْفَتَّاحُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Fattah
- Position in the list
- Name 18 of 99
Al-Fattah — The Opener
What the name means
Fath in Arabic covers both opening and deciding; an Arab judge was said to open the case between two parties. So the name works on two levels: doors opened — provision, understanding, relief — and disputes settled.
The single verse carrying it uses the judging sense: our Lord will bring us together, then open between us with the truth, and He is al-Fattah, al-Alim.
Al-Fattah in the Quran
The verse below contains this name. Each reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Fattah really is in the verse it is cited from.
قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُوَ ٱلْفَتَّاحُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Say, ‘Our Lord will bring us together, then He will judge between us with justice, and He is the All-knowing Judge.’
Surah Saba 34:26Read the full surah →
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Fattah
Al-Fattah (الْفَتَّاحُ) means "The Opener". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Yes. This page cites 1 verse containing Al-Fattah, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Fattah" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 18 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.