Al-Muhaymin
Al-Muhaymin is the Watchful Guardian — the One whose oversight covers everything and whose custody nothing escapes.
Name 7 of 99
الْمُهَيْمِنُ
Al-Muhaymin
The Guardian
- In Arabic
- الْمُهَيْمِنُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Muhaymin
- Position in the list
- Name 7 of 99
Al-Muhaymin — The Guardian
What the name means
Muhaymin combines three ideas Arabic keeps close together: to witness, to preserve, and to have charge over. Allah watches what He has made, keeps a record of it, and holds authority over what He watches.
The Quran also uses the word for the Quran itself, calling it muhaymin over the scriptures before it — a guardian that confirms what was true in them and stands over what was altered.
Living by this name
Nothing done in private is done unobserved. The name turns worship inward: consistency when no one is looking is the natural response to being always seen.
It is also a comfort rather than only a warning. Being watched by the One who is also merciful means no wrong done to you has gone unrecorded.
Al-Muhaymin 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-Muhaymin really is in the verse it is cited from.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
He is Allah—there is no god except Him—the Sovereign, the All-holy, the All-benign, the Securer, the All-conserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, and the All-magnanimous. Clear is Allah of any partners that they may ascribe [to Him]!
Surah Al-Hashr 59:23Read 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-Muhaymin
Al-Muhaymin (الْمُهَيْمِنُ) means "The Guardian". 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-Muhaymin, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Muhaymin" — 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 7 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.