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الغفار

Al-Ghaffar · the Ever-Forgiving

the One who forgives again and again, covering sin after sin

بار بار بخشنے والا — وہ جو بار بار بخشتا ہے اور گناہ پر گناہ ڈھانپتا ہے

His own ayat — 3 verses carry this exact form

38:6639:540:42

Read all 3, in the Book’s own words

رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ (38:66)

خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ (39:5)

تَدْعُونَنِى لِأَكْفُرَ بِٱللَّهِ وَأُشْرِكَ بِهِۦ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ وَأَنَا۠ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْغَفَّٰرِ (40:42)

Every key above opens that verse in the AL-WAQF reader — Arabic, two registers in English and Urdu, and its named witnesses.

His Messenger’s ﷺ witness — 48 mentions across 22 collections

Every reference is listed. A reference is collection + report number — look any of them up.

Al-Amali-Mufid · shia — 2 mentions

17, 188

Al-Amali-Saduq · shia — 3 mentions

37, 493, 494

Al-Kafi-Volume-1-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

1351

Al-Kafi-Volume-2-Kulayni · shia — 2 mentions

2, 1998

Al-Kafi-Volume-5-Kulayni · shia — 2 mentions

281, 1471

Al-Kafi-Volume-6-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

2281

Al-Kafi-Volume-8-Kulayni · shia — 1 mentions

551

Al-Tawhid-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

273

Fadail-al-Shia-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

23

Istibsar · shia — 4 mentions

375, 2421, 2539, 2865

Maani-al-Akhbar-Saduq · shia — 4 mentions

178, 179, 333, 681

Man-La-Yahduruh-al-Faqih-Volume-1-Saduq · shia — 2 mentions

1495, 1498

Man-La-Yahduruh-al-Faqih-Volume-5-Saduq · shia — 1 mentions

220

TahdhibAhkam · shia — 9 mentions

343, 3363, 5970, 6108, 6378, 6728, 7260, 9264, 12546

Thawab-al-Amal-wa-iqab-al-Amal-Saduq · shia — 4 mentions

513, 564, 568, 754

Uyun-akhbar-al-Rida-Volume-1-Saduq · shia — 3 mentions

1, 51, 53

MusnadAhmad · sunni — 1 mentions

18490

SunanDarimi · sunni — 1 mentions

266

abudawud · sunni — 1 mentions

1545

bukhari · sunni — 2 mentions

2235, 4211

ibnmajah · sunni — 1 mentions

4088

tirmidhi · sunni — 1 mentions

3507

Hear five of them

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَوْفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ…

Abd Allah b. 'Umar said that one of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was:"O Allah, I seek refuge in You that Your blessings are lifted, and Your protection (of me) is changed, and in the suddenness of Your…

abudawud · sunni · no. 1545
حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمِصْرِيُّ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ…

It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin Harith bin Jaz' Az-Zabidi that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:"People will come from the east, paving the way for Mahdi," meaning, for his rule…

ibnmajah · sunni · no. 4088
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَيْبَرَ، فَ…

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Khaibar and when Allah made him victorious and he conquered the town by breaking the enemy's defense, the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai bin Akhtab was mentioned to him and he…

bukhari · sunni · no. 2235
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، …

Narrated Anas bin Malik:We arrived at Khaibar, and when Allah helped His Apostle to open the fort, the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai bin Akhtaq whose husband had been killed while she was a bride, was mentioned to Allah's …

bukhari · sunni · no. 4211
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْجُوزَجَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي…

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Indeed, Allah has ninety-nine Names, one hundred less one, whoever counts them shall enter Paradise. He is Allah, the one whom there is none worthy of worship e…

tirmidhi · sunni · no. 3507

The counting hadith — “Allah has ninety-nine Names - the counting hadith, held in the corpus” — held in the corpus at: bukhari 2736, bukhari 6410, bukhari 7392, muslim 6809, ibnmajah 3860, ibnmajah 3861.

The sirah — this Name in 11 of the 17 held works

Ansab al-Ashraf - al-Baladhuri (d. 279 AH)13 mentions
al-Bidayah wa'l-Nihayah - Ibn Kathir (d. 774 AH)13 mentions
tusi_amali5 mentions
Tarikh al-Tabari (d. 310 AH)3 mentions
al-Tabaqat al-Kubra - Ibn Sa'd (d. 230 AH)2 mentions
al-Amali - al-Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413 AH)2 mentions
al-Irshad - al-Shaykh al-Mufid (d. 413 AH)2 mentions
ibnabihadid2 mentions
al-Rawd al-Unuf - al-Suhayli (d. 581 AH)1 mentions
'Uyun al-Athar - Ibn Sayyid al-Nas (d. 734 AH)1 mentions
tabarsi1 mentions

Counting law: A mention = a textual match of the transmitted form after normalization (diacritics stripped, alef unified), at a word boundary, allowing an attached wa-/fa- prefix; compounds match across whitespace; dhu also as dhi/dha. Every count on this page is a count of THAT rule - falsifiable, never oversold as exhaustive semantic coverage. The roster of 99 is transmitted (al-Tirmidhi's riwayah), not adjudicated. Machine-scholar work (9-for-1); human review invited.
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