I wrote in a previous post about the importance of living with (at least) one of the names of Allah at every point of your life, and how I am now trying to live with the name al-Mu’min, and described some of its meanings. Now I intend to post what has been said of this name in the tafsirs (from www.altafsir.com) of 59:23 where Allah mentions this divine Name and hopefully translate them. This will allow me to find all these meanings easily on my site, and to increase my connection to this name by doing this- because i will be adding a new tafsir or two every few days. In the end inshaAllah I will get to Ibn Ajiba’s description of the name in his great tafseer of the fatiha, because it discusses the benefits of fruits of living with this name, as well as the spiritual realization of the name. I will try to go in the historical order of the tafsirs.

And of course what is most beneficial in this to all of us is to have a more intimate knowledge of the Names and Attributes of our Creator, to strengthen our relationship with Him.

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Al-Sulami (d. 412 A.H) wrote,

وقال بعضهم: المؤمن الذى لا يخاف ظلمه

And some have said, the Mu’min is He from whom you fear no injustice.

وقال بعضهم: المؤمن: الموفى بما وعد لأوليائه

And some said, al-Mu’min is is the one who fulfills what He promised to His awliya.
سمعت منصور بن عبد الله يقول: سمعت أبا القاسم البزاز يقول

سمعت ابن عطاء فى قوله: { ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ } قال: المصدق لمن أطاعه

I heard (Mansur ibn Abdallah) say I heard (Abal Qasim al-Bazzaz) say I heard Ibn Ata’ say of al-Mu’min: He who accepts/approves of/believes in he who obeys Him.

وأيضاً فإنه أمَّن المؤمنين عن خوف ما سواه حتى لم يخافوا غيره

Also: He secures the believers (mu’mineen) from the fear of all that is not Him, so that they fear nothing but Him.

Al-Qushayri (d. 465 A.H.) said,

الْمُؤْمِنُ : الذي يُصَدق عَبْدُه في توحيده فيقول له: صَدَقْتَ يا عبدي

al-Mu’min: He who confirms his servant in his affirmation of His unity and says to him: you have spoken the truth, my servant.

والذي يًصَدِّق نفسه في إخباره أي يعلم أنه صادق.

And the one who confirms the truth of all that He tells us, so that it is known that He is Truthful.

ويكون بمعنى المصدق لوعده

And it means He who fulfills his promises,

ويكون بمعنى المخبر لعباده بأنه يُؤمِّنهم من عقوبته

And it means He who tells his servants that He will keep them safe from His punishment.