ASMA AL-HUSNA · 81 / 99
Al-Muntaqim — The Avenger of Wrongdoing: الْمُنْتَقِمُ
Meaning
Just retribution upon persistent wrongdoers — the Qur’an voices the attribute in 32:22 ("We will take retribution from the criminals"); the exact name-form comes via the listing. Never spite: it is justice’s edge, contemplated with the Forgiving names, not against them.
Textual references
No direct verse ascription for this exact name-form is established — the name is contemplated via the classical listing and related texts noted in Sources. This uncertainty is stated rather than filled.
The 99-names hadith itself (Sahih al-Bukhari 2736; Sahih Muslim 2677) does not enumerate the names; the enumeration order follows the Tirmidhi listing, whose chain scholars grade as weak for the list itself.
Reflection
Leave vengeance to its Owner; your hands are not its instruments.
A personal contemplation aid — not doctrine and not a promised outcome.
Sources & methodology
- Qur’an 32:22 (retribution voiced as act — see methodology)
- Sahih al-Bukhari 2736 (the 99 names)
Verse citations were checked against the Qur’an text. Claims that could not be verified were omitted. No recitation counts, guaranteed effects, or per-name hadith benefits are asserted.