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الْمُحْصِي

Al-Muhsi

The Accounter

Knowledgeالعلم

Meaning & Explanation

Root: ح-ص-ي(To count, to enumerate, to calculate)

Al-Muhsi is the One who counts and enumerates all things. Nothing escapes His counting - not the drops of rain, grains of sand, or deeds of creation. He has enumerated all things in His knowledge and recorded everything precisely.

Quran References

2 verses

Context: Allah's complete enumeration of creation

لَّقَدْ أَحْصَاهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا

He has enumerated them and counted them a full counting

— Surah MaryamAyah 94

Context: Everything recorded in the Preserved Tablet

وَكُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَاهُ فِي إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

And all things We have enumerated in a clear register

— Surah Ya-SinAyah 12

Exemplifying Story

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The Precise Record on Judgment Day

Reference: Surah Al-Kahf 18:49

Allah describes the scene on Judgment Day: "And the record [of deeds] will be placed, and you will see the criminals fearful of what is in it, and they will say: 'Oh, woe to us! What is this book that leaves nothing small or great except that it has enumerated it?' And they will find what they did present [before them]." Al-Muhsi's counting is so precise that people will be amazed and terrified at how nothing - absolutely nothing - escaped His enumeration. Every glance, every whisper, every heartbeat of intention is counted.

Lesson

Al-Muhsi's count is perfect. Nothing is forgotten or overlooked. Live knowing that every atom's weight of good and evil is recorded.

How to Live By This Name

  • 1
    Account for your deeds before they are accounted for you
  • 2
    Be precise and careful in your dealings
  • 3
    Remember that every action, word, and thought is counted
  • 4
    Increase your good deeds knowing each one is recorded

Du'a: Ya Muhsi, count me among Your righteous servants.