The Greatest Name of God | A Secret Sufis Guarded for Centuries

This essay explores al-Ism al-Aʿẓam — God's Greatest Name — through the lens of Ibn ʿArabī, al-Niffari, and Rabia al-Adawiyya. What does Sufi metaphysics actually teach about the supreme name of Allah? What did Ibn Arabi say in the Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya about divine naming and the nature of dhikr? And what does al-Niffari's Kitāb al-Mawāqif reveal about the seeker's relationship to the divine name? These are questions that have occupied Sufi masters, Islamic mystics, and serious students of the divine names for centuries. The greatest name of God in Islam — al-Ism al-Aʿẓam — sits at the heart of Ibn Arabi's metaphysics of divine naming, the deeper meaning of asma ul husna, and the classical Sufi understanding of dhikr and the 99 names of Allah. Rabia al-Adawiyya approaches the same reality from a different direction. Al-Niffari approaches it from another. The essay holds all three in the same frame. Detailed bibliography and further reading at the end of the video ! Read the full essay on Substack: https://spiritualrelief.substack.com Support the channel:    / @spiritualreliefchannel   #sufism #sufi #spiritualrelief #ibnarabi