AL-‘ADL

(”The Just”)

Praise be to Allah. Al-‘Adl (justice) is not narrated as one of the best name of Allah in the Quran or in any saheeh hadeeth. It was narrated in a famous hadeeth listening the name of Allah, which was narrated by al-Tirmidhi & others.

From the root ‘a-d-l (ع-د-ل) which has the following classical Arabic connotation:

• To act justly, fairly.
• To be equitable, impartial.
• Two adjust properly, to make even.
• To straighten, to rectify, to establish justice.
• To balance, counter balance, to make equal, uniform.
• To turn one away from something, rightly direct.
• To make comfortable with what is right.