الْجَامِعُ
One of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah
Al-Jaami'
The Gatherer
Al-Jaami' has the power to assemble and arrange all that has been dispersed, and He composes and connects things together. Its verse is 3:9, the prayer of those firm in knowledge: Our Lord, You will certainly gather all humanity for the Day about which there is no doubt.
Key verse
﴿رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ﴾Our Lord! You will certainly gather all humanity for the ˹promised˺ Day: about which there is no doubt. Surely Allah does not break His promise.”
The scholar's text
He is The One who has the power to assemble and arrange all that which has been dispersed. He is the one who composes and connects things together.
(رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍۢ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ) آل عمران 3: 9
(Our Lord! You will certainly gather all humanity for the ˹promised˺ Day: about which there is no doubt. Surely Allah does not break His promise.”) Al-Imran 3:9
It is mentioned times in the Holy Quran
Note: The number is missing from this line in the original post.
هو القادر على جمع كل ما تفرق وترتيبه، وهو الذي يؤلف بين الأشياء ويصل بعضها ببعض.
(رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ ٱلنَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ) آل عمران 3: 9
ورد في القرآن الكريم ... مرة.
ملاحظة: العدد ساقط من هذا السطر في المنشور الأصلي.
A Day About Which There Is No Doubt
The verse of Al-Jaami' is a prayer, and those firm in knowledge are the ones who say it. In it, Ibn Kathir explains, they are saying that their Lord will bring His creation together on the Day of Return, separate them, judge between them in what they differed over, and repay each for the good and evil they did. Al-Sa'di lists their faith in that Day among the marks of those firm in knowledge: they believe in it with certainty and fear it, and that fear is what drives them to act and holds them back from slipping.
Arabic: ليوم لا ريب فيه
آية الاسم دعاء يقوله الراسخون في العلم. قال ابن كثير: «إنك، يا ربنا، ستجمع بين خلقك يوم معادهم، وتفصل بينهم وتحكم فيهم فيما اختلفوا فيه، وتجزي كلا بعمله، وما كان عليه في الدنيا من خير وشر». وقال السعدي في صفاتهم: «السابعة: أنه أخبر عن إيمانهم وإيقانهم بيوم القيامة وخوفهم منه، وهذا هو الموجب للعمل الرادع عن الزلل».
Dispersed, Then Gathered
﴿وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ﴾And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and all living beings He dispersed throughout both. And He is Most Capable of bringing all together whenever He wills.
42:29 has both halves of the definition above in one verse: all the living beings He dispersed through the heavens and the earth, and His power to bring them all together whenever He wills. Ibn Kathir widens the first half: angels, jinn, humans and every animal, of every shape, colour, language and nature, scattered through every region of the heavens and the earth. Then the second: on the Day of Resurrection He gathers the first and the last on one plain, where the caller is heard by all and every one of them is in sight, and judges them with His just and true judgment. His power and His will are enough for it, al-Sa'di adds; that it will happen is known from the truthful report, and the messengers' reports of it came in unbroken numbers.
Arabic: وهو على جمعهم إذا يشاء قدير
في آية الشورى الشطران: ﴿وَمِنْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ خَلْقُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَآءُ قَدِيرٌ﴾. قال ابن كثير: «وهذا يشمل الملائكة والجن والإنس وسائر الحيوانات، على اختلاف أشكالهم وألوانهم ولغاتهم، وطباعهم وأجناسهم، وأنواعهم، وقد فرقهم في أرجاء أقطار الأرض والسموات»، ثم قال: «يوم القيامة يجمع الأولين والآخرين وسائر الخلائق في صعيد واحد، يسمعهم الداعي، وينفذهم البصر، فيحكم فيهم بحكمه العدل الحق». وقال السعدي: «فقدرته ومشيئته صالحان لذلك، ويتوقف وقوعه على وجود الخبر الصادق، وقد علم أنه قد تواترت أخبار المرسلين وكتبهم بوقوعه».
Even Their Fingertips
﴿بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ﴾Yes ˹indeed˺! We are ˹most˺ capable of restoring ˹even˺ their very fingertips.
75:3 asks whether people think We cannot reassemble their bones, and 75:4 answers: yes indeed, We are capable of restoring even their very fingertips. The fingertips, al-Sa'di explains, stand for the whole body. Once the tips of the fingers and their bones are made, the making of the body is complete. 56:49 and 56:50 add who is gathered: earlier and later generations, all of them brought together for the appointed Day, which al-Sa'di says Allah has fixed for His servants.
Arabic: بلى قادرين على أن نسوي بنانه
تسأل آية القيامة: ﴿أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ﴾، وتجيب: ﴿بَلَىٰ قَـٰدِرِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّسَوِّىَ بَنَانَهُۥ﴾، قال السعدي: «أي: أطراف أصابعه وعظامه، المستلزم ذلك لخلق جميع أجزاء البدن، لأنها إذا وجدت الأنامل والبنان، فقد تمت خلقة الجسد». وفي الواقعة: ﴿قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ﴾ ﴿لَمَجْمُوعُونَ إِلَىٰ مِيقَـٰتِ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ﴾، قال السعدي: «أي: قل إن متقدم الخلق ومتأخرهم، الجميع سيبعثهم الله ويجمعهم لميقات يوم معلوم، قدره الله لعباده».
The Day of Gathering
﴿يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْجَمْعِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِ ۗ وَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِٱللَّهِ وَيَعْمَلْ صَـٰلِحًا يُكَفِّرْ عَنْهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِهِۦ وَيُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّـٰتٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ﴾˹Consider˺ the Day He will gather you ˹all˺ for the Day of Gathering: that will be the Day of mutual loss and gain. So whoever believes in Allah and does good, He will absolve them of their sins and admit them into Gardens under which rivers flow, to stay there for ever and ever. That is the ultimate triumph.
64:9 names it: the Day He will gather you for the Day of Gathering, the Day of mutual loss and gain. Al-Sa'di describes it. The first and the last are brought together and made to stand in a terrifying place, they are told what they did, and the difference between them shows. On that Day, he says, the believers win over the wicked, and the wrongdoers learn that they stood on nothing and that they are the losers. 4:140 says who will be gathered with whom: Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers all together in Hell. The same verse forbids sitting where Allah's revelations are mocked, because, al-Sa'di says, whoever sits there content with it is like the one who does it.
Arabic: يوم يجمعكم ليوم الجمع
تسميه آية التغابن: ﴿يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْجَمْعِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلتَّغَابُنِ﴾، قال السعدي: «يعني: اذكروا يوم الجمع الذي يجمع الله به الأولين والآخرين، ويقفهم موقفًا هائلاً عظيمًا، وينبئهم بما عملوا، فحينئذ يظهر الفرق والتفاوت بين الخلائق»، و«ويغبن المؤمنون الفاسقين، ويعرف المجرمون أنهم على غير شيء، وأنهم هم الخاسرون». وفي النساء: ﴿إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا﴾، ونهت الآية عن القعود حيث يستهزأ بآيات الله، قال السعدي: «لأنكم رضيتم بكفرهم واستهزائهم، والراضي بالمعصية كالفاعل لها».
When the People Are Gathered
The Prophet ﷺ described the moment after the gathering: “Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will say, 'Let us request someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 6565, narrated by Anas). The hadith goes on: they go to Adam, then to Noah and the prophets after him, each says he is not fit for it, until they come to the Prophet ﷺ, who intercedes.
Arabic: يجمع الله الناس يوم القيامة
وصف النبي ﷺ ما بعد الجمع فقال: «يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوِ اسْتَشْفَعْنَا عَلَى رَبِّنَا حَتَّى يُرِيحَنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا» (صحيح البخاري 6565، عن أنس). ثم يأتون آدم ثم نوحا ومن بعده من الأنبياء، وكل منهم يعتذر، حتى يأتوا النبي ﷺ فيشفع.
From the Sunnah
Allah will gather all the people on the Day of Resurrection and they will say, 'Let us request someone to intercede for us with our Lord so that He may relieve us from this place of ours
يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ لَوِ اسْتَشْفَعْنَا عَلَى رَبِّنَا حَتَّى يُرِيحَنَا مِنْ مَكَانِنَا .
A du'a with this Name
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ
May Allah bless for you, and may He bless on you, and combine both of you in good (works)
Sunan Abi Dawud 2130, graded sahih by al-Albani: what the Prophet ﷺ said to a man on his marriage, as Abu Hurayrah reported
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Questions about Al-Jaami'
What does Al-Jaami' mean?
Al-Jaami' brings together whatever was scattered and puts it in order, composing and connecting things.
Which verse goes with Al-Jaami'?
Al-Jaami' goes with 3:9, a prayer about the Day of gathering: Our Lord, You will certainly gather all humanity for the Day.
Who will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection?
Allah will gather every creature on the Day of Resurrection: angels, jinn, humans and every animal, first and last, on one plain, Ibn Kathir explains on 42:29.
Why are the fingertips mentioned in 75:4?
Because once the fingertips are made the body is complete, al-Sa'di says: restoring them means restoring all of it.