الْمُعِيدُ
One of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah
Al-Mueed
The Restorer
The Reproducer, who brings creatures back after death: that is Al-Mueed. In 85:13 the Quran says He originates and brings back, and al-Sa'di reads the resurrection as easier for Him than the first making (30:27). The Name itself comes from the list in at-Tirmidhi 3507, which al-Albani graded weak.
Key verse
﴿إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ﴾˹For˺ He is certainly the One Who originates and resurrects ˹all˺.
The scholar's text
The Reproducer, The One who brings back the creatures after death.
The One who repairs and replicates everything created.
It is mentioned times in the Holy Quran
Note: The number is missing from this line in the original post.
المعيد، الذي يعيد الخلق بعد الموت.
الذي يصلح ويعيد كل ما خلق.
ورد في القرآن الكريم ... مرة.
ملاحظة: العدد ساقط من هذا السطر في المنشور الأصلي.
He Originates and Brings Back
85:13: He is certainly the One who originates and resurrects. He alone begins creation and brings it back, al-Sa'di says, with no partner in either. As a Name, Al-Mueed is known from at-Tirmidhi's report listing the Names (3507), judged weak by al-Albani; on 7:180 Ibn Kathir relates that a group of hadith masters took the list for an insertion by the narrators, compiled from the Quran.
Arabic: إنه هو يبدئ ويعيد
تقول آية البروج: ﴿إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ﴾، قال السعدي: «أي: هو المنفرد بإبداء الخلق وإعادته، فلا مشارك له في ذلك». والاسم نفسه في سرد الأسماء في جامع الترمذي 3507 الذي ضعفه الألباني، وقال ابن كثير عند آية الأعراف: «والذي عول عليه جماعة من الحفاظ أن سرد الأسماء في هذا الحديث مدرج فيه»، «أي: أنهم جمعوها من القرآن».
Even Easier for Him
﴿وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ ۚ وَلَهُ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ﴾And He is the One Who originates the creation then will resurrect it: which is even easier for Him. To Him belong the finest attributes in the heavens and the earth. And He is the Almighty, All-Wise.
30:27 says He originates the creation and then will resurrect it, which is even easier for Him. Al-Sa'di explains the comparison as one made for human minds: whoever can begin, which you admit He did, can all the more bring back. In a hadith qudsi Allah answers the person who denies it: “The son of Adam tells a lie against Me,, though he hasn't the right to do so. He abuses me though he hasn't the right to do so. As for his telling a lie against Me, it is his saying that I will not recreate him as I created him for the first time. In fact, the first creation was not easier for Me than new creation.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 4974).
Arabic: وهو أهون عليه
تقول آية الروم: ﴿وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ﴾، قال السعدي: «أي: الإعادة للخلق بعد موتهم أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ من ابتداء خلقهم وهذا بالنسبة إلى الأذهان والعقول، فإذا كان قادرا على الابتداء الذي تقرون به كانت قدرته على الإعادة التي أهون أولى وأولى». وفي الحديث القدسي: «قَالَ اللَّهُ كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّاىَ فَقَوْلُهُ لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي، وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَىَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِهِ» (صحيح البخاري 4974).
Who Will Bring Us Back?
﴿أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا﴾or whatever you think is harder to bring to life!” Then they will ask ˹you˺, “Who will bring us back ˹to life˺?” Say, “The One Who created you the first time.” They will then shake their heads at you and ask, “When will that be?” Say, “Perhaps it is soon!”
17:51 records the question of those who doubted it, who will bring us back to life, and its answer: the One who created you the first time. As He made you when you were nothing worth mentioning, al-Sa'di explains, He will bring you back as a new creation. Their shaking of heads, he adds, is denial and astonishment at what they heard; asking when is not an admission, only a challenge.
Arabic: فسيقولون من يعيدنا
تذكر آية الإسراء سؤال المنكرين وجوابه: ﴿فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ﴾، قال السعدي: «فكما فطركم ولم تكونوا شيئا مذكورا فإنه سيعيدكم خلقا جديدا»، وقال في هز الرؤوس: «أي: يهزونها إنكارا وتعجبا مما قلت»، وأن سؤالهم عن الوقت ليس إقرارا بالبعث بل تعجيز.
As We Began, So We Repeat
﴿يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ﴾On that Day We will roll up the heavens like a scroll of writings. Just as We produced the first creation, ˹so˺ shall We reproduce it. That is a promise binding on Us. We truly uphold ˹Our promises˺!
21:104 pictures the Day: We will roll up the heavens like a scroll of writings; just as We produced the first creation, so shall We reproduce it, a promise binding on Us. The heavens, vast as they are, al-Sa'di says, are rolled up like a written sheet, their stars scattered and their sun and moon wound up. Our bringing creation back, he adds, is like Our beginning it: as We began them when they were nothing, so We will bring them back after their death.
Arabic: كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده
تصور آية الأنبياء ذلك اليوم: ﴿يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْكُتُبِ ۚ كَمَا بَدَأْنَآ أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُّعِيدُهُۥ ۚ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا فَـٰعِلِينَ﴾، قال السعدي: «أنه يوم القيامة يطوي السماوات - على عظمها واتساعها - كما يطوي الكاتب للسجل أي: الورقة المكتوب فيها، فتنثر نجومها، ويكور شمسها وقمرها، وتزول عن أماكنها»، وقال: «أي: إعادتنا للخلق، مثل ابتدائنا لخلقهم، فكما ابتدأنا خلقهم، ولم يكونوا شيئا، كذلك نعيدهم بعد موتهم».
So That He May Reward
﴿إِلَيْهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا ۖ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا ۚ إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَرَابٌ مِّنْ حَمِيمٍ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ﴾To Him is your return all together. Allah’s promise is ˹always˺ true. Indeed, He originates the creation then resurrects it so that He may justly reward those who believe and do good. But those who disbelieve will have a boiling drink and a painful punishment for their disbelief.
10:4 gives the purpose: He originates the creation then resurrects it so that He may justly reward those who believe and do good. Al-Sa'di sets out the argument in the verse. The One able to begin creation is able to bring it back, and whoever sees the beginning and denies the return has lost his reason, rejecting one of two like things while accepting the greater; he calls it a clear rational proof of the return.
Arabic: ليجزي الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات بالقسط
تذكر آية يونس الغاية: ﴿إِنَّهُۥ يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ لِيَجْزِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ بِٱلْقِسْطِ﴾، قال السعدي: «فالقادر على ابتداء الخلق قادر على إعادته، والذي يرى ابتداءه بالخلق، ثم ينكر إعادته للخلق، فهو فاقد العقل منكر لأحد المثلين مع إثبات ما هو أولى منه، فهذا دليل عقلي واضح على المعاد».
From the Sunnah
The son of Adam tells a lie against Me,, though he hasn't the right to do so. He abuses me though he hasn't the right to do so. As for his telling a lie against Me, it is his saying that I will not recreate him as I created him for the first time. In fact, the first creation was not easier for Me than new creation.
قَالَ اللَّهُ كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّاىَ فَقَوْلُهُ لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي، وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَىَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِهِ،
A du'a with this Name
اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَادِي وَاجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
O Allah, set right for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs. And set right for me the affairs of my world wherein is my living. And set right for me my Hereafter on which depends my after-life. And make the life for me (a source) of abundance for every good and make my death a source of comfort for me protecting me against every evil
Sahih Muslim 2720: a du'a of the Prophet ﷺ, as Abu Huraira reported
Related Names
Questions about Al-Mueed
What does Al-Mueed mean?
Al-Mueed is the Reproducer: the One who brings creatures back after death.
Where does the Name Al-Mueed come from?
Al-Mueed comes from the list of Names in at-Tirmidhi 3507, a report al-Albani graded weak, and 85:13 says He brings back.
Why is bringing back easier than the first creation?
It is said for our minds, al-Sa'di explains on 30:27: if He could begin, which we accept, He can all the more bring back.
Which du'a speaks of our return?
The Prophet ﷺ asked Allah to set right his Hereafter, in which is his return (Sahih Muslim 2720).