Al-Hafidh

The Preserver

Exalted and Glorious

Verily proofs have come to you from your Lord, so whosoever sees will do so for the good of his own self, and whosoever blinds himself will do so to his own harm, and I (Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) am not a watcher over you.  (6:104)

So if you turn away, still I have conveyed the message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another people succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least.  Surely my Lord is Guardian over all things.  (11:57)

That which is left by Allah for you is better for you, if you are believers.  And I am not a guardian over you. (11:86)

And he (Iblis) had no authority over them – except that We might test him who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt about it.  And your Lord is Hafizh, Watchful over everything.  (34:21)

And as for those who take protectors other than Him, Allah is Hafizh, Watcher over them, and you, (Oh Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) are not a Wakil over them. (A guardian or a disposer of their affairs.)  (42:6)

This name is an attribute of Allah plainly describing the meaning of guarding, watching, protecting, custody and preserving. He is Hafizh meaning the Lord Preserver of all the worlds.  Only Allah assigns the angels for protecting us from evils, defeats the evil designs of Satan against us, safeguards the chastity of His obedient women folk, and bestows on us the Holy Book, which contains guidance for us.

He who repeats this name 16 times each day, Allah will protect him from calamities.

Al-Hafizh is the One Who protects everything even though it be the size of an atom.  He does not disregard anything.  There is not an atom’s worth of anything lost from the gaze of His protection.  He does not change, and He is not annihilated.  Change does not occur to Him from the outside.  Nothing form the outside influences Him.  He protects His creation.  So remember Allah in times of ease and in times of difficulty, and He will protect you with His protection.

Allah Allah Allah

From: The Meanings of the Names of Our Lord by Shaykh Muhammad Sa’id al-Jamal ar-Rifa’i Head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land Teacher at the Dome of the Rock (al-Aqsa)