﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Khaliq (يا خالق)

1. Name

الخالق
Al-Khaliq

2. Meaning

The Creator the Universes
The Ultimate Maker
The True Originator
The Absolute Author
The Best Planner
The Supreme Designer
The Unparalleled Fashioner

3. Explanation

The One who determines and creates according to the proper measure and proportion of each thing. The One who plans and determines how, when and where to create. The One whose works are perfectly suited, appropriate, fitting and proper. The One who creates something from nothing. The One who creates both the inner and the outer in just proportions. The One who brings things into existence from a state of non-existence. The One who has the power to change things back and forth between the states of existing and non-existing.

4. Quran

ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

That is Allah, your Lord; there is no deity except Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Disposer of all things. (6:102)

قُلِ اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ

Say, " Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing." (13:6)

أَوَلَيْسَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم ۚ بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator. (36:81)

اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs. (39:62)

ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لَّا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

That is Allah, your Lord, Creator of all things; there is no deity except Him, so how are you deluded? (40:62)

هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. (59:24)

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ الْخَلَّاقُ الْعَلِيمُ

Indeed, your Lord - He is the Knowing Creator. (15:86)

إِنَّ رَبَّكُمُ اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ يُغْشِي اللَّيْلَ النَّهَارَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَثِيثًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ مُسَخَّرَاتٍ بِأَمْرِهِ ۗ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ ۗ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days and then established Himself above the Throne. He covers the night with the day, [another night] chasing it rapidly; and [He created] the sun, the moon, and the stars, subjected by His command. Unquestionably, His is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds. (7:54)

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا آخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators. (23:14)

إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding. (3:190)

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Indeed, the example of Jesus to Allah is like that of Adam. He created Him from dust; then He said to him, "Be," and he was. (3:59)

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

And I did not create the Jinn and Mankind except to worship Me. (51:56)

الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving. (67:2)

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ

Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? (67:14)

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned? (23:115)

الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْدِيرًا

He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with [precise] determination. (25:2)

نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَاهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَا أَسْرَهُمْ ۖ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration. (76:28)

خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Created Man from a clinging substance. (96:2)

الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ فَعَدَلَكَ

Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you? (82:7)

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

So let man observe from what he was created. (86:5)

5. Hadith

5.1 It was narrated from 'Ali (رضي الله عنه) that: When the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) prostrated he would say:

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ صُورَتَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

"O Allah, to You I have prostrated and to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My face has prostrated to the One Who created it and shaped it and shaped it well, and brought forth its hearing and sight. Blessed be Allah the best of Creators."

(Sunan an-Nasa'i 1126)

5.2 Ummul Mumineen 'Aisha (رضي الله عنها) narrated that when the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) looked at mirror, he supplicated

اللهم أنت حسنت خلقي، فحسن خلقي ، وحرم وجهي على النار

O Allah! just as You have made my external features beautiful, make my character beautiful as well and prevent my face from fire (anger).

(Al-Hisnul Hasin 316, Ibn Hibban 970)

5.3 Abu Dharr and Mu'adh bin Jabal (رضی الله عنهم) reported that: Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

‏ اتق الله حيثما كنت واتبع السيئة الحسنة تمحها، وخالق الناس بخلق حسن‏

"Fear Allah wherever you are, do good deeds after doing bad ones, the former will wipe out the latter, and behave decently towards people".

(Riyad as-Salihin Book 1, Hadith 61)

5.4 Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and I went to see a woman. She had date-stones or pebbles in front of her, and she was counting and reciting Tasbih.

‏سبحان الله

Allah is free from imperfection.

He said, "Shall I not inform you of what is easier or better than this for you?" You should say:

‏سبحان الله عدد ما خلق في السماء، وسبحان الله عدد ما خلق في الأرض، وسبحان الله عدد ما بين ذلك، وسبحان الله عدد ما هو خالق

،والله أكبر مثل ذلك

،والحمد لله مثل ذلك

،ولا إله إلا الله مثل ذلك

ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله مثل ذلك

Subhan-Allah, equal to the number of what He created in the heaven; and Subhan-Allah, equal to the number of His creatures in the earth; and Subhan-Allah, equal to the number in between them; and Subhan-Allah equal to the number of those He will create.'

Then say: 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest) in the same way.
Then say: 'Al-hamdu lillah' (praise be to Allah) in the same way.
Then say: 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no true god except Allah) in the same way.
Then say: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (there is no change of a condition nor power except by Allah) in the same manner."

(Riyad as-Salihin Book 15, Hadith 35)

5.5 It was narrated from ‘Ali (رضي الله عنه) that whenever the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) prostrated he would say:

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ أَنْتَ رَبِّي سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي شَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ

“O Allah, to You I have prostrated, and in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. You are my Lord; my face has prostrated to the One Who gave it hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah the best of Creators.”

(Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1054)

5.6 Hazrat Hasan Al-Basri (رحمه الله‎) narrated that Hazrat Samurah bin Jundub (رضي الله عنه) said, "Shall I not tell you a Hadith which I have heard often from the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and many times from Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar (رضی الله عنهم) as well?" I said, "Of course, tell it". He said, "Whoever recites in the morning and evening these words,

اللهم انت خلقتني وانت تهديني وانت تطعمني وانت تسقيني وانت تميتني وانت تحيني

'O Allah You created me and You guide me and You feed me and You quench me and You will cause me to die and You will revive me.'

(seven times) and then asks Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) for anything, Allah will surely grant it to him."

(Majma Al-Zawaid 10/118)

5.7 Narrated Buraydah ibn Al-Hasib (رضي الله عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: If anyone says in the morning or in the evening:

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ بِنِعْمَتِكَ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

"O Allah! Thou art my Lord; there is no god but Thee, Thou hast created me, and I am Thy servant and hold to Thy covenant and promise as much as I can; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I have done: I acknowledge Thy favour to me, and I acknowledge my sin; pardon me, for none but Thee pardons sins",

and dies during the daytime or during the night he will go to Paradise."

(Sunan Abi Dawud 5070)

5.8 Jabir bin Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that he visited the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and he said, "O Jabir, is it dearer to you to have eleven goats in your home or the words of praise that Jibreel (عليه السلام) taught me from above that have the goodness of this world and the next?" I said, "By Allah, I am needy but these words are more beloved to me." He said, "Say

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْخَلاقُ الْعَظِيمِ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْجَوَادُ الْكَرِيمُ ، فَاغْفِر لِي ، وَارْحَمْنِي ، وَعَافِنِي ، وَارْزُقْنِي ، وَاسْتُرْنِي ، وَاجْبُرْنِي ، وَارْفَعْنِي ، وَاهْدِنِي ، وَلا تُضِلَّنِي ، وَأَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O Allah! You are the Magnificent Creator of All, O Allah! You are Hearing and Knowing, O Allah! You are the most Forgiving, the most Merciful. O Allah! You are the Lord of the Greatest Throne.

O Allah! You are the most Munificent and the most Generous. Forgive me, and have mercy on me, and comfort me, and feed me, and hide my faults, and help me, and raise me (in status), and guide me, and do not send me astray, and make me enter the Heaven with Your Mercy, O the most Merciful."

He repeated till I firmly memorized it and he asked me to teach it to others.

(Kanz Al-Ummal 2/295)

6. Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Khaliqu frequently