Al-Ba'ith
Al-Ba'ith is the Resurrector — the One who raises the dead to life on the Day of Judgement, and who sends prophets to the living.
Name 49 of 99
الْبَاعِثُ
Al-Ba'ith
The Resurrector
- In Arabic
- الْبَاعِثُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Ba'ith
- Position in the list
- Name 49 of 99
Al-Ba'ith — The Resurrector
What the name means
Ba'th in Arabic is to send forth and to raise up. The Quran uses the verb for both the sending of messengers and the raising of the dead, which is why the name carries a double weight.
The name is not in the Quran as a standalone noun — it enters the ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi — while the act is stated repeatedly: Allah will raise those in the graves.
Living by this name
It supplies the answer to the objection the Quran quotes most often: who will give life to bones when they are disintegrated? The reply is that the One who produced them the first time will.
Its response is to live as someone who will be raised and asked. See also Al-Mu'id and Al-Muhyi.
Where Al-Ba'ith comes from
Al-Ba'ith does not appear in the Quran as a standalone name. It reaches the famous list of ninety-nine through the narration of at-Tirmidhi, and its meaning is established by the Quran in other words — through verbs and related forms rather than the name itself. Scholars accepted such names on that basis; this page marks the distinction rather than hiding it.
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and both are agreed upon. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Ba'ith
Al-Ba'ith (الْبَاعِثُ) means "The Resurrector". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Not as a standalone name. Al-Ba'ith reaches the list of ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi's narration, while its meaning is established in the Quran through verbs and related forms. This page says so plainly rather than attaching a verse that does not contain it.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Ba'ith" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 49 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.