Al-Hadi
Al-Hadi is the Guide — the One who shows the way and grants the heart that follows it.
Name 94 of 99
الْهَادِي
Al-Hadi
The Guide
- In Arabic
- الْهَادِي
- Transliteration
- Al-Hadi
- Position in the list
- Name 94 of 99
Al-Hadi — The Guide
What the name means
Hidayah in the Quran has two levels: showing the path, which is offered to everyone, and granting arrival on it, which belongs to Allah alone.
The distinction is stated to the Prophet ﷺ himself: you do not guide whom you love, but Allah guides whom He wills — the limit of even a messenger.
Al-Hadi in the Quran
The 2 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Hadi really is in each verse it is cited from.
وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتُخْبِتَ لَهُۥ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ
And so those who were given knowledge may know that it is the truth from your Lord and [therefore] believe in it, and their hearts humbly submit to it. And indeed is Allah the Guide of those who have believed to a straight path.
Surah Al-Hajj 22:54Read the full surah →وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ هَادِيًۭا وَنَصِيرًۭا
And thus have We made for every prophet an enemy from among the criminals. But sufficient is your Lord as a guide and a helper.
Surah Al-Furqan 25:31Read the full surah →
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-Hadi
Al-Hadi (الْهَادِي) means "The Guide". 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.
Yes. This page cites 2 verses containing Al-Hadi, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Hadi" — 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 94 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.