Al-Muqaddim
Al-Muqaddim is the Expediter — the One who advances whom and what He wills, in time and in rank.
Name 71 of 99
الْمُقَدِّمُ
Al-Muqaddim
The Expediter
- In Arabic
- الْمُقَدِّمُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Muqaddim
- Position in the list
- Name 71 of 99
Al-Muqaddim — The Expediter
What the name means
Taqdim is to put forward. Allah advances some people over others in knowledge, in provision, in guidance — and advances events to their appointed moment.
The name is not in the Quran as a noun; it enters the ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi, and the Prophet ﷺ used it in du'a: You are the One who brings forward and the One who puts back.
Living by this name
It settles envy at the root. Precedence is assigned, not seized, and the Quran forbids wishing for what Allah gave others in preference.
Its response is to compete in what is open to everyone — righteousness. See also Al-Mu'akhkhir and Ar-Rafi'.
Where Al-Muqaddim comes from
Al-Muqaddim 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-Muqaddim
Al-Muqaddim (الْمُقَدِّمُ) means "The Expediter". 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-Muqaddim 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 Muqaddim" — 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 71 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.