Ash-Shakur
Ash-Shakur is the Most Appreciative — the One who rewards a small deed many times over and never overlooks it.
Name 35 of 99
الشَّكُورُ
Ash-Shakur
The Most Appreciative
- In Arabic
- الشَّكُورُ
- Transliteration
- Ash-Shakur
- Position in the list
- Name 35 of 99
Ash-Shakur — The Most Appreciative
What the name means
Shukr from a servant is acknowledgement of a gift. From Allah it means accepting the little and multiplying it — gratitude expressed as reward rather than as need.
The Quran states the exchange: whoever brings a good deed will have ten like it, and elsewhere describes Allah as Ghafur Shakur — forgiving the failures and thanking the efforts.
Ash-Shakur in the Quran
The 4 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Ash-Shakur really is in each verse it is cited from.
لِيُوَفِّيَهُمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَيَزِيدَهُم مِّن فَضْلِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ غَفُورٌۭ شَكُورٌۭ
That He may give them in full their rewards and increase for them of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative.
Surah Fatir 35:30Read the full surah →وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلْحَزَنَ ۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌۭ شَكُورٌ
And they will say, "Praise to Allah, who has removed from us [all] sorrow. Indeed, our Lord is Forgiving and Appreciative -
Surah Fatir 35:34Read the full surah →ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يُبَشِّرُ ٱللَّهُ عِبَادَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ ۗ قُل لَّآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا ٱلْمَوَدَّةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ ۗ وَمَن يَقْتَرِفْ حَسَنَةًۭ نَّزِدْ لَهُۥ فِيهَا حُسْنًا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ شَكُورٌ
It is that of which Allah gives good tidings to His servants who believe and do righteous deeds. Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for this message any payment [but] only good will through kinship." And whoever commits a good deed - We will increase for him good therein. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Appreciative.
Surah Ash-Shura 42:23Read the full surah →إِن تُقْرِضُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًۭا يُضَٰعِفْهُ لَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ شَكُورٌ حَلِيمٌ
If you loan Allah a goodly loan, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. And Allah is Most Appreciative and Forbearing.
Surah At-Taghabun 64:17Read 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 Ash-Shakur
Ash-Shakur (الشَّكُورُ) means "The Most Appreciative". 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 4 verses containing Ash-Shakur, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Ash-Shakur" — 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 35 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.