How many meanings do the Most Perfect Names of Allaah denote?
Answer:
They are of three types:
- 1. The meaning of the Essence, with which the Names agree and are in conformity to.
- 2. Indication of Attributes derived from the Names directly, through that which they imply.
- 3. Indication of Attributes which are not derived from the Names directly, but through that which they necessitate.
al-Haafidh al-Hakamee
A’laam as-Sunnah al-Manshoorah li I’tiqaad at-Taaifah an-Naajiyah al-Mansoorah
Translated by Abul-Irbaad Abid Zargar
Source: http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=413