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الْمُحْصِي
Al-Muhsi
The One Who Counts All Things
In Arabic: الذي أحصى كل شيء بعلمه وعدّه
Where this Name comes from
This Name does not appear in the Quran in this exact form; it comes from the list of Names reported by at-Tirmidhi. Its meaning appears in verses such as:
لِّيَعۡلَمَ أَن قَدۡ أَبۡلَغُواْ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيۡهِمۡ وَأَحۡصَىٰ كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ عَدَدَۢا
That he may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number