Al-Badi, the Incomparable Originator.

Al-Badi (الْبَدِيْعُ) means The Incomparable Originator. It is name 95 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Badīʿ created the heavens and the earth with no example to copy. Nothing in creation is like His design.

The root and its meaning

Al-Badi comes from the Arabic root ب د ع (b-d-ʿ), which carries the sense of originating something with no model before it.

Where it is in the Quran

Badīʿ as-samāwāti wal-arḍ, "Originator of the heavens and the earth", is in 2:117 and 6:101.

Surah Al-Baqara 2:117

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًۭا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Badree'us samaawaati wal ardi wa izaa qadaaa amran fa innamaa yaqoolu lahoo kun fayakoon

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

Quran 2:117. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.

Surah Al-An'aam 6:101

بَدِيعُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُۥ وَلَدٌۭ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ صَٰحِبَةٌۭ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۭ

Badee'us samaawaati wal ardi annnaa yakoonu lahoo waladunw wa lam takul lahoo saahibatunw wa khalaqa kulla shai'in 'Aleem

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing.

Quran 6:101. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.

Calling on Allah by this Name

Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا بَدِيْعُ (Yā Badīʿ) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Badīʿ, make something beautiful of my life."

1. Quran 2:117, translation by Sahih International.
2. Quran 6:101, translation by Sahih International.

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