Name 96 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 96 of 99
الْبَاقِيْ
Al-Bāqī
The Everlasting
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Meaning
Al-Baqi (الْبَاقِيْ) means The Everlasting. It is name 96 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Bāqī remains forever: everything on earth will pass, and only He remains. What is done for Him lasts with Him.
Al-Baqi comes from the Arabic root ب ق ي (b-q-y), which carries the sense of remaining.
The exact name is not in the Quran. Its verb is in 55:27: "And there will remain the Face of your Lord."
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
Wa yabqaa wajhu rabbika zul jalaali wal ikraam
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
Quran 55:27. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ ۖ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍۢ ۗ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
maa 'indakum yanfadu wa maa 'indal laahi baaq; wa lanajziyannal lazeena sabarooo ajjrahum bi ahsani maa kaanoo ya'maloon
Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
Quran 16:96. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا بَاقِيْ (Yā Bāqī) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Bāqī, let my deeds be for what lasts."
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Questions
Al-Baqi (الْبَاقِيْ) means The Everlasting. Al-Bāqī remains forever: everything on earth will pass, and only He remains.
The exact name is not in the Quran. Its verb is in 55:27: "And there will remain the Face of your Lord."
Say Yā Bāqī (يَا بَاقِيْ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Bāqī, let my deeds be for what lasts."
Yes, as Abdul-Baqi, "servant of Al-Baqi". Names that show servitude to one of Allah's Names are among the best names, as the Prophet ﷺ said of Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman (Sahih Muslim 2132).