Al-Batin, the Hidden.

Al-Batin (الْبَاطِنُ) means The Hidden. It is name 76 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Bāṭin is the Hidden: eyes cannot reach Him, and He knows the inner side of everything. The Prophet ﷺ explained it as "nothing is closer than You".

The root and its meaning

Al-Batin comes from the Arabic root ب ط ن (b-ṭ-n), which carries the sense of being inner and hidden.

Where it is in the Quran

It comes once, in 57:3.

Surah Al-Hadid 57:3

هُوَ ٱلْأَوَّلُ وَٱلْءَاخِرُ وَٱلظَّٰهِرُ وَٱلْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

Huwal Awwalu wal'Aakhiru waz Zaahiru wal Baatinu wa huwa bikulli shai'in Aleem

He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.

Quran 57:3. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.

Surah Al-An'aam 6:103

لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

Laa tudrikuhul absaaru wa Huwa yudrikul absaara wa huwal Lateeful Khabeer

Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives [all] vision; and He is the Subtle, the Acquainted.

Quran 6:103. 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 بَاطِنُ (Yā Bāṭin) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Bāṭin, purify what is hidden in me."

From the Sunnah

وَأَنْتَ الْبَاطِنُ فَلَيْسَ دُونَكَ شَيْءٌ

Wa antal-bāṭinu fa-laysa dūnaka shayʾ

And You are the Hidden, and there is nothing closer than You.

Sahih Muslim 2713

1. Quran 57:3, translation by Sahih International.
2. Quran 6:103, translation by Sahih International.
3. Sahih Muslim 2713.

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