Name 18 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 18 of 99
الْفَتَّاحُ
Al-Fattāḥ
The Opener
Meaning
Al-Fattah (الْفَتَّاحُ) means The Opener. It is name 18 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Fattāḥ opens the doors of mercy, provision and understanding, and He judges between people with truth. Whatever He opens, no one can close.
Al-Fattah comes from the Arabic root ف ت ح (f-t-ḥ), which carries the sense of opening, and also judging between two sides.
The name comes once, in 34:26. In 7:96 He says He would open blessings from the sky and the earth for people of faith.
قُلْ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا رَبُّنَا ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ بَيْنَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَهُوَ ٱلْفَتَّاحُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ
Qul yajma'u bainanaa Rabbunaa summa yaftahu bainanaa bilhaqq; wa Huwal Fattaahul 'Aleem
Say, "Our Lord will bring us together; then He will judge between us in truth. And He is the Knowing Judge."
Quran 34:26. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَرَكَٰتٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبُوا۟ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْسِبُونَ
Wa law anna ahlal quraaa aamanoo wattaqaw lafatahnaa 'alaihim barakaatim minas samaaa'i wal ardi wa laakin kazzaboo fa akhaznaahum bimaa kaanoo yaksiboon
And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."
Quran 7:96. 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 فَتَّاحُ (Yā Fattāḥ) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Fattāḥ, open for me what is closed."
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allāhummaf-taḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik
O Allah, open the doors of Your mercy for me. (On entering the masjid.)
Sahih Muslim 713
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Questions
Al-Fattah (الْفَتَّاحُ) means The Opener. Al-Fattāḥ opens the doors of mercy, provision and understanding, and He judges between people with truth.
The name comes once, in 34:26. In 7:96 He says He would open blessings from the sky and the earth for people of faith.
Say Yā Fattāḥ (يَا فَتَّاحُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Fattāḥ, open for me what is closed."
Yes, as Abdul-Fattah, "servant of Al-Fattah". 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).