Name 62 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 62 of 99
الْحَيُّ
Al-Ḥayy
The Ever-Living
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Meaning
Al-Hayy (الْحَيُّ) means The Ever-Living. It is name 62 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Ḥayy is the Ever-Living. His life has no beginning and no end, He does not sleep or tire, and all other life comes from Him.
Al-Hayy comes from the Arabic root ح ي ي (ḥ-y-y), which carries the sense of life.
Al-Ḥayy comes with Al-Qayyūm in Ayat al-Kursi, at the start of Al Imran and in 20:111.
هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَٱدْعُوهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ ۗ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Huwal Hayyu laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fad'oohu mukh liseena lahudeen; alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen
He is the Ever-Living; there is no deity except Him, so call upon Him, [being] sincere to Him in religion. [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
Quran 40:65. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱلْحَىِّ ٱلَّذِى لَا يَمُوتُ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِۦ ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِهِۦ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرًا
Wa tawakkal 'alal Haiyil lazee laa yamootu wa sabbih bihamdih; wa kafaa bihee bizunoobi 'ibaadihee khabeeraa
And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die, and exalt [Allah] with His praise. And sufficient is He to be, with the sins of His servants, Acquainted -
Quran 25:58. 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 حَيُّ (Yā Ḥayy) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Ḥayy, You never die, so I put my trust in You."
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Questions
Al-Hayy (الْحَيُّ) means The Ever-Living. Al-Ḥayy is the Ever-Living.
Al-Ḥayy comes with Al-Qayyūm in Ayat al-Kursi, at the start of Al Imran and in 20:111.
Say Yā Ḥayy (يَا حَيُّ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Ḥayy, You never die, so I put my trust in You."
Yes, as Abdul-Hayy, "servant of Al-Hayy". 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).