Name 57 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 57 of 99
الْمُحْصِيْ
Al-Muḥṣī
The One Who Counts All
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Meaning
Al-Muhsi (الْمُحْصِيْ) means The One Who Counts All. It is name 57 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Muḥṣī counts and records everything: every breath, every leaf and every deed, and nothing escapes His count.
Al-Muhsi comes from the Arabic root ح ص ي (ḥ-ṣ-y), which carries the sense of counting precisely.
The exact name is not in the Quran. Its verb is in 72:28: "He has enumerated all things in number."
لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا
Liya'lama an qad ablaghoo risaalaati rabbihim wa ahaata bima ladihim wa ahsaa kulla shai'in 'adadaa
That he may know that they have conveyed the messages of their Lord; and He has encompassed whatever is with them and has enumerated all things in number.
Quran 72:28. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّۭا
Laqad ahsaahum wa addahum 'addaa
He has enumerated them and counted them a [full] counting.
Quran 19:94. 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 مُحْصِيْ (Yā Muḥṣī) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Muḥṣī, You have counted my sins, so count my repentance too."
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Questions
Al-Muhsi (الْمُحْصِيْ) means The One Who Counts All. Al-Muḥṣī counts and records everything: every breath, every leaf and every deed, and nothing escapes His count.
The exact name is not in the Quran. Its verb is in 72:28: "He has enumerated all things in number."
Say Yā Muḥṣī (يَا مُحْصِيْ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Muḥṣī, You have counted my sins, so count my repentance too."
Yes, as Abdul-Muhsi, "servant of Al-Muhsi". 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).