Name 16 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 16 of 99
الْوَهَّابُ
Al-Wahhāb
The Bestower
Meaning
Al-Wahhab (الْوَهَّابُ) means The Bestower. It is name 16 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Wahhāb gives freely and constantly, without any need for return. Children, guidance, knowledge and every blessing are gifts from Him.
Al-Wahhab comes from the Arabic root و ه ب (w-h-b), which carries the sense of giving a gift with nothing asked in return.
Each time the name comes in the Quran, it is in a prayer or near one: Sulayman asked for a kingdom, and the people of knowledge ask to keep their guidance.
أَمْ عِندَهُمْ خَزَآئِنُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْوَهَّابِ
Am'indahum khazaaa 'inu rahmati Rabbikal 'Azeezil Wahhab
Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Exalted in Might, the Bestower?
Quran 38:9. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًۭا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍۢ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ
Qaala Rabbigh fir lee wa hab lee mulkal laa yambaghee li ahadim mim ba'de inaka Antal Wahhab
He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."
Quran 38:35. 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 وَهَّابُ (Yā Wahhāb) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Wahhāb, give me from Your bounty what I cannot earn."
رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ
Rabbanaa laa tuzigh quloobanaa ba'da iz hadaitanaa wa hab lanaa mil ladunka rahmah; innaka antal Wahhaab
[Who say], "Our Lord, let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us and grant us from Yourself mercy. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
Quran 3:8. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
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Questions
Al-Wahhab (الْوَهَّابُ) means The Bestower. Al-Wahhāb gives freely and constantly, without any need for return.
Each time the name comes in the Quran, it is in a prayer or near one: Sulayman asked for a kingdom, and the people of knowledge ask to keep their guidance.
Say Yā Wahhāb (يَا وَهَّابُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Wahhāb, give me from Your bounty what I cannot earn."
Yes, as Abdul-Wahhab, "servant of Al-Wahhab". 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).