Name 66 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 66 of 99
الْوَاحِدُ
Al-Wāḥid
The One
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Meaning
Al-Wahid (الْوَاحِدُ) means The One. It is name 66 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Wāḥid is One: no partner in His lordship, His worship or His names. Tawhid, the first teaching of Islam, comes from this root.
Al-Wahid comes from the Arabic root و ح د (w-ḥ-d), which carries the sense of oneness.
Al-Wāḥid is often followed by Al-Qahhār.
يَٰصَىٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌۭ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ
Yaa saahibayis sijni 'a-arbaabum mutafarriqoona khayrun amil laahul waahidul qahhaar
O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?
Quran 12:39. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
قُلْ مَن رَّبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۚ قُلْ أَفَٱتَّخَذْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ لِأَنفُسِهِمْ نَفْعًۭا وَلَا ضَرًّۭا ۚ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ أَمْ هَلْ تَسْتَوِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتُ وَٱلنُّورُ ۗ أَمْ جَعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ خَلَقُوا۟ كَخَلْقِهِۦ فَتَشَٰبَهَ ٱلْخَلْقُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَهُوَ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّٰرُ
Wul mar Rabbus samaawaati wal ard; qulillaah; qul afattakhaztum min dooniheee awliyaaa'a laa yamlikoona li anfusihim naf'anw wa laa darraa; qul hal yastawil a'maa wal baseeru am hal tastawiz zulumaatu wannoor; am ja'aloo lillaahi shurakaaa'a khalaqoo kakhalqihee fatashaa bahal khalqu 'alaihim; qulil laahu Khaaliqu kulli shai'inw wa Huwal Waahidul Qahhar
Say, "Who is Lord of the heavens and earth?" Say, "Allah." Say, "Have you then taken besides Him allies not possessing [even] for themselves any benefit or any harm?" Say, "Is the blind equivalent to the seeing? Or is darkness equivalent to light? Or have they attributed to Allah partners who created like His creation so that the creation [of each] seemed similar to them?" Say, "Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Prevailing."
Quran 13:16. 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 وَاحِدُ (Yā Wāḥid) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Wāḥid, make my heart turn to You alone."
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahū lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the kingdom and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. (Saying it 100 times a day is like freeing ten slaves.)
Sahih al-Bukhari 6403; Sahih Muslim 2691
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Questions
Al-Wahid (الْوَاحِدُ) means The One. Al-Wāḥid is One: no partner in His lordship, His worship or His names.
Al-Wāḥid is often followed by Al-Qahhār.
Say Yā Wāḥid (يَا وَاحِدُ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Wāḥid, make my heart turn to You alone."
Yes, as Abdul-Wahid, "servant of Al-Wahid", which is a beautiful choice. Wahid on its own, without "al", is also used for people as a description, because people can have this quality in a small, limited way.