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Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:24:21 +0200
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From: Barbro Muhammad-Klingmann <barbro@mech.kth.se>
Subject: Re: Allah's Gender (was Symbolism of the Ka'bah)
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>In a message dated 4/27/2000 4:42:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>penkatali@yahoo.com writes:
>
><< The 99 Names come from a prophetic hadith, >>
>
>Actually, I believe there are 99 aspects listed in the Quran, starting with
>Rahman and Raheem.
>
>Faiz

... and continuing with al Malik, al Qudus, as-Salam, al-Mu'minu, 
al-Muhaiminu, as-'Aziz, al- Jabbar, al Mutakabbir...al Khaliq, 
al-Bari', al-Musawwiru... ahul asma'ul husna. (Quran sura 59)

All the 99 names appear in the Qur'an, but counting them is tradition.

wa aleikum as-salam,
barbro