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Al-Musawwir — The Fashioner of Forms

Al-Musawwir is the One who gives every created thing its particular shape and form. It completes the sequence of 59:24: Allah decrees, brings into being, then fashions — so no two faces, no two leaves, no two voices are identical. The Quran points to this directly, saying He formed you and perfected your forms (40:64). Classical scholars read the endless variety of creation as the working of this name, since a single Fashioner produced all of it without repetition.

Updated July 16, 2026

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الْمُصَوِّرُ

Al-Musawwir

The Fashioner of Forms

Where Al-Musawwir appears in the Quran

Surah Al-Hashr 59:24

هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُ ٱلۡبَارِئُ ٱلۡمُصَوِّرُۖ لَهُ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءُ ٱلۡحُسۡنَىٰۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of naught, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifieth Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise

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Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.

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