Al-Ḥamīd - The Ultimately Praiseworthy One

Al-Ḥamīd is the one who is praised and extolled. God Most High is Al-Ḥamīd by virtue of His praising Himself from all eternity and by virtue of man’s praising Him to all eternity. This (fact of His being praised) stems from (His) attributes of majesty, exaltedness and perfection in relation to (i.e. from the point of view of) those who make mention of Him. For (the essence of) praise is (to be found in) mentioning the qualities of perfection inasmuch as He is perfection.

Al-Ḥamīd among men is the one whose beliefs, character, activities and words are praised without reservation. That one is Muhammad – may the blessings of God and peace be upon him – and those who approximate him among the prophets and also among the elect and the thinkers with innate knowledge.