الْمُمِيتُ
Al-Mumit
The Bringer of Death
What Al-Mumit Means
Al-Mumit is from the root m-w-t, death. Allah is Al-Mumit, the Bringer of Death: the life He gave is taken back by Him alone, at the moment He has decreed — no one dies early, no one dies late, and no power can advance or delay the appointment of another. The Quran always pairs the name’s verb with its twin, to keep sovereignty whole: “There is no god but He — He gives life and causes death (yuhyi wa yumit)” (44:8); to Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, “He gives life and causes death” (57:2). And our own story is told in one verse: “You were dead, He gave you life; then He causes you to die, then He gives you life” (2:28). For the believer, this name ends the terror of death being random: it is the act of the same Lord who gave the life.
Al-Muhyi and Al-Mumit — one sovereignty, two names
Scholars note that the Quran almost never separates these two: “He gives life and causes death” stands as a single phrase (44:8; 57:2). Al-Muhyi (60) and Al-Mumit are not rival powers but one Lord over both ends of your story. The Prophet ﷺ joined them in his nightly practice too — sleeping with “in Your name I die and I live” (Bukhari 6312) and waking with thanks for life after death — teaching that both are received from the same Hand.
Al-Mumit in the Quran
لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
“There is no god, but He. He gives life and brings death. He is your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.”
لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
“To Him belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and brings death, and He is Powerful to do any thing.”
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًا فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
““How is it that you deny Allah, while you were lifeless and He gave you life; then He will make you die, and then He will make you live again, and then to Him you will be returned?”
What the Prophet ﷺ Taught Us
THE FOUNDATION OF THE 99 NAMES
“Allah has ninety-nine names, i.e. one-hundred minus one, and whoever knows them will go to Paradise.”
“Narrated Hudhaifa: When the Prophet (ﷺ) went to bed, he would say: “Bismika amutu wa ahya.” and when he got up he would say:” Al-hamdu li l-lahil-ladhi ahyana ba’da ma amatana wa ilaihin-nushur.””
Calling Upon Allah by This Name
Allah Himself commands us to call upon Him by His beautiful names:
وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ فَٱدْعُوهُ بِهَا ۖ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِىٓ أَسْمَـٰٓئِهِۦ ۚ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
“For Allah there are the most beautiful names. So, call Him by them, and leave those who deviate in (the matter of) His names. They shall be recompensed for what they have been doing.”
Allah commands us to call upon Him by His names (7:180), so call upon Him as Ya Mumit — for example, in your own words: “Ya Mumit, my death is in Your hand; let me meet it pleasing You, and kill in me the love of sin first.” The practical lesson is the Prophet’s nightly surrender: he went to sleep saying “In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live” (Bukhari 6312) — whoever rehearses death nightly in trust does not meet it as a stranger.
Quran translations: Mufti Taqi Usmani. Hadith texts and gradings: the DeenHub hadith library. Every reference on this page is from the Quran or from hadith graded Sahih or Hasan.