Al-Muṣawwir
The Fashioner, The Shaper of Forms
Root ص و ر (ṣ-w-r). Ṣūra is the form or image of a thing, and ṣawwara, the verb behind Al-Muṣawwir, is to give something its form. Ṣūra occurs in Qur'an 82:8, and ṣawwara, ‘He fashioned’, in 7:11 and 64:3. Al-Muṣawwir is found in the Qur'an as ‘He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner’ (59:24).
The root
ص و رṣ-w-r
Form and shape. Ṣūra is the form or image of a thing, and ṣawwara, the verb behind this name, is to give something its form.
- صُورَةṣūraform, shape (82:8)
- صَوَّرَṣawwaraHe fashioned (7:11; 64:3)
Pronunciation
الْمُصَوِّرُ
al-mu-SAW-wir
In the Qur'an
هُوَ اللَّهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
He is Allah, the Creator, the Inventor, the Fashioner; to Him belong the best names. Whatever is in the heavens and earth is exalting Him. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
59:24 · Sahih International