Al-Wājid (ٱلْوَاجِدُ)

The Finder • The One Who Lacks Nothing, Discovers Nothing, Because He Already Possesses and Knows All Things Completely and Instantly


✨ ROOT MEANING

Arabic root: و – ج – د (wāw • jīm • dāl)

WordMeaning
Wajada (وجد)To find, to perceive, to discover, to feel
Wājid (واجد)One who finds, possesses, or perceives without effort
Al-Wājid (الواجد)The One who has no needs, finds nothing by accident, and possesses all without loss, delay, or discovery. His knowledge, provision, and presence are perfect and self-sufficient.

Al-Wājid does not “come across” things — He is the eternal Owner and Knower of all.
He does not need to search — everything is already within His awareness and control.


📖 QUR’ĀNIC FOUNDATION

The Name Al-Wājid does not appear explicitly in the Qur’an, but its meaning is affirmed through His complete knowledge, perfect awareness, and sufficiency.
Scholars such as Imam Al-Ghazālī, Al-Bayhaqī, and others included it in the classical consensus of the 99 Names, based on its usage in authentic duʿā and foundational meanings.


📌 Related Verse — Surah Al-Ṭalāq 65:3

“…And whoever relies upon Allah — then He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has already set for everything a [precise] measure.”


📚 Tafsir (Ibn Kathir, Al-Sa‘di)**

  • Allah is sufficient for every matter, every soul, every unknown
  • He does not “find” because of seeking — He already knows, owns, and governs
  • Nothing catches Him by surprise — He is Al-Wājid, the self-sufficient Finder, aware and present without limit

He is not looking — He already holds what you are searching for.


🪞 Tafhīm (Relatable Understanding)

  • You ask: “Where is the solution? Who can really see what I need?”

Al-Wājid replies: “I do. I always have. You don’t need to make Me aware — I already have what your heart is searching for.”


📜 HADITH REFERENCE

📌 Sahih Muslim 2749

Narrated by Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī (may Allah be pleased with him):

The Prophet ﷺ said that Allah says:
“O My servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefiting Me so as to benefit Me… O My servants, if the first of you and the last of you… were all as pious or as wicked as the most righteous or wicked among you, that would not increase or decrease My dominion at all…”


📚 Tafsir (Ibn Rajab, Al-Nawawi)**

  • Al-Wājid is fully independent of all creation
  • He does not need to gain, find, or be told
  • All things are already within His reach, provision, and decree

Al-Wājid is the Owner of all that can be found, and the Knower of all that can be felt — including your quietest prayers.


🪞 Tafhīm (Relatable Understanding)

  • You feel unseen. You think: “No one knows what I’m holding inside.”

Al-Wājid answers: “I found you before you lost yourself. I knew your grief before it spoke. And I still do.”


🌍 EVIDENCE IN TODAY’S WORLD


1. You Lost Yourself — But Were Guided Back Without Knowing How

  • Your return wasn’t by logic.

Al-Wājid already had your return written.


2. A Sudden Opening or Provision Appeared Without Expectation

  • The door wasn’t knocked — it opened itself.

That’s Al-Wājidalready holding what you hadn’t even asked for yet.


3. You Didn’t Know What to Pray For — But Found Peace Anyway

  • The heart was answered before the tongue spoke.

Al-Wājid does not need a search term — He already knows.


4. Others Needed Years to Find What Allah Already Had Waiting for You

  • Time is irrelevant to Al-Wājid. His gifts are present the moment He wills.

❤️ EMOTIONAL ANCHORING

Al-Wājid is the One who says:
“I possess what you need before you even know it. You’re not lost — you’re just walking back to what I already prepared for you.”

He:

  • Possesses all
  • Lacks nothing
  • Knows without inquiry
  • Responds without being called late

You don’t need to “find” your way to Al-Wājid.
He already sees you, knows you, holds you — and has what your soul is aching for.


🤲 PERSONALIZED DUʿĀ

(Inspired by the concept of divine sufficiency and Hadith Muslim 2749)
Not from the Prophet’s exact words — but drawn from authentic meanings

Yā Wājid,
Let me find in You what I could never find in this world.
Let me stop chasing what You already hold for me.
Make my heart content with what You’ve written — and hopeful in what You still hold.
And when I feel lost, remind me that I was never beyond Your reach.

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