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Is it true that the letter "m" (م) in the saying "Allahumma" (اللهم) contains ninety-nine of the Most Beautiful Names of Allah, and that whoever utters it has supplicated to Allah by all His Names?

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The word "اللهم" (Allahumma) means "O Allah," and the letter mīm at the end compensates for the vocative particle. Al-Qurtubi narrated from Al-Nadr ibn Shumayl that it means supplicating to Allah by all His names. Al-Hasan said that it encompasses supplication. The mīm is intensified because it substitutes for the sign of the plural, as if the supplicant is saying: "O You to whom all the beautiful names belong." There is no evidence to suggest that it contains ninety-nine of Allah's names.

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