الْوَارِثُ
Al-Warith: The Inheritor
The Exalted said: “And certainly We!
We it is Who give life, and cause death, and We are the Inheritors”. (Al-Hijr: 23)
The Linguistic Meaning:
The inheritor is the one who is left after all things have vanished.
God, the Praiseworthy, is Al-Warith: The Only Constant Survivor, Who inherits all the creation after the demise of all organisms in the heavens and the earth, the Inheritor without heirs, the Only Remaining Alive.
The Grandeur of Al-Warith
He enables the believers to inherit the homes of the disbelievers in this life, He, the Exalted said: “And He caused you to inherit their lands, and their houses, and their riches, and a land which you had not trodden (before).” (Al-Ahzab: 27), He also, makes them inherit the disbelievers’ residences in the Hereafter, as He, the Exalted said: “Such is the Paradise which We shall give as an inheritance to those of Our slaves who have been Al-Muttaqun (the pious).” (Maryam: 63) He gives the Book to his obedient slaves as a credit, He, the Exalted said: “ Then We gave the Book (the Quran) as inheritance to such of Our slaves whom We chose (The followers of Muhammad).” (Fatir: 32)
The One who will ever remain after the creation perishes. He is the One who will repossess whatever He has granted them after their death. He is, and has always been, the owner of everything which He bequeaths to whomever He wills and gives to whomever He likes.
This name occurs in 3 verses of 3 surahs.
وَإِنَّا لَنَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣
And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor.
I revive the dead by creating them out of nothing and resurrecting them after death. And I cause the living to die when their time comes. I am the One Who will remain and inherit the earth and whatever is upon it.
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
O Messenger! Also mention the story of Zechariah (peace be upon him), when he prayed to his Lord saying, “O my Lord! Do not leave me alone without any children. You are the best of the living, so grant me a child that lives after me.”
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍۭ بَطِرَتْ مَعِيشَتَهَا فَتِلْكَ مَسَٰكِنُهُمْ لَمْ تُسْكَن مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا وَكُنَّا نَحْنُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ٥٨
And how many a city have We destroyed that was insolent in its [way of] living, and those are their dwellings which have not been inhabited after them except briefly. And it is We who were the inheritors.
And how many a city were there which were ungrateful for Allah’s blessings on them, then they exceeded the bounds in sins and disobedience, so I sent a punishment to them and destroyed them through it. So these are their dwellings in ruins, with people passing by them. They were not inhabited after those who lived in them, except for a few travellers. And it is I who will inherit the heavens, the earth and everyone in them.
