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99 Al-Muḥyī

  • Dec 4, 2025
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Al-Muḥyī (ٱلْمُحْيِي)

The Giver of Life, The Reviver, The One Who Awakens What Was Dormant

Pronounced: al-muḤ-YĪ Root: ح-ي-ي (Ḥ-Y-Y) — to live, to give life, to animate from stillness or death

Original Invocation (Arabic Calligraphy):ٱلْمُحْيِي



Sacred Reflection


Al-Muḥyī is the One who breathes life,

not only into bodies

but into the hollow places you thought could never feel again.


He is the spark.

The warmth after cold.

The pulse that returns

when hope had gone flat in your chest.


In Sufi knowing, Al-Muḥyī is not limited to resurrection after death.

He is the reviver of what was numb,

the restorer of inner aliveness

where trauma once built walls.


He revives trust after betrayal.

He revives softness after survival.

He revives longing where you once said,

“I’m done. I don’t want anymore.”


Al-Muḥyī is the Name that moves silently inside you

when a part stirs after years of silence

and whispers,

“Maybe I could try again.”


He does not force life into you.

He invites it.


And when you say,

“I am too far gone,”

He leans close and answers,

“Even this… I can awaken.”


There is no grave He cannot call from.

No ache too ancient for His breath.

No collapse too total for His flame.



Parts Work Invitation


What part of you feels lifeless?


The one that says:

“I don’t feel anything anymore.”

“My joy is dead.”

“There’s no energy left in me.”


Let that part be approached now by Al-Muḥyī.


Let it hear:


“You do not have to force yourself to feel.

Let Me be the One who reanimate your soul.

You were not meant to stay frozen forever.”


Let it feel:


This is not a push toward performance.

This is not pressure to bounce back.

This is holy permission to receive breath

where breath was lost.


Let this part rest,

and slowly open to the possibility that

life can return.

Color can return.

Vitality can return.


Not because you fought for it,

but because Al-Muḥyī entered the tomb

and whispered,

“Live.”


You do not have to awaken yourself.

He is already doing it.

Now.

Quietly.

Tenderly.

Inside you.


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