I said: May I be your ransom, explain that to me with an explanation with which no doubt will enter me.

He said: Indeed, names are of three types: a praised name, a censured name, and a neglected name. That which is praised is a friend of Allah, that which is censured is an enemy of Allah, and that which is neglected is of those regarding whom Allah said: {And [there are] others deferred for the command of Allah, whether He will punish them or whether He will forgive them} (At-Tawbah 106) and His saying: {And [there are] others who have acknowledged their sins. They had mixed a righteous deed with another that was bad. Perhaps Allah will turn to them in forgiveness} (At-Tawbah 102).

As for the context which serves as a proof with the name: if you see a name upon which mention of disbelief, disobedience, wrath, or curse has occurred—and whatever consists of disliked, forbidden actions—then judge that with censure. And if you see a name upon which mention of faith, obedience, pleasure, and mercy has occurred, then judge it with praise. And if you see the name such that nothing of these types occurs upon it, then neither praise nor censure is attached to it.

Names may run upon a single wording where some of them are praised and some are censured; this is known through the context of the name. Among that is the saying of the Exalted: {O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you} (Al-Ma'idah 21). This is a