To God belong the beautiful names, so call Him by them; and disregard those who blaspheme in His names. They will be punished for what they used to do.
Translation endnotes
[7:180] The Quran uses more than a hundred attributes for God, and attributes indicate continuity. Not every verb used for God can be considered an attribute. For instance, not every person who writes can be called a "writer." Furthermore, God's attributes are not necessarily Arabic. God sent messengers in many different languages to each nation, and informed them about His attributes in their languages. Thus, the Quran teaches us that to God belong all beautiful attributes. However, hadith books lists 99 attributes of which some cannot be considered "beautiful." The list, which is very popular among Sunni and Shiite mushriks and many people memorize, include "bad" names such as al-Dar (the one who harms). Quran tells us otherwise (42:30). Those who have confused Arab nationalism with islam might criticize our use of the English word God in the English text, rather than the word Allah. We would like to pull the attention of those who are not intoxicated with hadith and sunna that promotes Arab culture to the following points: the word Allah is not a proper name; it is an Arabic word contraction of the article Al (the) and Elah (god). Also, see 2:165; 3:26; 6:12; 17:110; 20:52; 42:11; 58:7. The Quran informs us that God has been sending messengers to every nation in their own language (14:4). In each language, names or attributes represented by different sounds and symbols are used for the creator. For instance, the Old Testament uses Yehovah or Elohim. The New Testament quotes from Jesus addressing to God as Eloi (my lord), which is very close to the Arabic word Elahi (my lord) (Mark 15:34). Through distortion and mistranslations, some Biblical verses depict God as less than a perfect being. For instance, Judges 1:19 (powerless); Genesis 6:6-7 (fallible); Psalms 13:1; Lamentations 5:20 (forgetful); Genesis 3:8-10 (can't see); 1 Samuel 15:2-3 (cruel). For more on divine attributes in the Quran and the Bible, see 59:22- 24. The Quran contains more than a hundred attributes for God and they are designed letter by letter in accordance with the mathematical structure based on code 19. The studies of Prof. Adib Majul, which was continued by Edip Yuksel on the attributes of God, demonstrate an interlocking system. For instance, among the attributes of God, the frequency of only four of them are multiples of 19. They are Shahyd (Witness) 19, Allah (God) 2698, Rahman (Gracious) 57, Rahym (Compassionate) 114 times. When we analyze the attributes of God in according to their numerical values, we learn that only four of them are multiples of 19 and each correspond to the frequency of the other four: Wahid (One) 19, Zulfadl-il Azym (The Possessor of Great Bounty) 2698, Majyd (Glorious) 57, and Jami (Editor) 114. The details of this extraordinary and intricate mathematical design is discussed in, Nineteen: God's Signature in Nature and Scripture." Edip Yuksel, Brainbowpress, 2009. See: 74:30.