What are the meanings of Allaah’s names al-Muqaddim and Mu’akhkhir?
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                What are the meanings of Allaah’s names al-Muqaddim (the Expediter, the One Who brings forward) and al-Mu’akhkhir (the Delayer, the One Who puts back)?
Praise be to Allah.Allaah 
          is the One Who gives precedence to whatever has to be given precedence 
          with regard to rulings and the order of things, as and how He likes. 
          Whatever He gives precedence to should be given precedence, and whatever 
          He gives less priority to should be given less priority. He is the One 
          Who puts back what has to be put back, and there is wisdom and goodness 
          in whatever He does, even though the purpose of that wisdom and goodness 
          may be hidden from us. 
 Allaah 
          is the One Who sends down events, expediting or delaying them as He 
          wills, in accordance with His decree which came before He created all 
          things. He gives preference to those among His close friends (awliya’) 
          whom He loves over others among His slaves; He raises some of His created 
          beings above others in status; He brings forward those whom He wills 
          to higher ranks and He keeps down those whom He wills; He postpones 
          things from their expected times because in His wisdom He knows the 
          consequences of the delay. None can bring forward what He puts back 
          and none can put back what He brings forward. 
 Taqdeem 
          (expediting, bringing forward) includes: 
Al-taqdeem 
          al-kawni 
          (universal bringing forward): such as creating some created beings over 
          others, making cause precede effect, conditions precede results, etc. 
          
Al-taqdeem 
          al-shar’i 
          (preference in status): such as giving a higher status to some Prophets 
          over others, and giving all Prophets a higher status than other people, 
          and giving a higher status to some people than others, all in accordance 
          with His Wisdom. 
 Ibn 
          al-Qayyim said: 
 He 
          is the Expediter and the Delayer, and these are two qualities of His 
          deeds 
As 
          well as being attributes of His Essence.