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 THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES:

   Introduction

   Sufi Wazifa Practice

   Alphabetical Index

   Numerical Index

   Some Additional Wazaif

   Pronunciation Guide

   Origins of this List

   Hebrew Beautiful Names

   Chants of the 99 Names

   References

al-'Azîm                                al-'Azîm  33                             

        The Supreme Glory,  The Mighty Splendor,  The Most Grand,  The Greatest
 

The One who is greatest, mightiest, grandest and above all.

The One who is of the greatest importance.

The One who is magnificent, vast and most revered.

The One who is of perfect and absolute greatness.
 

From the root 'a-z-m which has the following classical Arabic connotations:

to be great, large, big
to be vast, huge, enormous
to be great in rank, importance or dignity
to be imposing, powerful, superior
to be magnificent, honored, revered, sublime
to be immense, stupendous, lofty
to be above imperfection

This name is used in the Qur'ân. For example, see 2:255

Note that the letter z sounds nothing at all like the English letter z, but rather is a open-jaw "th" sound.

Related names:

Jalîl is considered to be greatness in attributes.

Kabîr denotes the One whose essence is greatness.

Azîm is greatness in both attributes and self.

Mutakabbir is an empathic form which denotes actively using rights, privileges, rank and attributes that are above and beyond the rights of everyone else.
 

(Also written as al-'azhim, al-'athim, al-azim, al-athim, al-azeem, al-aziim, the Supreme Glory: ya 'azhim, ya 'athim, ya azim, ya athim, ya azeem, ya aziim)