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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-Jalîl                                    al-Jalîl  41                          

        The Glorious,  The Majestic,  The Independent,  The Sublime,  The Resplendent

The One who is majestic, glorious, sublime. The One who is great and above all in rank and dignity.

The One who is above all, superior, independent. The One who is the owner and the source of all attributes of greatness and majesty.

The One whose greatness and majesty are immeasurable and cannot be comprehended by the senses. The One whose glorious nature is indicated by the great things that are created.

From the root j-l-l which has the following classical Arabic connotations:

to be supremely great
to be glorious, majestic
to be sublime
to be high, lofty, far above, independent

The term Jalîl is not specifically used as a Beautiful Name in the Qur'ân.

The word Jalâl comes from this same root and is translated as greatness, loftiness, sublimity, majesty.

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-jalil, al-jaleel, al-jaliil, the Glorious: ya jalil, ya jaleel, ya jaliil)