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 THE BEAUTIFUL NAMES:

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   Hebrew Beautiful Names

   Chants of the 99 Names

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al-Majîd                              al-Majîd  48                          

        The All-Glorious,  The Glorious and Majestic,  The Most Honorable and Praiseworthy
 

The One who is glorious, dignified, majestic, bountiful and exceedingly generous.

The One whose essence is the perfection of majesty and glory, abounding in goodness.

The One whose majesty, glory and generosity deserve all praise and honor.
 

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

to be glorious, dignified, majestic, noble, honorable
to be lauded, exalted, sublime
to be liberal, bountiful, exceedingly generous
 

This name is used in the Qur'ân. For example, see 11:73

Al-Majîd indicates the One whose essential nature is glorious, dignified, noble and honorable, and whose essential nature is to give liberally and bountifully.

Al-Mâjid denotes the One who is praised for the existence of the specific deeds and attributes of great glory, dignity, nobility, honor, and exceeding generosity.

That is, the name al-Majîd  denotes the glorious essential nature of the One, while the name al-Mâjid honors specific deeds performed by the One.

Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî says that the name Al-Majîd expresses the combined meanings of al-Jalîl (the majestic), al-Wahhâb (the bestower) and al-Karîm (the generous).

(Also written as al-majid, al-majeed, al-majiid, the Most Glorious: ya majid, ya majeed, ya majiid)