Majesty and praise
Al-ʿAẓīm ٱلْعَظِيم
The Magnificent: greatness beyond measure or comparison.
107 āyāt · 45 sūrahs · root ع ظ م
Why Allah uses this name
It closes Āyat al-Kursī, where after listing His knowledge, throne and preserving of the heavens and earth, the āyah seals with al-ʿAlī al-ʿAẓīm — the name is the conclusion the āyah has been building.
Take this with you
Let the size of what you are asking shrink beside the One you are asking.
'…and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Magnificent (al-ʿAẓīm)' (2:255).
Qurʾān 2:255
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
2. Sūrat Al-Baqarah البقرة
5 āyahs
āyah 7, 49, 105, 114, 255
3. Sūrat Āl ʿImrān آل عمران
6 āyahs
āyah 74, 105, 172, 174, 176, 179
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
15 āyahs
āyah 13, 27, 40, 48, 54, 67, 73, 74, 93, 95, 113, 114, 146, 156, 162
5. Sūrat Al-Māʾidah المائدة
4 āyahs
āyah 9, 33, 41, 119
6. Sūrat Al-Anʿām الأنعام
1 āyah
āyah 15
7. Sūrat Al-Aʿrāf الأعراف
3 āyahs
āyah 59, 116, 141
8. Sūrat Al-Anfāl الأنفال
3 āyahs
āyah 28, 29, 68
9. Sūrat At-Tawbah التوبة
8 āyahs
āyah 22, 63, 72, 89, 100, 101, 111, 129
10. Sūrat Yūnus يونس
2 āyahs
āyah 15, 64
12. Sūrat Yūsuf يوسف
1 āyah
āyah 28
14. Sūrat Ibrāhīm إبراهيم
1 āyah
āyah 6
15. Sūrat Al-Ḥijr الحجر
1 āyah
āyah 87
16. Sūrat An-Naḥl النحل
2 āyahs
āyah 94, 106
17. Sūrat Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء
1 āyah
āyah 40
19. Sūrat Maryam مريم
1 āyah
āyah 37
21. Sūrat Al-Anbiyāʾ الأنبياء
1 āyah
āyah 76
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 1
23. Sūrat Al-Muʾminūn المؤمنون
1 āyah
āyah 86
24. Sūrat An-Nūr النور
5 āyahs
āyah 11, 14, 15, 16, 23
26. Sūrat Ash-Shuʿarāʾ الشعراء
4 āyahs
āyah 63, 135, 156, 189
27. Sūrat An-Naml النمل
2 āyahs
āyah 23, 26
28. Sūrat Al-Qaṣaṣ القصص
1 āyah
āyah 79
31. Sūrat Luqmān لقمان
1 āyah
āyah 13
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
4 āyahs
āyah 29, 35, 53, 71
37. Sūrat Aṣ-Ṣāffāt الصافات
4 āyahs
āyah 60, 76, 107, 115
38. Sūrat Ṣād ص
1 āyah
āyah 67
39. Sūrat Az-Zumar الزمر
1 āyah
āyah 13
40. Sūrat Ghāfir غافر
1 āyah
āyah 9
41. Sūrat Fuṣṣilat فصلت
1 āyah
āyah 35
42. Sūrat Ash-Shūrā الشورى
1 āyah
āyah 4
43. Sūrat Az-Zukhruf الزخرف
1 āyah
āyah 31
44. Sūrat Ad-Dukhān الدخان
1 āyah
āyah 57
45. Sūrat Al-Jāthiyah الجاثية
1 āyah
āyah 10
46. Sūrat Al-Aḥqāf الأحقاف
1 āyah
āyah 21
48. Sūrat Al-Fatḥ الفتح
3 āyahs
āyah 5, 10, 29
49. Sūrat Al-Ḥujurāt الحجرات
1 āyah
āyah 3
56. Sūrat Al-Wāqiʿah الواقعة
4 āyahs
āyah 46, 74, 76, 96
57. Sūrat Al-Ḥadīd الحديد
3 āyahs
āyah 12, 21, 29
61. Sūrat Aṣ-Ṣaff الصف
1 āyah
āyah 12
62. Sūrat Al-Jumuʿah الجمعة
1 āyah
āyah 4
64. Sūrat At-Taghābun التغابن
2 āyahs
āyah 9, 15
68. Sūrat Al-Qalam القلم
1 āyah
āyah 4
69. Sūrat Al-Ḥāqqah الحاقة
2 āyahs
āyah 33, 52
78. Sūrat An-Nabaʾ النبأ
1 āyah
āyah 2
83. Sūrat Al-Muṭaffifīn المطففين
1 āyah
āyah 5
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-Malik / Al-Mālik ٱلْمَلِك
The King, the Owner: sole possessor of authority, most plainly on the Day no one else holds any.
Al-Quddūs ٱلْقُدُّوس
The Most Holy: free of every defect, and above anything creation attributes to Him.
As-Salām ٱلسَّلَام
The Source of Peace: free from all deficiency, and the giver of safety to His creation.
Al-Mutakabbir ٱلْمُتَكَبِّر
The Supreme in greatness — greatness that belongs to Him alone and to no creature.
Al-ʿAlī / Al-Aʿlā ٱلْعَلِىّ
The Most High: exalted in essence, in power and in rank above all creation.
Al-Kabīr / Al-Mutaʿāl ٱلْكَبِير
The Most Great, above whom nothing is greater and beside whom nothing is large.
Al-Jalīl ٱلْجَلِيل
The Majestic: possessor of every attribute of greatness and honour.
Al-Majīd ٱلْمَجِيد
The All-Glorious: vast in honour, greatness and generosity together.