Al-Aziz
Al-Aziz is might that cannot be overcome — strength joined to honour, never bullying and never defeated.
Name 8 of 99
الْعَزِيزُ
Al-Aziz
The Almighty
- In Arabic
- الْعَزِيزُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Aziz
- Position in the list
- Name 8 of 99
Al-Aziz — The Almighty
What the name means
The root ayn-z-z carries three related senses: rarity, strength, and unassailability. Something aziz is precious because it is scarce, powerful because it is strong, and out of reach because nothing can overpower it. Allah is all three in the absolute.
The Quran almost always pairs the name with another — al-Aziz al-Hakim, the Mighty, the Wise; al-Aziz ar-Rahim, the Mighty, the Merciful. The pairing matters: might without wisdom is tyranny, and the Quran refuses to leave the impression.
Living by this name
Honour is sought from where it actually is. The Quran says that whoever desires izzah should know it belongs entirely to Allah, which quietly ends the search for it in status or wealth.
It also frees a believer from needing to win every exchange. The one whose honour rests with Al-Aziz can afford to let an argument go.
Al-Aziz in the Quran
The 3 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Aziz really is in each verse it is cited from.
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
He is Allah—there is no god except Him—the Sovereign, the All-holy, the All-benign, the Securer, the All-conserver, the All-mighty, the All-compeller, and the All-magnanimous. Clear is Allah of any partners that they may ascribe [to Him]!
Surah Al-Hashr 59:23Read the full surah →هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
It is He who forms you in the wombs [of your mothers] however He wishes. There is no god except Him, the All-mighty, the All-wise.
Surah Ali 'Imran 3:6Read the full surah →بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ الٓر ۚ كِتَٰبٌ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ إِلَيْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ ٱلنَّاسَ مِنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ
Alif, Lam, Ra. [This is] a Book We have sent down to you that you may bring mankind out from darkness into light, by the command of their Lord, to the path of the All-mighty, the All-laudable
Surah Ibrahim 14:1Read the full surah →
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The specific enumeration — this list of ninety-nine — comes from a narration in Jami' at-Tirmidhi that at-Tirmidhi himself called gharib, and which many hadith scholars grade weak; several held that a narrator compiled the names by searching the Quran and Sunnah. Classical scholars including al-Khattabi, Ibn Hazm, al-Qurtubi and al-Ghazali compiled lists of their own that differ from it. None of this touches the names themselves, every one of which is established elsewhere; it means the count of exactly these ninety-nine is a scholarly arrangement rather than a revealed roster, and Allah's names are not limited to them.
Questions about Al-Aziz
Al-Aziz (الْعَزِيزُ) means "The Almighty". Like every one of the ninety-nine names, it describes an attribute of Allah rather than serving as a label — the names are how the Quran teaches who Allah is.
Yes. This page cites 3 verses containing Al-Aziz, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Aziz" — and ask for what that attribute gives. The Quran instructs it directly: "To Allah belong the most beautiful names, so call upon Him by them" (7:180).
It is number 8 in the well-known list. The order comes from the narration of at-Tirmidhi and is a scholarly arrangement, so numbering can differ slightly between printed lists — the names themselves do not.