Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram
Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram is the Possessor of Majesty and Honour — awe and generosity named together, in one title.
Name 85 of 99
ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram
Possessor of Glory and Honour
- In Arabic
- ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
- Transliteration
- Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram
- Position in the list
- Name 85 of 99
Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram — Possessor of Glory and Honour
What the name means
Jalal is majesty that humbles; ikram is honour that is both given and deserved. The phrase refuses to separate them: the same One who overwhelms is the One who honours.
It appears twice in Surah ar-Rahman, once mid-surah and once as its closing words — the surah of divine favours ending on the pairing.
Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram in the Quran
The verse below contains this name. Each reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram really is in the verse it is cited from.
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
yet lasting is the majestic and munificent Face of your Lord.
Surah Ar-Rahman 55:27Read 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 Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram
Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram (ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ) means "Possessor of Glory and Honour". 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 1 verse containing Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram" — 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 85 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.