Al-Jalil
Al-Jalil is the Majestic — possessing the grandeur before which creation falls silent.
Name 41 of 99
الْجَلِيلُ
Al-Jalil
The Majestic
- In Arabic
- الْجَلِيلُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Jalil
- Position in the list
- Name 41 of 99
Al-Jalil — The Majestic
What the name means
Jalal is majesty: the aspect of Allah that inspires awe rather than intimacy. Classical scholars pair it with jamal, beauty, and say the believer's heart needs both — awe without beauty becomes terror, beauty without awe becomes presumption.
The name is not in the Quran as a standalone noun; it enters the ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi, while jalal appears in Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram.
Living by this name
It restores seriousness to worship. Prayer performed casually is not measured against our habits but against the One being addressed.
Its response is reverence — the quality the Quran says is missing when hearts have hardened. See also Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram and Al-Azim.
Where Al-Jalil comes from
Al-Jalil does not appear in the Quran as a standalone name. It reaches the famous list of ninety-nine through the narration of at-Tirmidhi, and its meaning is established by the Quran in other words — through verbs and related forms rather than the name itself. Scholars accepted such names on that basis; this page marks the distinction rather than hiding it.
How reliable is the list of ninety-nine?
That Allah has ninety-nine names is established in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, and both are agreed upon. 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-Jalil
Al-Jalil (الْجَلِيلُ) means "The Majestic". 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.
Not as a standalone name. Al-Jalil reaches the list of ninety-nine through at-Tirmidhi's narration, while its meaning is established in the Quran through verbs and related forms. This page says so plainly rather than attaching a verse that does not contain it.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Jalil" — 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 41 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.