Al-Majid
Al-Majid is the Glorious — joining greatness of rank to abundance of giving.
Name 48 of 99
الْمَجِيدُ
Al-Majid
The Glorious
- In Arabic
- الْمَجِيدُ
- Transliteration
- Al-Majid
- Position in the list
- Name 48 of 99
Al-Majid — The Glorious
What the name means
Majd in Arabic is nobility that is both high and generous. Arabs would not call someone majid for status alone: the word requires that the standing be matched by open-handedness.
The Quran attaches it to the Throne — Owner of the Throne, the Glorious — and to the Quran itself, described as majid.
Al-Majid in the Quran
The 2 verses below contain this name. Every reference is checked against the Arabic text of the Quran before it is published, so Al-Majid really is in each verse it is cited from.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَتَعْجَبِينَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ رَحْمَتُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكَٰتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ ٱلْبَيْتِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ حَمِيدٌۭ مَّجِيدٌۭ
They said, "Are you amazed at the decree of Allah? May the mercy of Allah and His blessings be upon you, people of the house. Indeed, He is Praiseworthy and Honorable."
Surah Hud 11:73Read the full surah →ذُو ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱلْمَجِيدُ
Honorable Owner of the Throne,
Surah Al-Buruj 85:15Read 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, 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-Majid
Al-Majid (الْمَجِيدُ) means "The Glorious". 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 2 verses containing Al-Majid, each checked against the Arabic text before publishing.
Address Allah with "Ya" before the name — "Ya Majid" — 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 48 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.