Al-Mu'izz
Al-Mu'izz is the Honourer — the One who grants might and standing to whom He wills.
Name 24 of 99
الْمُعِزُّ
Al-Mu'izz
The Honourer
- In Arabic
- الْمُعِزُّ
- Transliteration
- Al-Mu'izz
- Position in the list
- Name 24 of 99
Al-Mu'izz — The Honourer
What the name means
From the same root as al-Aziz. Where that name describes Allah's own unassailable might, this one describes His giving of it: honour that arrives as a grant, not as an achievement.
The Quran gives the act in Al Imran — You give sovereignty to whom You will, and You honour whom You will — while the name enters the list through at-Tirmidhi.
Living by this name
The verse names the giver, which settles where honour is sought. Umar's reported words carry the sense: we were a lowly people whom Allah honoured by Islam, and if we seek honour elsewhere, Allah will humble us.
Its response is to stop trading dignity for approval. See also Al-Aziz and Al-Mudhill.
Where Al-Mu'izz comes from
Al-Mu'izz 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-Mu'izz
Al-Mu'izz (الْمُعِزُّ) means "The Honourer". 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-Mu'izz 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 Mu'izz" — 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 24 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.