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
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
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, 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 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.