ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm
عَبْدُ العَظِيْم
Say it ab-dul-a-ZEEM
Servant of the Magnificent
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-ẓ-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Abdulazim, Abdul Azim, Abdul Azeem
Meaning & source
Servant of al-ʿAẓīm, the Magnificent: “among the attributes of Allah are al-ʿAlī, al-ʿAẓīm”.
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عَظُمَ: مِنْ صِفاتِ اللَّهِ عزَّ وجلَّ العلِيُّ العَظِيمُ، ويُسبِّح العبدُ رَبَّه فَيَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيمِ
Who carried this name
- ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-Mundhirī, the ḥadīth master al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ (Muʾassasat al-Risālah ed.), vol. 23, p. 319 (entry 222)
Ruling
What the scholars said about this name
Names that make a child the servant (ʿabd) of one of Allah’s names are among the best names. Ibn al-Qayyim quotes Ibn Ḥazm: the scholars agree that names joined to Allah, such as ʿAbdullāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, are commendable. The Prophet ﷺ said the names most beloved to Allah are ʿAbdullāh and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (Muslim 2132).
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اتَّفقُوا على اسْتِحْسَان الْأَسْمَاء المضافة إِلَى الله كَعبد الله وعب الرَّحْمَن وَمَا أشبه ذَلِك فقد اخْتلف الْفُقَهَاء فِي أحب الْأَسْمَاء إِلَى الله فَقَالَ الْجُمْهُور أحبها إِلَيْهِ عبد الله وَعبد الرَّحْم
General guidance, not a fatwa. Ask your imam about your own family.