al-Alim — The All-Knowing

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al-Alim — The All-Knowing. Name 19 in the enumeration of the most beautiful names in the Tirmidhi hadith.

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Overview

al-Alim — The All-Knowing. It is name number 19 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi 1; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names 2.

In the Qur'an

The name occurs in the Qur'an, among them: 10:65، 12:100، 12:34، 12:83، 15:86، 2:127، 2:137، 2:32، 21:4، 26:220، 27:78، 29:5، 29:60، 3:35، 30:54، 34:26، 36:38، 36:81، 40:2، 41:12، 41:36، 43:84، 43:9، 44:6، 5:76، 51:30، 6:115، 6:13، 6:96، 66:2، 66:3، 8:61.

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' 3.

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Mentioned in
Qur'an 10:65· Qur'an 12:100· Qur'an 12:34· Qur'an 12:83· Qur'an 15:86· Qur'an 2:127· Qur'an 2:137· Qur'an 2:32· Qur'an 21:4· Qur'an 26:220· Qur'an 27:78· Qur'an 29:5· Qur'an 29:60· Qur'an 3:35· Qur'an 30:54· Qur'an 34:26· Qur'an 36:38· Qur'an 36:81· Qur'an 40:2· Qur'an 41:12· Qur'an 41:36· Qur'an 43:84· Qur'an 43:9· Qur'an 44:6· Qur'an 5:76· Qur'an 51:30· Qur'an 6:115· Qur'an 6:13· Qur'an 6:96· Qur'an 66:2· Qur'an 66:3· Qur'an 8:61
Part of
The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)

People and things also explored

al-Adl — The Utterly Just· al-Afuww — The Pardoner· al-Ahad — The Unique· al-Akhir — The Last· al-Ali — The Most High· al-Awwal — The First· al-Azim — The Magnificent· al-Aziz — The Almighty

Sources

  1. Jami' al-Tirmidhi
  2. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
  3. Sahih Muslim
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Alim — The All-Knowing”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/asma-al-alim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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