al-Azim — The Magnificent

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al-Azim — The Magnificent. It is name number 33 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: 10:64، 15:87، 2:105، 2:255، 21:76، 23:86، 26:63، 27:26، 3:74، 37:115، 37:60، 37:76، 4:13، 40:9، 42:4، 44:57، 5:119، 56:46، 56:74، 56:96، 57:12، 57:21، 57:29، 61:12، 62:4، 64:9، 69:33، 69:52، 78:2، 8:29، 9:100، 9:111، 9:129، 9:63، 9:72، 9:89.

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' ³. Reports naming this name include: 2694، 2785، 1.222.

Abu Hurayra

A Companion from the tribe of Daws who reached Medina in the year of the Khaybar expedition and lived among the Ahl al-Suffa. His name Abd Shams was changed to Abd Allah or Abd al-Rahman, and he was called Abu Hurayra after a kitten he kept. Umar appointed him governor of Bahrayn, and reports place his death in 57 to 59 AH. He is noted for the very large number of traditions transmitted from him, estimated by the Encyclopaedia of Islam at 3,500; the tradition's own account of his memory stands beside an academic view that questions the genuineness of much attributed to him. Al-Isaba's kunya entry (no. 10725) records the dispute over his name and his father's: one report has him named Abd Shams ibn Sakhr in the Jahiliyya until the Prophet named him Abd al-Rahman and gave him the kunya Abu Hurayra for the kitten he carried in his sleeve.

al-Azim — The Magnificent

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Abu Hurayra