Al-Alim

This name in the Quran

Each ayah below was read in its context and confirmed by two independent reviews, on one question: does this word name Allah here. Where the two disagreed the ayah was dropped. Some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form rather than as the noun itself.

1. قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ لَا عِلۡمَ لَنَآ إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمۡتَنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ ۝٣٢

   They said, "Exalted are You; we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing,¹⁹ the Wise."²⁰

   Translator notes (2)

   1. 19 Whose eternal and absolute knowledge encompasses the truth and essence of all things, seen or unseen, present or absent, neither preceded by ignorance nor followed by forgetfulness.
   2. 20 Whose wisdom includes precise and perfect knowledge of all realities and outcomes, according to which He decrees and causes various circumstances and occurrences.
   2:32

2. وَلِلَّهِ ٱلۡمَشۡرِقُ وَٱلۡمَغۡرِبُۚ فَأَيۡنَمَا تُوَلُّواْ فَثَمَّ وَجۡهُ ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٞ ۝١١٥

   And to Allāh belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face³⁷ of Allāh. Indeed, Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

   Translator notes (1)

   1. 37 See footnote to 2:19.
   2:115

3. وَإِذۡ يَرۡفَعُ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ ٱلۡقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلۡ مِنَّآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ۝١٢٧

   And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing,⁴² the Knowing.⁴³

   Translator notes (2)

   1. 42 Who hears every sound, distinguishes every voice, understands every word, and accepts and responds to supplications.
   2. 43 Refer to footnote in 2:32.
   2:127

4. قُلۡ أَتَعۡبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمۡلِكُ لَكُمۡ ضَرّٗا وَلَا نَفۡعٗاۚ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ۝٧٦

   Say, "Do you worship besides Allāh that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allāh who is the Hearing, the Knowing?"

   5:76

5. تَنزِيلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡعَزِيزِ ٱلۡعَلِيمِ ۝٢

   The revelation of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] is from Allāh, the Exalted in Might, the Knowing,

   40:2

About this name

Ayat containing this word

161

Quran text

Uthmanic Hafs text of the King Fahd Complex

Translation

Saheeh International

Al-Alim is name 19 of the 99. A plain search of the Arabic text finds this word form in 161 ayat. The 5 ayat listed above are a different measurement: what the app's reviewers accepted as naming Allah here, and some of them carry the name as a verb or in another form, so the two numbers need not match.

Names that stand next to it

• الْحَكِيمُ Al-Hakim
• السَّمِيعُ As-Sami
• الْوَاسِعُ Al-Wasi
• الْعَزِيزُ Al-Aziz
• الْخَبِيرُ Al-Khabir
• الْحَلِيمُ Al-Halim