Al-Kabir

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. عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٱلۡمُتَعَالِ ۝٩

   [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.

   13:9

2. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ هُوَ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ۝٦٢

   That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

   22:62

3. ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدۡعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ ٱلۡبَٰطِلُ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ۝٣٠

   That is because Allāh is the True Reality, and that what they call upon¹¹⁶⁷ other than Him is falsehood, and because Allāh is the Most High, the Grand.

   Translator notes (1)

   1. 1167 In worship.
   31:30

4. وَلَا تَنفَعُ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا لِمَنۡ أَذِنَ لَهُۥۚ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُزِّعَ عَن قُلُوبِهِمۡ قَالُواْ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمۡۖ قَالُواْ ٱلۡحَقَّۖ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ۝٢٣

   And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits. [And those wait] until, when terror is removed from their hearts,¹²³¹ they will say [to one another], "What has your Lord said?" They will say, "The truth." And He is the Most High, the Grand.

   Translator notes (1)

   1. 1231 i.e., the hearts of the angels who will be permitted to intercede.
   34:23

5. ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَحۡدَهُۥ كَفَرۡتُمۡ وَإِن يُشۡرَكۡ بِهِۦ تُؤۡمِنُواْۚ فَٱلۡحُكۡمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡعَلِيِّ ٱلۡكَبِيرِ ۝١٢

   [They will be told], "That is because, when Allāh was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allāh, the Most High, the Grand."

   40:12

About this name

Ayat containing this word

36

Quran text

Uthmanic Hafs text of the King Fahd Complex

Translation

Saheeh International

Al-Kabir is name 37 of the 99. A plain search of the Arabic text finds this word form in 36 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

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