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Al-Jalil — The Majestic: الْجَلِيلُ
Meaning
Majesty commanding awe and reverence — established via the listing; the Qur’an voices the fuller form Dhu al-Jalal (#85) in 55:27, 55:78. Against Al-Kabir (#37, greatness of being) and Al-Azim (#33, grandeur of self and act): Jalil stresses the reverence majesty imposes.
Textual references
No direct verse ascription for this exact name-form is established — the name is contemplated via the classical listing and related texts noted in Sources. This uncertainty is stated rather than filled.
The 99-names hadith itself (Sahih al-Bukhari 2736; Sahih Muslim 2677) does not enumerate the names; the enumeration order follows the Tirmidhi listing, whose chain scholars grade as weak for the list itself.
Reflection
Reverence is the appropriate posture; familiarity that forgets majesty is not intimacy.
A personal contemplation aid — not doctrine and not a promised outcome.
Sources & methodology
- Qur’an 55:27, 55:78 (fuller form Dhu al-Jalal — see methodology)
- Sahih al-Bukhari 2736 (the 99 names)
Verse citations were checked against the Qur’an text. Claims that could not be verified were omitted. No recitation counts, guaranteed effects, or per-name hadith benefits are asserted.