AL-MAJEED-The Glorious One The Most Honorable

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The One Whose essence is the perfection of majesty and glory. He is dignified, glorious end exceedingly generous. Al-Majeed is the only One Who deserves all praise and honor due to His excellence in both His Being and Actions. The One who is with perfect Power, High Status, Compassion, Generosity and Kindness.

Allah, Exalted be He, says, “He is Praiseworthy, All-Glorious.” (Surat Hood, 11:73)

He has all perfect attributes and whatever is related to them. He is the Most Great and all His actions are great. His generosity is boundless, and everyone and everything glorify Him because of His greatness.

The One who is glorious, dignified, majestic, bountiful and exceedingly generous.

The One whose essence is the perfection of majesty and glory, abounding in goodness.

The One whose majesty, glory and generosity deserve all praise and honor.

From the root m-j-d which has the following classical Arabic connotations:

to be glorious, dignified, majestic, noble, honorable
to be lauded, exalted, sublime
to be liberal, bountiful, exceedingly generous

This name is used in the Qur’ān. For example, see 11:73

Al-Majīd indicates the One whose essential nature is glorious, dignified, noble and honorable, and whose essential nature is to give liberally and bountifully.

Al-Mājid denotes the One who is praised for the existence of the specific deeds and attributes of great glory, dignity, nobility, honor, and exceeding generosity.

That is, the name al-Majīd denotes the glorious essential nature of the One, while the name al-Mājid honors specific deeds performed by the One.

Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī says that the nameAl-Majīd expresses the combined meanings of al-Jalīl (the majestic), al-Wahhāb (the bestower) and al-Karīm (the generous).