Al-Akram
The Most Bounteous
Exalted and Glorious
Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous. (96:3)
This attribute of Allah means the Most Bounteous, Most Generous. Allah sustains all the creation and bestows His favors upon His servants. It is from the Kindness of Allah that He revealed the Holy Qur’an for the guidance of mankind.
Allah has shown grace to the believers by sending the Messenger of Allah, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Allah exalted His Messenger and conferred upon him the honor of being the Noblest of all men.
Allah is al-Dhal Jalali wal-Akram, the Lord of Majesty and Honor. He in His holiness is the Purity of Majesty, Honor, and Might. He is the Most Distinguished in nobility and generosity. So let us be as Allah wants, following the family of Allah, surrendering in our lives, and manifesting Him in all our states.
Allah Allah Allah
From: The Meanings of the Names of Our Lord by Shaykh Muhammad Sa’id al-Jamal ar-Rifa’i Head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land Teacher at the Dome of the Rock (al-Aqsa)
Al-Dhal Jalali wal-Ikram
The Lord of Majesty and Honor. He in His Holiness is the Purity of Majesty, Honor, and Might. He is the most distinguished in nobility and generosity. So let us be as Allah wants, following the Family of Allah, surrendering in our lives, and manifesting Him in all our states.
From: The Children Around the Table of Allah by Shaykh Muhammad Sa’id al-Jamal ar-Rifa’i Head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land Teacher at the Dome of the Rock (al-Aqsa)
DHUL-JALALI WAL-IKRAM
Allah is Lord of Majesty and Bounty. There is no perfection that does not belong to Him, no blessing or honor that comes from other than He. Allah is the owner of all majesty. Nothing else can even exist by itself, nothing can sustain itself. In His majesty, He can destroy all instantly, just at he created it. On what power are you depending when you revolt against Him? To show His generosity, He has bestowed His bounty and honor upon you. Do not attribute this to yourself and glorify yourself! The honor He gave you is to make you see the Giver of the honor, the truly Honorable One. All is in need of Him; all comes from Him. Yet to tie every person to other people, to tie every creature to the rest of creation, Allah uses an invisible rope called need. He uses each person, each creature, as a means, as a vehicle to give to another what it needs. One must be grateful to the vehicle through which Allah’s blessing comes, but one must know the true source and not forget to give all thanks to Him. All thanks are due to Him who not only provides for our worldly needs, but has also promised us and taught us how to obtain His eternal blessings. These we can achieve by spending upon others, for His sake, that which He gave to us through others’ hands.
The Lord of Majesty and Bounty is one of those beautiful Names that cannot be attributed to anyone but Allah. Some of the ones who know have even claimed it to be alism al-a’zam, the greatest Name of Allah.
‘Abd Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikran is the servant who fears only Allah, bows his head only to Him, and hopes to receive only from Him. This is the sign of the sincere believer’s faith in the oneness of Allah. He expects nothing from people, neither does he fear their condemnation. For him, a sword held to his throat is no different from gold poured at his feet. He is neither worried by the one nor overjoyed by the other. Allah is enough.
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) says, “Recite Dhul Jalali wal-Ikram when you are begging for something from Allah.
If a believer recites this Name 100 times a day for a week, all the burden of his troubles, doubts, and problems will leave his heart, which will be free of maleficent imagination, worries, and expectations. Evil will not touch him, and he will find peace.
From: The Name & the Named by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti