Al-Karim
الْكَرِيم
The Most Generous, The Most Noble
What it means
Al-Karīm is generosity without reason to be generous, giving without the giver being reduced, forgiving even when reminded of the offence. Karam in Arabic joins both nobility and open-handedness.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
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