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Ilm

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عِلْم

Ilm

Knowledge

Direct Quranicboyarabic
Pronunciation
Ilm
Arabic
عِلْم
Gender
Boy
Origin
Arabic
Root
ʿ-l-m
Quranic status
Direct Quranic
Reference
Surah Ta-Ha 20:114

Origin & meaning

The Quranic word for knowledge.

Quranic source
Surah Ta-Ha 20:114
Themes
knowledge
Same root · ʿ-l-m

Names sharing this root.

عَبْدُ ٱلْعَلِيم
Abdul-Alim
Servant of the All-Knowing

“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).

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