Boys' names
Ilm
Knowledge
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
Same root · ʿ-l-m
Names sharing this root.
“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).