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What Does Azim (عَظِيم) Mean in the Quran?

عَظِيم
azim
great, tremendous, magnificent
Word type
adjective

This page studies عَظِيم as the written form shown in the mushaf. Attached letters and related inflections are studied separately so the examples stay precise.

In the Quran
49 times

Counted from Barakah’s bundled word-by-word Quran data for this exact written form after vowel marks are removed. Forms with attached letters or pronouns may have their own separate count.

Inside the Quran

عَظِيم (azim) means great, tremendous, magnificent. It describes greatness in rank, scale, consequence, reward, or punishment. When used for Allah (SWT), it affirms His absolute greatness.

Read it inside the complete ayat below. The surrounding words decide the most natural English rendering, so the translation may use more than one English phrase for the same Arabic form.

See it in real ayat
قُلْ هُوَ نَبَؤٌا۟ عَظِيمٌ

Say, "It is great news

وَفَدَيْنَٰهُ بِذِبْحٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice,

Arabic quoted letter for letter from the Uthmani text of our Quran reader. Translation: Saheeh International.

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