Quran glossary · draft

ٱلْجَلَال

majesty

The exalted greatness and dignity possessed by God.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Roots: جلل

Lemmas: جلال

Forms: جَلَٰلِ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

55:27

وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

55:78

تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ

Why this meaning was chosen

Quran-internal review covered both occurrences of جَلَال, both in the fixed phrase possessor of majesty and honor. In 55:27 the enduring face of the Lord bears this description after all earthly beings perish; in 55:78 the blessed name of the Lord bears it at the surah's close. Endurance, divine possession, blessing, and coordination with honor establish exalted divine greatness. The identical form and phrase support one rendering. The aligned-reading field supplies no variant requiring a separate rule; no protected meaning was edited and no exact lexical collision was found.