ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ ٣
Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous -
أَكْرَم
Akram: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Akram
In the Quran“The noblest, the most generous”
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Al-’Alaq 96:3.
Akram in Islam
The word occurs twice in the Quran, in two major verses: “Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous (al-akram)” (96:3), among the first revealed, and “The noblest (akramakum) of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing” (49:13).
Meaning of the name Akram
Akram is the comparative of karim (root k-r-m of nobility and generosity): “more generous, nobler”. The name expresses the wish for great nobility of heart. It is very common in South Asia, the Middle East and the Maghreb; Ekrem is its Turkish form.
- In Arabic
- أَكْرَم أكرم
- Transliteration
- Akram
- Root
- ك ر م · 47 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Akram in the Quran?
Yes: the word Akram appears in the Quran 2 times, in 2 surahs.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَٰكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ ١٣
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allāh is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.
All the words of the root ك ر م in the Quran (47 occurrences)
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Akram in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Akram in each language
- French
- Akram, Akrem
- English
- Akram
- Spanish
- Akram
- Turkish
- Ekrem
- Arabic
- أَكْرَم
