وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ٢٧
And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
إِكْرَام
Ikram: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Ikrām
In the Quran“Generosity, honour bestowed”: to honour and to bestow
The word as it is recited in the Quran: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary, Ar-Rahman 55:27.
Ikram in Islam
The word occurs twice in the Quran, in Surah al-Rahman, to describe Allah: “There remains the Face of your Lord, Owner of majesty and honour (dhu al-jalali wa al-ikram)” (55:27; 55:78). The Prophet ﷺ said: “Persist in calling: O Owner of majesty and honour!” (al-Tirmidhi 3525).
Meaning of the name Ikram
Ikram is the verbal noun of akrama, “to honour, to treat generously”, from the root k-r-m of nobility and generosity (karam, karim): the honour one bestows and the good one lavishes. A very common feminine name in the Maghreb; in Turkish, ikram also means what is offered to a guest.
- In Arabic
- إِكْرَام إكرام
- Transliteration
- Ikrām
- Root
- ك ر م · 47 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Ikram in the Quran?
Yes: the word Ikram appears in the Quran 2 times, in one surah.
تَبَٰرَكَ ٱسْمُ رَبِّكَ ذِى ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ ٧٨
Blessed is the name of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.
All the words of the root ك ر م in the Quran (47 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3525
“Be constant with: ‘O Possessor of Majesty and Honor (Yā Dhal-Jalāli wal-Ikrām).’”
" أَلِظُّوا بِيَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ "
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Ikram 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 Ikram in each language
- French
- Ikram, Ikrame, Ikrame
- English
- Ikram
- Spanish
- Ikram
- Turkish
- İkram
- Arabic
- إِكْرَام
Similar names
Same root (ك ر م)
- Abdul Karimعَبْد الْكَرِيم “Servant of the Most Generous”
- Akramأَكْرَم “The noblest, the most generous”
- Karamكَرَم “Generosity, nobility of heart”