According to Dr Sharib:
Al-Karim is the One Who gives generously without being asked. He
distinguishes between the generosity of one who gives on request and
of one who gives without any such request. He further says:
According to some Al-Karim is that One Who forgives and fulfills His
promises and Who gives beyond expectation. He is angry if no request
is made to Him. He is angry when someone asks for something from
somebody else. He does not turn down a request. He makes you
independent of others. Everybody can approach Him easily.
To emulate the name you should be obedient to Allah and follow
assiduously the divine mandate.
According to Dr Sharib appropriate recitation secures for one respect
amongst the learned and the pious.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
Said one who had knowledge
Of the Book: "I will
Bring it to thee before ever
Thy glance returns to thee".
Then when (Solomon) saw it
Placed firmly before him,
He said: "This is
By the grace of my Lord! -
To test me whether I am
Grateful or ungrateful!
And if any is grateful,
Truly his gratitude is (a gain)
For his own soul; but if
Any is ungrateful, truly
My Lord is Free of all Needs,
Supreme in Honour."
Al-Ghazali quotes the holy Prophet Muhammed as saying:
"Do not call the grapevine* generous; it is the (true) Muslim who is
generous."
(*The grapevine being generous because of its compliance and the
easy access to its fruits)
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The quality of noble generosity is exemplified in the well known verse of
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi who says:
'Come, come, whoever you are,
It doesn't matter if you are a fire-worshipper, an unbeliever, or an idolater,
Our court is not the place of disappointment, come,
Even if you have broken your vows of repentance a hundred times,
come again.'
In man's behaviour to man generosity and nobility is seen in that
behaviour which refuses to take personal advantage from any situation,
but knowingly hands that advantage to the other person/s. Thus in the
convention of the old cinema films the duelling hero inevitably returns the
dropped sword of the villain. It is perhaps a sad reflection on
contemporary society that this is nowadays regarded as comic.
One who displays noble behaviour without affectation places themselves
above the conventional barter of human and social intercourse. ' Nobility'
of course indicate the ruling class and thus noble behaviour accords with
their supposed standards. In this world that is a flawed concept - the real
nobility are the Prophets and saints who exhibit such behaviour purely,
due to the grace of the One Who alone is truly generous and noble.
The English writer Thomas Carlyle used the epithet of nobility in
describing Hazrat Ali.
'As for this young Ali one cannot but like him. A noble minded creature,
as he shows himself now and always afterwards.'
In the biblical narrative, Lord Jesus restoring the ear of the arresting
soldiers in the garden of Gethsemane, after it had been cut off by a
disciple, demonstrates noble generosity par excellence.
JMZ
Al-Karim is the One Who gives generously without being asked. He
distinguishes between the generosity of one who gives on request and
of one who gives without any such request. He further says:
According to some Al-Karim is that One Who forgives and fulfills His
promises and Who gives beyond expectation. He is angry if no request
is made to Him. He is angry when someone asks for something from
somebody else. He does not turn down a request. He makes you
independent of others. Everybody can approach Him easily.
To emulate the name you should be obedient to Allah and follow
assiduously the divine mandate.
According to Dr Sharib appropriate recitation secures for one respect
amongst the learned and the pious.
see 'The 99 Most Beautiful Names of Allah' by Dr Zahurul Hassan Sharib
Some other references:
Said one who had knowledge
Of the Book: "I will
Bring it to thee before ever
Thy glance returns to thee".
Then when (Solomon) saw it
Placed firmly before him,
He said: "This is
By the grace of my Lord! -
To test me whether I am
Grateful or ungrateful!
And if any is grateful,
Truly his gratitude is (a gain)
For his own soul; but if
Any is ungrateful, truly
My Lord is Free of all Needs,
Supreme in Honour."
Al-Ghazali quotes the holy Prophet Muhammed as saying:
"Do not call the grapevine* generous; it is the (true) Muslim who is
generous."
(*The grapevine being generous because of its compliance and the
easy access to its fruits)
(Al-Ghazali - The Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God. Trans. Burrel/Daher: ITS: 1992.)
The quality of noble generosity is exemplified in the well known verse of
Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi who says:
'Come, come, whoever you are,
It doesn't matter if you are a fire-worshipper, an unbeliever, or an idolater,
Our court is not the place of disappointment, come,
Even if you have broken your vows of repentance a hundred times,
come again.'
In man's behaviour to man generosity and nobility is seen in that
behaviour which refuses to take personal advantage from any situation,
but knowingly hands that advantage to the other person/s. Thus in the
convention of the old cinema films the duelling hero inevitably returns the
dropped sword of the villain. It is perhaps a sad reflection on
contemporary society that this is nowadays regarded as comic.
One who displays noble behaviour without affectation places themselves
above the conventional barter of human and social intercourse. ' Nobility'
of course indicate the ruling class and thus noble behaviour accords with
their supposed standards. In this world that is a flawed concept - the real
nobility are the Prophets and saints who exhibit such behaviour purely,
due to the grace of the One Who alone is truly generous and noble.
The English writer Thomas Carlyle used the epithet of nobility in
describing Hazrat Ali.
'As for this young Ali one cannot but like him. A noble minded creature,
as he shows himself now and always afterwards.'
In the biblical narrative, Lord Jesus restoring the ear of the arresting
soldiers in the garden of Gethsemane, after it had been cut off by a
disciple, demonstrates noble generosity par excellence.
JMZ
| Bismillah ir Rehman ir Rahim |
| The All-Seeing The Seer |
| Al-Basir (Al-Baseer, Al-Basiir, Al-Bashir) Qur'an 17:1 |
| Al-Karim (Al-Kareem, Al-Kariim) Qur'an 27:40 |
| The Generous, The Magnanimous, The Noble, The Selflessly Generous One, The Gracious. |
Qaalallazii 'indahuu
'il-mum-minal-Kitaabi 'ana
'aatii-ka bihii qabla
'any-yartadda 'ilayka tarfuk.
Falammaa ra-'aahu
mustaqirran 'indahuu qaala
haazaa min-fazli Raabi
liyabluwaniii 'a-'shkuru 'am
'akfur! Wa man-shakara
fa-'innamaa yash kuru
li-nafsih;nwa man-kafara
fa-'inna Rabbii
Ghaniyyun-Kariim!...
(Qur'an 27:40 trans. Y. Ali)
'il-mum-minal-Kitaabi 'ana
'aatii-ka bihii qabla
'any-yartadda 'ilayka tarfuk.
Falammaa ra-'aahu
mustaqirran 'indahuu qaala
haazaa min-fazli Raabi
liyabluwaniii 'a-'shkuru 'am
'akfur! Wa man-shakara
fa-'innamaa yash kuru
li-nafsih;nwa man-kafara
fa-'inna Rabbii
Ghaniyyun-Kariim!...
(Qur'an 27:40 trans. Y. Ali)