The word ''greatness'' in Quran

The uses of the word ''greatness'' in Quran
1. Dignity and power
Quran states
الَّذِینَ یَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِینَ أَوْلِیَاءَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ۚ أَیَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِیعًا
Yea, to those who take for friends unbelievers rather than believers: is it honour they seek among them? Nay,- all honour is with Allah.
وَلَا یَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ ۘ إِنَّ الْعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِیعًا ۚ هُوَ السَّمِیعُ الْعَلِیمُ
Let not their speech grieve thee: for all power and honour belong to Allah: It is He Who heareth and knoweth (all things).
إِنَّ الَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا یُنَادَوْنَ لَمَقْتُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ مِن مَّقْتِكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ إِذْ تُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى الْإِیمَانِ فَتَكْفُرُونَ
The Unbelievers will be addressed: "Greater was the aversion of Allah to you than (is) your aversion to yourselves, seeing that ye were called to the Faith and ye used to refuse''.
یَقُولُونَ لَئِن رَّجَعْنَا إِلَى الْمَدِینَةِ لَیُخْرِجَنَّ الْأَعَزُّ مِنْهَا الْأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَلَٰكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِینَ لَا یَعْلَمُونَ
They say, "If we return to Medina, surely the more honourable (element) will expel therefrom the meaner." But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.
قَالَ فَبِعِزَّتِكَ لَأُغْوِیَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِینَ
Iblis) said: "Then, by Thy power, I will put them all in the wrong. )
2. Arrogance
Quran states
بَلِ الَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا فِی عِزَّةٍ وَشِقَاقٍ
But the Unbelievers (are steeped) in self-glory and Separatism.
وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ ۚ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
When it is said to him, "Fear Allah", He is led by arrogance to (more) crime. Enough for him is Hell;-An evil bed indeed (To lie on).
3. Strictness
Quran states
یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا مَن یَرْتَدَّ مِنكُمْ عَن دِینِهِ فَسَوْفَ یَأْتِی اللَّهُ بِقَوْمٍ یُحِبُّهُمْ وَیُحِبُّونَهُ أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِینَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الْكَافِرِینَ یُجَاهِدُونَ فِی سَبِیلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا یَخَافُونَ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ یُؤْتِیهِ مَن یَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِیمٌ
O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of Allah, which He will bestow on whom He pleaseth. And Allah encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.
In different verses of Quran, God has been mentioned with the attribute ''dear'';
فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّن بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْكُمُ الْبَیِّنَاتُ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِیزٌ حَكِیمٌ
If ye backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ یَقْضِی بَیْنَهُم بِحُكْمِهِ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِیزُ الْعَلِیمُ
Verily thy Lord will decide between them by His Decree: and He is Exalted in Might, All-Knowing.
بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ ۚ یَنصُرُ مَن یَشَاءُ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِیزُ الرَّحِیمُ
With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in might, most merciful.
یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقْتُلُوا الصَّیْدَ وَأَنتُمْ حُرُمٌ ۚ وَمَن قَتَلَهُ مِنكُم مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاءٌ مِّثْلُ مَا قَتَلَ مِنَ النَّعَمِ یَحْكُمُ بِهِ ذَوَا عَدْلٍ مِّنكُمْ هَدْیًا بَالِغَ الْكَعْبَةِ أَوْ كَفَّارَةٌ طَعَامُ مَسَاكِینَ أَوْ عَدْلُ ذَٰلِكَ صِیَامًا لِّیَذُوقَ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِ ۗ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَمَّا سَلَفَ ۚ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَیَنتَقِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِیزٌ ذُو انتِقَامٍ
O ye who believe! Kill not game while in the sacred precincts or in pilgrim garb. If any of you doth so intentionally, the compensation is an offering, brought to the Ka´ba, of a domestic animal equivalent to the one he killed, as adjudged by two just men among you; or by way of atonement, the feeding of the indigent; or its equivalent in fasts: that he may taste of the penalty of his deed. Allah forgives what is past: for repetition Allah will exact from him the penalty. For Allah is Exalted, and Lord of Retribution.
الر ۚ كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَیْكَ لِتُخْرِجَ النَّاسَ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطِ الْعَزِیزِ الْحَمِیدِ
A. L. R. A Book which We have revealed unto thee, in order that thou mightest lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light - by the leave of their Lord - to the Way of (Him) the Exalted in power, worthy of all praise.
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِیزٌ عَلَیْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیصٌ عَلَیْكُم بِالْمُؤْمِنِینَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِیمٌ
Now hath come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that ye should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful.
إِنَّ الَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا بِالذِّكْرِ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّهُ لَكِتَابٌ عَزِیزٌ
Those who reject the Message when it comes to them (are not hidden from Us). And indeed it is a Book of exalted power.
لَّا یَأْتِیهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِن بَیْنِ یَدَیْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ ۖ تَنزِیلٌ مِّنْ حَكِیمٍ حَمِیدٍ
No falsehood can approach it from before or behind it: It is sent down by One Full of Wisdom, Worthy of all Praise.
Quran states about the title'' dear'' in Egypt
وَقَالَ نِسْوَةٌ فِی الْمَدِینَةِ امْرَأَتُ الْعَزِیزِ تُرَاوِدُ فَتَاهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِ ۖ قَدْ شَغَفَهَا حُبًّا ۖ إِنَّا لَنَرَاهَا فِی ضَلَالٍ مُّبِینٍ
Ladies said in the City: "The wife of the (great) ´Aziz is seeking to seduce her slave from his (true) self: Truly hath he inspired her with violent love: we see she is evidently going astray.
قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُنَّ إِذْ رَاوَدتُّنَّ یُوسُفَ عَن نَّفْسِهِ ۚ قُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَیْهِ مِن سُوءٍ ۚ قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُ الْعَزِیزِ الْآنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِینَ
(The king) said (to the ladies): "What was your affair when ye did seek to seduce Joseph from his (true) self?" The ladies said: "Allah preserve us! no evil know we against him!" Said the ´Aziz´s wife: "Now is the truth manifest (to all): it was I who sought to seduce him from his (true) self: He is indeed of those who are (ever) true (and virtuous).
Quran states about the title ''dear'' for Hazrat Yusef
قَالَ اجْعَلْنِی عَلَىٰ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ۖ إِنِّی حَفِیظٌ عَلِیمٌ
(Joseph) said: "Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance).
قَالُوا یَا أَیُّهَا الْعَزِیزُ إِنَّ لَهُ أَبًا شَیْخًا كَبِیرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ ۖ إِنَّا نَرَاكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِینَ
They said: "O exalted one! Behold! he has a father, aged and venerable, (who will grieve for him); so take one of us in his place; for we see that thou art (gracious) in doing good.
فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَیْهِ قَالُوا یَا أَیُّهَا الْعَزِیزُ مَسَّنَا وَأَهْلَنَا الضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَاعَةٍ مُّزْجَاةٍ فَأَوْفِ لَنَا الْكَیْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَیْنَا ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ یَجْزِی الْمُتَصَدِّقِینَ
Then, when they came (back) into (Joseph´s) presence they said: "O exalted one! distress has seized us and our family: we have (now) brought but scanty capital: so pay us full measure, (we pray thee), and treat it as charity to us: for Allah doth reward the charitable.
Quran states about the threat of the tribe of Hazrat Shoayb
قَالُوا یَا شُعَیْبُ مَا نَفْقَهُ كَثِیرًا مِّمَّا تَقُولُ وَإِنَّا لَنَرَاكَ فِینَا ضَعِیفًا ۖ وَلَوْلَا رَهْطُكَ لَرَجَمْنَاكَ ۖ وَمَا أَنتَ عَلَیْنَا بِعَزِیزٍ
They said: "O Shu´aib! much of what thou sayest we do not understand! In fact among us we see that thou hast no strength! Were it not for thy family, we should certainly have stoned thee! for thou hast among us no great position''.
قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَرَهْطِی أَعَزُّ عَلَیْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَاتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَاءَكُمْ ظِهْرِیًّا ۖ إِنَّ رَبِّی بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِیطٌ
He said: "O my people! is then my family of more consideration with you than Allah? For ye cast Him away behind your backs (with contempt). But verily my Lord encompasseth on all sides all that ye do.
Quran states
یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحِلُّوا شَعَائِرَ اللَّهِ وَلَا الشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَلَا الْهَدْیَ وَلَا الْقَلَائِدَ وَلَا آمِّینَ الْبَیْتَ الْحَرَامَ یَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَرِضْوَانًا ۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلْتُمْ فَاصْطَادُوا ۚ وَلَا یَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمْ عَنِ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ أَن تَعْتَدُوا ۘ وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ ۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ ۚ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِیدُ الْعِقَابِ
O ye who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the symbols of Allah, nor of the sacred month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the garlands that mark out such animals, nor the people resorting to the sacred house, seeking of the bounty and good pleasure of their Lord. But when ye are clear of the sacred precincts and of pilgrim garb, ye may hunt and let not the hatred of some people in (once) shutting you out of the Sacred Mosque lead you to transgression (and hostility on your part). Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment.
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَیْكُمُ الْمَیْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِیرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَیْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّیَةُ وَالنَّطِیحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّیْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ الْیَوْمَ یَئِسَ الَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا مِن دِینِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِ ۚ الْیَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِینَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَیْكُمْ نِعْمَتِی وَرَضِیتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِینًا ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِی مَخْمَصَةٍ غَیْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِیمٌ
Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division (of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
یَسْأَلُونَكَ مَاذَا أُحِلَّ لَهُمْ ۖ قُلْ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّیِّبَاتُ ۙ وَمَا عَلَّمْتُم مِّنَ الْجَوَارِحِ مُكَلِّبِینَ تُعَلِّمُونَهُنَّ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ فَكُلُوا مِمَّا أَمْسَكْنَ عَلَیْكُمْ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِیعُ الْحِسَابِ
They ask thee what is lawful to them (as food). Say: lawful unto you are (all) things good and pure: and what ye have taught your trained hunting animals (to catch) in the manner directed to you by Allah: eat what they catch for you, but pronounce the name of Allah over it: and fear Allah; for Allah is swift in taking account.
الْیَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ الطَّیِّبَاتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ الَّذِینَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ الَّذِینَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَا آتَیْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِینَ غَیْرَ مُسَافِحِینَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِی أَخْدَانٍ ۗ وَمَن یَكْفُرْ بِالْإِیمَانِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ وَهُوَ فِی الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِینَ
This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good).
یَا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَیْدِیَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَرَافِقِ وَامْسَحُوا بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى الْكَعْبَیْنِ ۚ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَاطَّهَّرُوا ۚ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ الْغَائِطِ أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا مَاءً فَتَیَمَّمُوا صَعِیدًا طَیِّبًا فَامْسَحُوا بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَیْدِیكُم مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا یُرِیدُ اللَّهُ لِیَجْعَلَ عَلَیْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن یُرِیدُ لِیُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِیُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَیْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.