Alim

This article is about the name of God (ʿalīm). For a scholar (ʿālim) in Islam, see Ulama.

Alim (or ʿAlīm عليم, also anglicized as Aleem) is one of the Names of God in Islam, meaning "All-knowing one". It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abdul Alim, "Servant of the All-Knowing".

Alim

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ʕaliːm]
Gender	Male
Language	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	All-knowing one, He who has master self , Adept omniscient
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Alternative spelling	Aleem

Given name

• Alim Ashirov (1955–1979), Soviet footballer
• Aleem Dar (born 1968), Pakistani cricketer
• Aleem Ford (born 1997), American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• Alim Karkayev (born 1985), Russian footballer
• Alim Khan (1774–1810), Khan of Kokand
• Alim Kouliev (born 1959), Russian-American actor and director
• Alim McNeill (born 2000), American football player
• Alim Öztürk (born 1992), Turkish footballer
• Alim Qasimov (born 1957), Azerbaijani musician
• Alim Qurbanov (born 1977), Azerbaijani footballer

Middle name

• Mohammed Alim Khan, last emir of the Manghit dynasty
• Mohammad Alim Qarar, member of the Wolesi Jirga for Laghman Province, Afghanistan

Surname

• Issam Alim, Egyptian Islamist
• Juice Aleem, British rapper
• Mariam A. Aleem (1930–2010), Egyptian artist and academic
• Obaidullah Aleem (1939–1998), Pakistani Urdu poet

Other uses

• Ulama, plural of 'alim, an Islamic legal scholar

See also

• Abd al-Alim
• Alimullah
• Alimuddin