Alim Explained

Alim
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ar/
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	All-knowing one, He who has master self, Adept omniscient
Region:	Middle East
Language:	Arabic
Alternative Spelling:	Aleem

Alim (or ʿAlīm Arabic: 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".

Given name

• Alim Ashirov, Soviet footballer
• Aleem Dar (born 1968), Pakistani cricketer
• Aleem Ford (born 1997), American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• Alim Karkayev, Russian footballer
• Alim Khan, Khan of Kokand
• Alim Kouliev, Russian-American actor and director
• Alim McNeill (born 2000), American football player
• Alim Öztürk, Turkish footballer
• Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani musician
• Alim Qurbanov, 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 (born 1939), Pakistani Urdu poet

Other uses

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

See also

• Abd al-Alim
• Alimullah
• Alimuddin