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Jalal (
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
: جلال) is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate. When the Arabic language spread across non-Arabic regions, Jalal has also become a name for some
Arabic-speaking Christians Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who l ...
, non-Arab
Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...
, and non-Arabs and has been added to other language dictionaries with the majestic meaning. Another form is Galal, where the first letter "ج" is pronounced like hard g /''g''/ in English. Galal might have other meanings in different languages.


Examples

The word Jalal could be found in many history, art, religious, and poetry books. For example: # Jalal is used as a characteristic when addressing royals like kings and lords in history, myth, and formal occasion. #Jalál the second month and the Saturday as a first day of the week in the Bahá’í calendar. #Religious books; ##In the
Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
, Jalal is used as a veneration for God in
Psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...
(111:3), (145:5), etc., Isaiah (26:10), (30:30), etc., and the Great Doxology, written and read in Churches in
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
. For example: ##*Psalm (111:3)
EnglishArabic
: ".جَلاَلٌ وَبَهَاءٌ عَمَلُهُ، وَعَدْلُهُ قَائِمٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ" ##*Great Doxology

, in the second line: ".نشكرك من أجل عظيم جلال مجدك..." ##In the word Aljalal which cannot be used as a given or family name because "Al" is here restricted to God in "ذو الجلال والإكرام" verses 27 and 78 of
Surat al-Rahman Ar-Rahman ( ar, الرحمان, ; The Merciful) is the 55th List of chapters in the Quran, Chapter (''Surah'') of the Qur'an, with 78 verses (''āyāt''). The title of the surah, Ar-Rahman, appears in verse 1 and means "The Most Beneficent". ...
in the
Quran The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Classical Arabic, Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation in Islam, revelation from God in Islam, ...
.


Given name

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Jalal Abdul Carim Sahib Jalal Haji Abdul Carim Sahib (1865-1939) was an Indian Businessman. He started his career with a humble beginning and went on to become a tycoon of the leather industry managing an industrial empire which is unparalleled till date. He played a ke ...
(1865–1939), Indian businessman * Jalal Agha (1945–1995), Indian actor and director *
Jalal Akbari Jalal Akbari Kelishadi ( fa, جلال اكبری کلیشادی , born 5 July 1983) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a left back. Club career Though he usually plays as a defender, in the IPL 2005/06 season, Akbari was one of the best g ...
(born 1983), Iranian football player *
Jalal al-Dawla Abu Tahir Firuz Khusrau ( fa, ابوطاهر فیروزخسرو), better known by his ''laqab'' of Jalal al-Dawla (993 or 994 – March 1044), was the Buyid amir of Iraq (1027–1044). He was the son of Baha' al-Dawla. Biography In 1012 Jalal A ...
(994–1044),
Buyid The Buyid dynasty ( fa, آل بویه, Āl-e Būya), also spelled Buwayhid ( ar, البويهية, Al-Buwayhiyyah), was a Shia Iranian dynasty of Daylamite origin, which mainly ruled over Iraq and central and southern Iran from 934 to 1062. Coupl ...
amir of Iraq *
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad Seyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad ( fa, جلال آل‌احمد; December 2, 1923September 9, 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, Sociology, sociologist, as well as an Anthropology ...
(1923–1969), Iranian writer, thinker, and social and political critic *
Jalal Hosseini Seyyed Jalal Hosseini ( fa, سید جلال حسینی; born 3 February 1982), commonly known as Seyyed Jalal or Jalal Hosseini, is a former Iranian professional footballer who played as a centre-back and was the Captain of Iranian club Persep ...
(born 1982), Iranian football player *
Jalal Khoury Jalal Khoury (born in Beirut on 28 May 1933 – died on 3 December 2017) was a playwright, theatre director, comedian and artistic editor. First Lebanese playwright to be translated and performed internationally, his works are translated into ...
(1933–2017), Lebanese playwright, theater director, comedian *
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (July 24, 1944 – June 4, 2018) was an American poet and musician. He was one of the founding members of The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians that evolved in the 1960s out of the Harlem Writers Workshop in ...
(1944–2018), American poet * Jalal Merhi (born 1967), Canadian action film producer *
Jalal Pishvaian Jalal Pishvaian (10 June 1930 – 11 December 2021) was an Iranian actor. He acted in over 80 films. Life and career Jalal Pishvaian was born on 10 June 1930 in Tehran, Iran. Prior to acting, he owned a gym and was involved in boxing and Ju ...
(1930–2021), Iranian actor * Jalal Talabani (1933-2017), Iraqi politician, president *
Jalal Talebi Jalal Talebi ( fa, جلال طالبی, born 23 March 1942) is a retired Iranian football player and manager. Playing career Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the Iran national football ...
(born 1942), Iranian football player and manager *
Jalal Toufic Jalal Toufic is a Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author of various publications. Born to an Iraqi father and a Palestinian mother, he has lived in Lebanon for about seventeen years, and his work often reflects his heritage. He is co-publisher a ...
(born 1962), Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author *
Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeede ...
(born 1542), Mughal sultan *
Jalal Zolfonun Jalaal Zulfonun ( fa, جلال ذوالفنون, Jalâl Zolfonun, ) was an Iranian musician, setaar player, and a prominent composer and teacher of Persian music. Collaboration with Maurice Béjart He has also collaborated with Maurice Béjart ...
(1937–2012), Iranian composer and setar player


Family name

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Ahmed Galal Ahmed Galal may refer to: * Ahmed Galal (footballer) * Ahmed Galal (politician) Ahmed Galal (born 1948) is an Egyptian economist and politician, who was appointed minister of finance in the interim government headed by Hazem Al Beblawi on 16 Ju ...
(born 1948), Egyptian economist * Ayesha Jalal (born 1956), Pakistani-American historian *
Aziza Jalal Aziza Jalal ( ar, عزيزة جلال, ''Aziza Jalal''; born 15 December 1958)
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(born 1958), Moroccan Arabic pop singer * Farida Jalal (born 1950), Persian actor *
Imrana Jalal Imrana Jalal, also known as Patricia Jalal is a Fijian lawyer and activist of Indian descent, born on June 3, 1960 in Suva, Fiji to Sayed Abdul Jalal and Rosemary Jalal. She served as a Human Rights Commissioner on the Fiji Human Rights Commissio ...
, Indian-Fijian lawyer and activist *
Massouda Jalal xDr. Massouda Jalal (داکتر مسعوده جلال) is the first woman in the history of Afghanistan who ran for the Office of the President of Afghanistan in 2002, and again in 2004. She holds the distinction of being the first woman to compe ...
(born 1964), Afghan politician *
Ramez Galal Ramez Mohamed Galal Ahmed Tawufik ( ar, رامز محمد جلال أحمد توفيق; born 20 April 1973) is an Egyptian prankster, actor and singer. He graduated from the Egyptian Academy of Arts. Biography Ramez Galal is the son of the t ...
(born 1973), Egyptian comic, actor and singer *
Sayed Mahmood Jalal Sayed Mahmood Jalal (born 5 November 1980) is a Bahraini footballer currently playing with Al Muharraq Club of Bahrain and the Bahrain national football team The Bahrain national football team ( ar, منتخب البحرين لكرة الق ...
(born 1980), Bahraini footballer *
Shwan Jalal Shwan Jalal (born 14 August 1983) is a professional football coach and former goalkeeper. He is currently goalkeeping coach at Newcastle United. He was capped five times for the England C team, and was later called up for the Iraq national team ...
(born 1983), Iraqi-English football goalkeeper


Fictional people

*Galal, main character of the Galal trilogy by Egyptian author
Kamal Ruhayyim Kamal Ruhayyim (Arabic: كمال رحيم) (born 1947) is an Egyptian writer. He obtained a doctorate in law from Cairo University, before pursuing a career in law enforcement (police and Interpol). As an author, he is best known for the Galal tril ...
. *Jalal Fernandes, an antagonist in the Fairy Tail series.


See also

* Jalil (disambiguation)


References

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