The 99 Names · The Closing Verses of Surat Al-Hashr
Al-'Azeez العزيز
The Almighty, to whom all might belongs: the might of strength, the might of needing no one, and the might of overpowering all things.
Explanation
A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 94 ↗
The author explains this name together with: Al-Qadeer, Al-Qaadir, Al-Muqtadir, Al-Qawiyy, Al-Mateen
Evidence
﴿هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُ ٱلۡمُهَيۡمِنُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡجَبَّارُ ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٢٣﴾
﴿وَلَا يَحۡزُنكَ قَوۡلُهُمۡۘ إِنَّ ٱلۡعِزَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًاۚ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٦٥﴾
Call upon Allah by this name
“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180
From the Quran
Supplication of Abraham and those with him
﴿رَبَّنَا لَا تَجۡعَلۡنَا فِتۡنَةࣰ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا رَبَّنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ﴾
Al-Mumtahanah 5
From the Prophetic Sunnah
The Prophet ﷺ taught it to a Bedouin
«لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، الله أكبر كبيرا، والحمد لله كثيرا، سبحان الله رب العالمين، لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العزيز الحكيم»
Sahih Muslim (2696), from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Grading: Authentic