Halim 2802982 211065740 2008-05-08T17:12:43Z Neelix 1169106 Specified category {{orphan|date=January 2008}} '''Halim''' ('''حليم''') is an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] [[adjective]] with two meanings. *In [[Islam]], ''al-Halim'' is one of the 99 names of God *A virtue that can be translated as gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger—"what we call a civilized man" <ref>Golziher, Ignaz, ''Muslim Studies'', ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1967), pp. 202–203, as cited in Stetkevych, Jaroslav, ''Muhammad and the Golden Bough: Deconstructing Arabian Myth'' (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996), p. 14.</ref> Halim is also a name given to a male (as '''Abdul Halim'''): *[[Abdul Hamid Halim]], 28th Sultan of Kedah *[[Abdel Halim Ali]], Egyptian footballer *[[Halim Barakat]], Syrian novelist *[[Halim Begaj]], Albanian footballer *[[Halim Benmabrouk]], Algerian footballer *[[Halim El-Dabh]], American composer *[[Halim El Roumi]], Lebanese musician *[[Abdel Halim Hafez]], Egyptian singer **[[Halim (album)]], a Belgian record named after him **[[Halim (film)]], a film based on him *[[Abdul Halim bin Haron]], Singaporean bodybuilder *[[Halim Haryanto]], American badminton player *[[Abdul Halim Khaddam]], ex-Vice President of Syria *[[Abd Halim Mahmud]], 46th Grand Imam of Al-Azhar University *[[Halim Medaci]], Algerian footballer *[[Halim Nassim Abi Chahine]], Lebanese surgeon *[[Said Halim Pasha]], Ottoman Empire Grand Vizier *[[Halim Saad]], Malaysian businessman *[[Abdul Halim Sadiqi]], Pakistani terror suspect *[[Halim Shah]], Bangladeshi cricketer *[[Abdul Halim Sharar]], Indian historian *[[Sheikh Abdul Halim]], Chechen rebel *[[Tuanku Abdul Halim]], current Sultan of Kedah Halim may also be a last name: *[[Aziza Abdel-Halim]], President of the Muslim Women's National Network, Australia *[[Helmy Halim]], Egyptian filmmaker *[[Mustafa Ben Halim]], ex-Prime Minister of Libya *[[Rachman Halim]], Indonesian businessman == Notes == {{reflist}} [[Category:Allah]] [[Category:Arabic masculine given names]] [[Category:Arabic words and phrases]] [[Category:Islamic terms]] [[Category:Names of God]] [[Category:Virtues]]