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{{about|the name of God (''ʿalīm'')|a scholar (''ʿālim'') in Islam|Ulama}}
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| name          = Alim
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| pronunciation = {{IPA|ar|ʕaliːm|lang}}
| gender        = Male
| meaning       = All-knowing one, He who has master self, Adept [[Omniscience|omniscient]]
| region        = [[Middle East]]
| language      = [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
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| alternative spelling = Aleem
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'''Alim''' (or '''ʿAlīm''' {{lang|ar|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]] (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 (Kokand)|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==
* [[Alim (surname)]], surname
*[[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 (disambiguation)|Alimullah]]
*[[Alimuddin (disambiguation)|Alimuddin]]

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