عزة
ʿIzza
Might and honour: the high standing that belongs to God, to His Prophet and to the believers.
What it means
ʿIzza means might, honour and a standing that cannot be overcome. The Quran assigns it first to God: “Whoever desires honour, to God belongs all honour” (35:10). It then names those who share in it by His grant: “Honour belongs to God, to His Messenger and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know” (63:8). Faruqi lists it as the high position that belongs to God, to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and to the Muslims in their own realms. The same root gives the divine name al-ʿAzīz, the Almighty. Muslims draw on the word to say that the dignity of the community comes from faithfulness to God and does not depend on worldly power.
Term and Arabic as listed in Ismail al Faruqi, Toward Islamic English (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1995), p. 39, listed as ʿIZZAH. The definition is restated here.