الْمُتَعَالِي
AL-MUTA’ALI
(The Extremely Exalted One)
The Most Exalted, The High Exalted, The One who is clear from the attributes of the creation.
Allah is Al-Muta’ali, The One who is most high and exalted above all creation. He is far beyond any imagination, thought, and the human mind is to narrow to understand his true greatness.
Mentions From The Quran & Hadith
From the root ‘a-l-w which has the following classical Arabic connotations: to be high, elevated, lofty to be exalted, to rise up, to ascend to be higher to exceed, surpass to overcome, overwhelm to advance, promote, rise above to mount, be overtop, eminent
And [saying], “Be not haughty with Allah. Indeed, I have come to you with clear authority. (Quran 44:19)
وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّي آتِيكُم بِسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ ﴿١٩﴾
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted. (Quran 13:9)
عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْكَبِيرُ الْمُتَعَالِ ﴿٩﴾
They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded. (Quran 16:50)
يَخَافُونَ رَبَّهُم مِّن فَوْقِهِمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ ۩ ﴿٥٠﴾ ۞
Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity. (Quran 17:43)
سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا ﴿٤٣﴾
