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Al-Muta'ali
الْمُتَعَالِي
The Most Exalted
What it means
Al-Mutaʿālī transcends every creaturely category: time, space, form, need, limit, cause. When a mind reaches an idea that seems infinite, it stops far short of Him.
Qur'anic evidence
This name appears explicitly in the following ayahs:
Q 13:9
Sources for this entry
The Arabic name and its enumeration follow the traditional list in Sunan al-Tirmidhī (§3507). The concise explanation reflects the consensus classical understanding taught in Al-Ghazālī's Al-Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Kathīr's tafsīr. Qur'anic references are locations where the name appears in the Mushaf.
Contemplate Al-Muta'ali with SABR
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