The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Al-Muta'aali المتعالي

The Most Exalted, high above everything in His essence, status and dominance.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 80 ↗

The author explains this name together with: Al-'Aliyy, Al-A'laa, المتعال

Evidence

﴿عَٰلِمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلۡكَبِيرُ ٱلۡمُتَعَالِ ۝٩﴾
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Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

Example for practice
سبحانك يا متعالي، تعاليت عن كل نقص، فطهّر قلبي من الكِبر والعُجب

Glory be to You, O Al-Muta'aali, exalted above every flaw; purify my heart from arrogance and self-admiration.

An example for practice, not a transmitted text — following the Quranic way of closing a request with the fitting name (see Ibn al-Qayyim, Bada'i' al-Fawa'id 2/249).

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