The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · The Closing Verses of Surat Al-Hashr

Al-Mutakabbir المتكبر

The Supreme, exalted above every evil, deficiency and flaw, by His greatness and grandeur.

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. 171 ↗

Evidence

﴿هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِي لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡمَلِكُ ٱلۡقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُ ٱلۡمُهَيۡمِنُ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡجَبَّارُ ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرُۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٢٣﴾
Al-Hashr 23

Call upon Allah by this name

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

From the Prophetic Sunnah

In bowing and prostration

«سبحان ذي الجبروت والملكوت والكبرياء والعظمة»

Sunan Abi Dawud (873) and Sunan an-Nasa'i (1120)

Grading: Authentic — al-Albani, Sahih Abi Dawud (776)

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