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الْمُتَكَبِّرُ

Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر): Meaning of Allah’s Name

Name 11 of 991 verse of the Quran

Al-Mutakabbir: The One Supreme in Glory, The justly and rightfully proud

Recitation: Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary · 24 voices to choose from

Explanation of the name Al-Mutakabbir

The One Who is above any evil, defect and deficiency due to His greatness and grandeur.

"He is Allaah, other than whom none has the right to be worshipped. The King, the Holy, The One free from defects, the Giver of Security, the Ever-Watcher, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be to Allaah! (High is He) Above all that they associate as partners with Him." (59:23)

— ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sa‘di

The Exalted, said: “He is Allah beside Whom La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the King, the Holy, the One Free from all defects, the Giver of security, the Watcher over His creatures, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supreme.” (Al-Hashr: 23)

The Linguistic Meaning:

Al-Kibr: Greatness, supremacy and high honor. Our Lord, the Praiseworthy, is Al-Mutakkabbir: Supreme in His Essence and Attributes, for everything else is tiny and lowly in front of Him. He is the Great with supremacy, Who is extremely Proud over the tyrants, and if they try to compete with His Greatness He would subdue them. He is extremely Proud to the extent that He does not commit injustice on any of His slaves, supremely Proud above any evil, or diminish, Supreme over the attributes of His creatures, for there is nothing similar to Him.

The Grandeur of Al-Mutakkabbir

His Grandeur indicates the high esteem of Him, the Praiseworthy, that He completely deserves. His Perfection is ultimate; therefore, this Name is restricted to Him only and it is not suitable or proper to call on anyone else by this Name.

— Maher bin Moqaddam

The name in the Quran

This name occurs in 1 verse of 1 surah.

هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْقُدُّوسُ ٱلسَّلَٰمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُ ٱلْمُهَيْمِنُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْجَبَّارُ ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ ۝٢٣

He is Allāh, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Grantor of Security, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allāh above whatever they associate with Him.

Explanation: Al-Mukhtasar

22-23. He is Allāh, the one whom there is no true deity except Him; He is the Knower of the absent and the present: nothing is hidden from Him; the Benevolent of the world and the afterlife and their Merciful: His mercy encompasses the worlds; the Master; the Pure and Sacred from every deficiency; the Faultless from every defect; The Corroborator of His messengers with manifest signs; the Observer of the actions of His servants; the Almighty whom no one can overpower; the Omnipotent who controls everything through His power, the Imperious. Pure and glorified is He from the idols and other things the idolaters ascribe to Him.

Surah Al-Hashr, Verse 23

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