Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High)

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Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High) is one of the divine names of God in Islam, signifying His absolute transcendence, exaltedness, and supremacy over all creation.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Attribute of God in Islam ⓘ
Name of God in Islam ⓘ
affirmedBy Shi‘a theology ⓘ
Sunni theology ⓘ
classical Islamic creed texts ⓘ
appearsIn Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
associatedWith God’s absolute authority ⓘ
God’s being above His creation ⓘ
God’s perfection ⓘ
category Asma’ Allah al-Husna ⓘ
linked to: Asma ul Husna
contrastedWith any notion of deficiency in God ⓘ
denotes God’s absolute greatness ⓘ
God’s exaltedness ⓘ
God’s loftiness above all imperfections ⓘ
God’s supremacy over all creation ⓘ
God’s transcendence ⓘ
grammaticalForm intensive form (fa‘īl pattern) of the root ʿ-L-W ⓘ
implies God is higher than His creation in essence ⓘ
God is higher than His creation in power ⓘ
God is higher than His creation in status ⓘ
no one shares God’s rank ⓘ
inspires humility in worshippers ⓘ
recognition of human lowliness before God ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
meaning The Exalted ⓘ
The Most Exalted ⓘ
The Most High ⓘ
The Supremely High ⓘ
numberInAsmaAlHusna one of the 99 Names of Allah ⓘ
pairedWith Al-Hakim ⓘ
Al-Kabir ⓘ
Al-‘Azim ⓘ
Al-‘Azim in Ayat al-Kursi ⓘ
recitedIn Islamic prayers and supplications ⓘ
relatedConcept tanzih (declaring God free from imperfection) ⓘ
‘uluww (highness, elevation) ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
root ʿ-L-W (ع ل و) ⓘ
theologicalRole emphasizes divine transcendence (tanzih) ⓘ
negates anthropomorphic limitation of God ⓘ
transliterationVariant Al-Ali ⓘ
Al-‘Ali ⓘ
linked to: Al-Ali
usedFor invocation of God in supplication ⓘ
praise of God ⓘ
remembrance of God (dhikr) ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-Mu’min → emphasizesAttributeOfGod → Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High) ⓘ
Al-Ma‘ārij → associatedWithAttributeOfGod → Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High) ⓘ
Arsh (Divine Throne) → associatedAttributeOfGod → al‑ʿAliyy (The Most High) ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High)
Al-A'la → opensWith → سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High)
القدوس → مرتبط بـ → اسم الله الملك ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High)
Al-Mutakabbir → associatedWithConcept → Tanzih (God’s incomparability) ⓘ
linked to: Al-‘Aliyy (The Most High)