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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 43of 111

سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.

Word-by-word meaning

سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
وَتَعَـٰلَىٰwataʿālāand Exalted is He
عَمَّاʿammāabove what
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
عُلُوًّۭاʿuluwwan(by) height
كَبِيرًۭاkabīrangreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ(Glorified and Exalted is He high above what they say!) meaning these idolators who transgress and do wrong when they claim that there are other gods besides Him.عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً(high above) means, far above. He is Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable or coequal unto Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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