Al-Muta`âlî: The Exalted

"...Allah is the Great, the Exalted (Al-Muta`âlî)" (13:9).

The Exalted has the meaning of the Highest (Al-`Alî) but in an intensified form. Whereas everything upon the earth evolves from health to illness, from youth to old age, from being beautiful today and handicapped tomorrow, Allah is free of all of these defects and above any defect. The true meaning of the Exalted is too great to be understood by one's imagination.