KNOWLEDGE
THE NAME OF ALLAH AL-MUTAKABBIR, is mentioned once in the Qur’an.
WHO IS AL- MUTAKABBIR?
- Al-Mutakabbir is a name which denotes greatness and supremacy. This is an exclusive name and attribute for Allah alone. It is dispraised for humans to show qualities of supremacy and arrogance. What causes someone to be arrogant? When they think they are intelligent, exclusive, no one is like them and everyone else is below them; they think they are above the truth.
- Allah is Al-Mutakabbir, supreme and above every evil, injustice, oppression and shortcomings. This entails affirming His perfect names, attributes, and actions.
- Supremacy befits none except Him because He Alone is the Owner while everything besides Him is owned. He Alone is the Nurturer while everything besides Him is nurtured. He Alone is the Creator while everything besides Him is created. He Alone is singled out with perfection, beauty, grandeur, while everything besides Him is imperfect, flawed and perishes.
- If the slave is arrogant, especially regarding the purpose he was created to fulfill (which is the worship of Allah Alone), Allah will disgrace him in this life and the next.
- Allah is Supreme in His Divinity and does not accept anything else to be worshipped but Him. He is exalted from having a wife, partner, father, child or any of these types of relations.
IMPACTS
- Magnifying and exalting Allah because He is Supreme.
- This name removes shirk and arrogance from the heart because one atom of arrogance prevents a person from entering paradise.
- This name gives us security because no one is supreme but Allah.
- Do not humiliate or put others down.
- Do not think “no one is like me, no one can understand me, I don’t need anyone”. Such a person will only listen to his voice and fall into the trap of the shaitan by becoming arrogant and above others.
IN THE QUR’AN
هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
“He is Allah, Whom there is 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. Glory be to Allah! (High is He) above all that they associate as partners with Him.”
[Surah Al-Hashr [59:23]]