Name 78 of the 99 Names of Allah. See its root and meaning, the verse where it appears, and how to use it in your dua.
Name 78 of 99
الْمُتَعَالِيْ
Al-Mutaʿālī
The Most Exalted
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Meaning
Al-Mutaali (الْمُتَعَالِيْ) means The Most Exalted. It is name 78 in the well-known list of the 99 Names of Allah. Al-Mutaʿālī is exalted above everything, and far above any likeness to creation. The form shows a height that keeps rising beyond all imagining.
Al-Mutaali comes from the Arabic root ع ل و (ʿ-l-w), which carries the sense of rising high.
The name comes once, in 13:9, with Al-Kabīr.
عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلْكَبِيرُ ٱلْمُتَعَالِ
'Aalimul Ghaibi wash shahaadatil Kaabeerul Muta'aal
[He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Grand, the Exalted.
Quran 13:9. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Allah says: "And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them" (7:180). Begin your dua with يَا مُتَعَالِيْ (Yā Mutaʿālī) and ask for what fits its meaning. For example: "Yā Mutaʿālī, raise my thoughts above this world."
تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ
Tabārakta rabbanā wa taʿālayt
Blessed are You, our Lord, and Exalted. (The end of the qunūt.)
Sunan Abi Dawud 1425
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Questions
Al-Mutaali (الْمُتَعَالِيْ) means The Most Exalted. Al-Mutaʿālī is exalted above everything, and far above any likeness to creation.
The name comes once, in 13:9, with Al-Kabīr.
Say Yā Mutaʿālī (يَا مُتَعَالِيْ) at the start of your dua, then ask for what suits the Name, for example: "Yā Mutaʿālī, raise my thoughts above this world."
Yes, as Abdul-Mutaali, "servant of Al-Mutaali". Names that show servitude to one of Allah's Names are among the best names, as the Prophet ﷺ said of Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman (Sahih Muslim 2132).