Sure 17 Al-Israa — Aya 43
43
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا
Gepriesen sei Er und in großer Weise Erhaben über all das, was sie behaupten.
sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīran
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- سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ sub'ḥānahu Glorified is He
- وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ wataʿālā and Exalted is He
- عَمَّا ʿammā above what
- يَقُولُونَ yaqūlūna they say
- عُلُوًّۭا ʿuluwwan (by) height
- كَبِيرًۭا kabīran great
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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.