Is "Al-Akbar" among the Beautiful Names of Allah?
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Among the names of Allah Almighty are: "Al-Kabeer" (The Most Great), as in His saying, "Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Exalted," and "Al-Mutakabbir" (The Most Proud/Supreme), as in His saying, "He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the Sovereign, the Holy, the Source of Peace, the Giver of Security, the Watcher over all, the All-Mighty, the Compeller, the Supremely Great. Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him." As for the name "Al-Akbar" (The Greater), it has not been mentioned among the beautiful names of Allah in the Qur'an and , and the names of Allah are divinely ordained (tawqifiyyah).
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