Majesty and praise
Al-Kabīr / Al-Mutaʿāl ٱلْكَبِير
The Most Great, above whom nothing is greater and beside whom nothing is large.
31 āyāt · 19 sūrahs · root ك ب ر
Why Allah uses this name
Ibn Kathīr pairs it with al-ʿAlī to complete the argument: greatness and height together leave rival powers nothing to stand on.
Take this with you
Right-size the thing you are afraid of by naming who is above it.
'That is because Allah is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Most Great' (22:62).
Qurʾān 22:62
Where it appears in the Qur'an
Counted from the muṣḥaf text as served by the Quran.com API. A few occurrences describe someone other than Allah; read the āyah in place to see which.
4. Sūrat An-Nisāʾ النساء
2 āyahs
āyah 2, 34
8. Sūrat Al-Anfāl الأنفال
1 āyah
āyah 73
11. Sūrat Hūd هود
2 āyahs
āyah 3, 11
13. Sūrat Ar-Raʿd الرعد
1 āyah
āyah 9
17. Sūrat Al-Isrāʾ الإسراء
6 āyahs
āyah 4, 9, 31, 43, 60, 87
22. Sūrat Al-Ḥajj الحج
1 āyah
āyah 62
25. Sūrat Al-Furqān الفرقان
3 āyahs
āyah 19, 21, 52
28. Sūrat Al-Qaṣaṣ القصص
1 āyah
āyah 23
31. Sūrat Luqmān لقمان
1 āyah
āyah 30
33. Sūrat Al-Aḥzāb الأحزاب
2 āyahs
āyah 47, 68
34. Sūrat Sabaʾ سبأ
1 āyah
āyah 23
35. Sūrat Fāṭir فاطر
2 āyahs
āyah 7, 32
40. Sūrat Ghāfir غافر
1 āyah
āyah 12
42. Sūrat Ash-Shūrā الشورى
1 āyah
āyah 22
54. Sūrat Al-Qamar القمر
1 āyah
āyah 53
57. Sūrat Al-Ḥadīd الحديد
1 āyah
āyah 7
67. Sūrat Al-Mulk الملك
2 āyahs
āyah 9, 12
76. Sūrat Al-Insān الإنسان
1 āyah
āyah 20
85. Sūrat Al-Burūj البروج
1 āyah
āyah 11
Names it closes āyāt with
The Qur'an often seals an āyah with two names together. These are the pairings this name appears in most.
Names close to this one
Al-Malik / Al-Mālik ٱلْمَلِك
The King, the Owner: sole possessor of authority, most plainly on the Day no one else holds any.
Al-Quddūs ٱلْقُدُّوس
The Most Holy: free of every defect, and above anything creation attributes to Him.
As-Salām ٱلسَّلَام
The Source of Peace: free from all deficiency, and the giver of safety to His creation.
Al-Mutakabbir ٱلْمُتَكَبِّر
The Supreme in greatness — greatness that belongs to Him alone and to no creature.
Al-ʿAẓīm ٱلْعَظِيم
The Magnificent: greatness beyond measure or comparison.
Al-ʿAlī / Al-Aʿlā ٱلْعَلِىّ
The Most High: exalted in essence, in power and in rank above all creation.
Al-Jalīl ٱلْجَلِيل
The Majestic: possessor of every attribute of greatness and honour.
Al-Majīd ٱلْمَجِيد
The All-Glorious: vast in honour, greatness and generosity together.