Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 43 (17:43)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا

Quran 17:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 286 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:43
سُبْحَٰنَهُۥوَتَعَٰلَىٰعَمَّايَقُولُونَعُلُوًّاكَبِيرًا٤٣
sub'ḥānahu wataʿālā ʿammā yaqūlūna ʿuluwwan kabīran

Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity.(43)

Word by word

  1. سُبْحَٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahuGlorified is He
  2. وَتَعَٰلَىٰwataʿālāand Exalted is He
  3. عَمَّاʿammāabove what
  4. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
  5. عُلُوًّاʿuluwwan(by) height
  6. كَبِيرًاkabīrangreat

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