Al-Ala

Posted on 03/12/2012 by marina

AL-A’LA ال على
“The Most High.” The title of the lxxxviith Surah of the Qur’an, in the second verse of which the word occurs: “The name of thy Lord the most high is celebrated.”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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