عَلِيhigh

Example sentences

• وإلا فالدولة لعدوه عليه، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله العليّ العظيم

  Otherwise, the upper hand belongs to his enemy over him, and there is no power or strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Great.

  الْعَلِيِّ — the Most High. An adjective trailing the divine name, definite and genitive to agree — 'the Exalted'. The agreement marks it as a divine epithet describing 'God'.

  From: How Satan Exploits Weakness →

• وعلى علي الذي من زمن الطفولية في الإسلام ربي،

  And upon Ali, who was nurtured in Islam since childhood.

  عَلِيٍّ — Ali. This proper name is governed by the preposition 'upon', so it sits in the post-preposition form with the -in ending, and a relative clause describing him follows.

  From: The Story of Prophet Joseph →