The Thunder
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[13:9]
He knows all that is beyond the reach of a created being’s perception as well as all that can be witnessed by a creature’s senses or mind – the Great One, the One far above anything that is or could ever be!

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* v.9 : See sūrah 6, note 65.
* God’s attribute al-muta‘āl, which occurs in the Qur’ān only in this one instance, denotes His infinite exaltedness above anything existing or potential; also, according to Zamakhsharī, above anything that could be circumscribed by human definitions. (See in this connection the last sentence of 6:100 and the corresponding note 88.)