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عُلْيا

[the] high

সমুন্নত

Root letters: ع ل وAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,909 most frequentAdjective (ṣifa)
Learn it in lesson 191

About this word

Adjective (ṣifa)Root letters: ع ل و

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗ1 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)ٱلْعُلَىٰ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • ٱلْعُلْيَا ۗthe highestl-ʿul'yā · 1 times
  • ٱلْعُلَى[the] highl-ʿulā · 1 times
  • ٱلْعُلَىٰ[the] highl-ʿulā · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root ع ل و — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

Surah 20:4 — Read full ayah

But whoever comes to Him as a believer having done righteous deeds - for those will be the highest degrees [in position]:

Surah 20:75 — Read full ayah

If you do not aid him [i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ)] - Allāh has already aided him when those who disbelieved had driven him out [of Makkah] as one of two, when they were in the cave and he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] said to his companion, "Do not grieve; indeed Allāh is with us." And Allāh sent down His tranquility upon him and supported him with soldiers [i.e., angels] you did not see and made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allāh - that is the highest. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.

Surah 9:40 — Read full ayah