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عِلِىٌّ

Root: علو

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عِلِىٌّ i. q. عُلُوٌّ [an Verbal.Noun of 1, q. v.]. Hence the reading of Ibn-Mes'ood [in the Kur xxvii. 14], ظُلْمًا وَعِلِيًّا [By reason of wrongfulness and self-exaltation].
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