Names of Allah: Al Mutakabbir

Names of Allah: Al Mutakabbir is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 9 in which Sheikh Azhari and his children learn about Al-Mutakabbir, the Supreme in greatness, one of the beautiful names of Allah.

What do we say when we start to pray? "Allahu Akbar": Allah is the greatest, greater than anything else. The name Al-Mutakabbir is linked to that word, and also to another one, kibr, which means pride.

In story time, one of the children tells the story of Prophet Adam (AS) and Shaytan. Allah made Adam from clay and gave him life, and ordered the angels to prostrate to him. They all obeyed, except Shaytan. "Why should I prostrate to him," he said, "when he is made of clay and I am made of fire?" He thought he was better than Adam: that was his pride. Only Allah is truly great.

So Shaytan is bad, and he tells us to do bad things, like not listening to our parents. So we should listen to our parents, our grandparents, our teachers and, most of all, Allah.

Then comes a game of opposites. White and black, good and bad, hot and freezing cold. Shaytan eats and drinks with his left hand, so we eat and drink with our right. Shaytan does not pray to Allah, so we pray.

One of the children asks a good question: if Shaytan is made of fire, how can the fire of Jahannam hurt him? The Sheikh answers with baking. A cake is made from flour, eggs and milk, but it does not look like flour at the end. Where something began is not what it always stays.

• Surah Al-Hashr 59:23: He is Allah ... the Almighty, the Compeller, the Supreme in greatness (Al-Mutakabbir).
• Surah Al-A'raf 7:11-12: The angels prostrated to Adam except Iblis, who said, "I am better than him; You created me from fire and him from clay."
• Sahih Muslim 2020: When one of you eats, let him eat with his right hand, and when he drinks, let him drink with his right hand, for Shaytan eats and drinks with his left.