I thought we need "the" before the word most.
Such as in:
She is the most beautiful girl.
But, I came across this sentence:
Most incredible is how many Islamic scholars have popped up over the past few years.
Why isn't there "the" before the word "most" ? I know "the" is not needed if the word afterward is an adverb as in:
I like it most.
However, "incredible" isn't being used as an adverb here.
Best Answer
Adding to @GoDucks' nice answer, when most means very, exceedingly or extremely as an intensifier, you should not use the definite article the. It could be a better explanation because there is a case where the is not used even though there is a noun after "most + adjective", i.e.:
The above sentence doesn't mean that the procedure is the most dangerous procedure of all the procedures. It just indicates a degree of danger that the procedure carries.
Therefore, whenever you see the word most without articles, you could try to replace it with the intensifiers I suggested above, i.e.: