Why do we say this in ruku and sajdah? It is out of humility, reminding ourselves how small we are, and we acknowledge Allah's Purity and that He is the Rabb.Īs stated in the previous post on hamd, the dwellers of Jannah's last call will be: "Alhamdulillah!", but what do they say when they enter Jannah? Suboohun: the One who is Exalted a lot, Quddoos : the One who is very Pure, Rabb ul Malaaikati war Rooh : Rabb of the angels and of Jibreel. We learn from a hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim from A'ishah radi Allahu anha, that the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam used to say in ruku and sajdah: Suboohun, Qudoosun, Rabb al Malaa'ikati war Rooh. (Imagine when you see something amazing, right away, you say: "subhanAllah!")Ī name of Allah that coincides with this root is As-Subooh, which means The Exalted One who is praised and glorified extensively. It is used for prompt obedience that comes out immediately, like an immediate reaction. When doing tasbeeh, you affirm (i.e., keep afloat) the Perfection of Allah ta'ala and His disassociation to His creation. How does this connect with glorifying Allah? It denotes the quickness in betaking oneself to Allah, in agility in serving and obeying Him. A more appropriate translation is, SubhanAllah: How Perfect is Allah and Far Above any flaw and association.Īnother meaning of the root seen-ba-ha is the act of swimming, floating, and being quick and swift as well as being remote. Translations such as "glory be to Allah" do not contain the full meaning of tasbeeh, rather it is an impartial translation. When one does tasbeeh, they negate any flaw and affirm all perfection in Allah azza wa jal. He is free from and above all kinds of association (shirk) and any un-divine attributes. He is far above and beyond any similarity to His Creation.ģ. To say He has no flaw in His Perfection, that He is Far above any imperfection.Ģ. ![]() Subhan is from seen-ba-ha and it means to glorify, praise, magnify, extol Allah, by tongue or by heart. Tasbeeh is comprised of two words: Subhan and Allah: The word tasbeeh means the act of saying subhanAllah just as tahmeed means the act of saying alhamdulillah. My intention is to give a tiny drop from the ocean of what tasbeeh really contains, so we do not continue to repeat this phrase (especially in salah) without knowing its true meaning. The utter beauty, completeness, total negation, absolute perfection and exaltation that is contained in saying those two words completely boggles my mind and I know I cannot do any justice to it.
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