قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَخَفَّ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ مِنْهَا وَ لَا أَبْلَغَ مِنْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يُجْزِئُنِي فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَكَانَ التَّسْبِيحِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ نَعَمْ كُلُّ ذَا ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُمَا فَمَا تَفْسِيرُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَنَفَةٌ لِلَّهِ أَ مَا تَرَى الرَّجُلَ إِذَا عَجِبَ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ .
Translation
Ali, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no word lighter upon the tongue than it, nor any more eloquent than ‘Glory be to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’’. I said, ‘Would it suffice me during the <span class="iTxt">Rukū</span> and the <span class="iTxt">Sajdah</span> if I was saying in place of the Glorification, ‘There is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is the Greatest?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes. All that is the Mention of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘(The sentences) ‘The praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’, we understand these two. So what is the interpretation of ‘Glory be to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A sense of respect for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Do you not see that when the man is astounded from something, he says, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>!’?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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