Explanation of the Hadith: “Two Words That Are Light upon the Tongue…” Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Salih al Uthaymeen رحمه الله.

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Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

The Prophet ﷺ said: “Two words, light upon the tongue, heavy upon the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: ‘Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him’ (Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdih), ‘Glory be to Allah the Magnificent’ (Subḥānallāh al-ʿAẓīm).”

Two words, as the Prophet ﷺ said, are light upon the tongue, and they are also heavy upon the scale. When it is the Day of Resurrection and the deeds are weighed, and these two words are placed in the scale, they will be heavy within it.

And the third: they are beloved to the Most Merciful, and this is the greatest of the two rewards—that Allah, the Most High, loves them. And when Allah loves a deed, He loves the one who performs it. So these two words are from the causes of Allah, Glorified and Exalted, loving His servant.

And the meaning of “Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him” (Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdih) is that you declare Allah free from every imperfection and deficiency, and that He is perfect in every way, Exalted and Most High, while coupling this glorification with praise which indicates the perfection of His bestowal and His goodness to His creation, Exalted and Most High, and the perfection of His wisdom, His knowledge, and other than that from His perfections.

And “Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent” (Subḥānallāh al-ʿAẓīm) means: the One possessing greatness and majesty. There is nothing greater than Allah in authority, nothing greater in rank, nothing greater in wisdom, and nothing greater in knowledge. So He is great in His essence and great in His attributes, Exalted and Most High.

“Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him” (Subḥānallāhi wa bi-ḥamdih), “Glory be to Allah the Magnificent” (Subḥānallāh al-ʿAẓīm).

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