Surah Al Ala Tafseer

The Command to pronounce Tasbih and its Response

Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Abbas that whenever the Messenger of Allah would recite

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاَْعْلَى

Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.

he would say,

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الاَْعْلَى

Glory to my Lord, the Most High.

Ibn Jarir recorded from Ibn Ishaq Al-Hamdani that whenever Ibn `Abbas would recite

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى

(Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.) he would say,

"Glory to my Lord, the Most High,"

and whenever he would recite

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ

(I swear by the Day of Resurrection.) and then reach the end of it

أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْيِىَ الْمَوْتَى

(Is not He able to give life to the dead) (75:1,40) he would say,

"Glory to You, of course."

Qatadah said,

"It has been mentioned to us that whenever the Prophet of Allah used to recite

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى

(Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High), he would say,

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الاَْعْلَى

Glory to my Lord, the Most High."

The Creation, the Decree, and the Bringing Forth of Vegetation

Allah says,

الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى