Al-Musabbihat
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Al-Musabbihat (Arabic: الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ) are those suras of the Quran that begin with Allah's glorification 'Subhana', 'Sabbaha', and 'Yusabbihu'. According to Islamic scholar Muhammad Shafi Deobandi (1897–1976) the collective name of the series Al-Musabbihat refers to the following five or seven Surahs:
Sometime it also includes:
Among the seven Surahs, the first three, namely Al-Hadid, Al-Hashr and As-Saff commence with the past perfect tense 'sabbaha' "purity has been proclaimed" whilst the last two, namely Al-Jumu'ah and At-Taghabun commence with the imperfect tense yusabbihu [purity is proclaimed]. This implies that the purity of Allah should be declared at all times, the past, the present and the future.[4]
It is recorded in hadith[5] that Muhammad used to recite Al-Musabbihat before he went to sleep and said: "Indeed there is an Ayah in them that is better than one thousand Ayat.".[6] Ibn Kathir commented that this verse referred to is "Huwal awwallu wal aakhiru wazzaahiru wal baatinu wahuwa bi-kulli shai-in aleem." (Al-Hadid 57:3)
References
- ^ Nouman Ali Khan - Bayyinah Institute - Tafsir sessions
- ^ http://podcast.bayyinah.com/category/nouman-ali-khan/
- ^ Ma'ariful Qur'an
- ^ Tafsir al-Mazhari
- ^ Abu Dawud#5057, At-Tirmidhi#2921 and Nasa'i that Sayyidna 'Irbad Ibn Sariyah said
- ^ http://sunnah.com/urn/631650