Remembrance 5 from Chapter 38

Subbūḥun Quddūsun Rabbu-l-malā’ikati wa-r-rūḥ.

It is recorded in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim that ‘Ā’ishah reported that the Messenger of Allah used to say in his rukū‘ and sujūd: “Most Glorious and Most Holy, Lord of the angels and the Spirit.” ^[5].Scholars of the Arabic language say that ‘Subbūḥun Quddūsun’, with the ḍammah on the first of the two but sometimes fatḥah, and these are two variants, the best, most well-known and most often used is that with the ḍammah.

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