Verse. 5949

٨٧ - ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ

87 - Al-A'la

سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْاَعْلَى۝۱ۙ
Sabbihi isma rabbika alaAAla

English

Ahmed Ali

GLORIFY THE NAME of your Lord, most high,

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : and from his narration on the authority of ibn 'abbas that he said concerning the interpretation of allah's saying (praise the name of thy lord the most high): '(praise the name of your lord the most high) he says: pray, o muhammad, by the command of your lord the most high, who is higher than all things; it is also said that this means: remember, o muhammad, the divine oneness of your lord; and it is said this means: say, o muhammad, in your prostration “praise be to my lord the most high”,

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : glorify the name of your lord, that is, exalt your lord above what does not befit him (ism [in isma rabbika, ‘the name of your lord’] is extra), the most high (an adjective qualifying rabbika, ‘your lord’),

Sahl al-Tustari

تفسير : glorify the name of your lord most high,he said:it [means] to proclaim his transcendence (tanzīh) above having rivals (aḍdād) and equals (andād). this is its outward meaning. in its inner meaning, it is to witness him (mushāhadatuhu) through remembrance (dhikr) during the ritual prayer without witnessing anything else.his words, exalted is he: