“My servant has praised Me.” And when he says, “The Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful,” He says, “My servant has extolled Me.” (1) Thus Allah, Exalted is He, distinguishes between extolling and praise, because extolling is the repetition of praiseworthy attributes.

The definite article in “all praise” denotes comprehensiveness; that is, every kind of praise belongs to Allah alone: praise for bringing benefit, for averting harm, and for the attainment of particular and general good. All of it belongs to Allah in every perfect sense.

Ibn al-Qayyim, in his book Badāʾiʿ al-Fawāʾid, discusses at length the distinctions between praise and commendation, as well as other Arabic expressions whose meanings escape many people. He examined these matters extensively and said: “When our shaykh—Ibn Taymiyyah—spoke on this subject, he would bring forth truly remarkable insights.” Yet, as it has been said:

A flash of lightning shone from Najd, and I said to it:
Leave me be, for I am preoccupied with something else.

That is, Shaykh al-Islam, may Allah have mercy on him, was occupied with what was more important than investigating a word in the Arabic language and the subtleties of Arabic.

His saying, “and all blessing,” means divine bestowal; thus, all blessing belongs to Allah.

His saying, “all blessing is Yours”: how can this be expressed with the preposition “for,” when what would appear more natural is to say, “All blessing is from You”?

The answer is that “all blessing is Yours” means that all gracious favor belongs to You; You are the Possessor of all bounty.