lā illā Allah, and because it gathers within it both the fundamentals and the ancillary rulings of the Sacred Law.

– al-ṣalātu al-qāʾimah (the prayer about to be established): its meaning may be the prayer that is going to be performed, or the perpetual prayer—that is, the prescribed worship that no religion will ever change or abrogate. It will remain in force as long as the heavens and the earth endure.

– Āti: begins with a lengthened hamzah; it is a supplicatory imperative built upon the omission of the weak letter and means “grant.” Its subject is an implied “You.”

– al-wasīlah: on the pattern faʿīlah, plural wasāʾil. In Arabic it denotes whatever brings one close to another; here it is a rank, as the Prophet ﷺ clarified in another ḥadith: “It is a station in Paradise reserved for a servant of Allah, and I hope that I will be that servant.” Reported by Muslim (384).

– al-faḍīlah (the superiority): coordinated to al-wasīlah as a clarifying apposition; it is a level higher than that granted to all other created beings.

– maqāman maḥmūdan (a praised station): maqāman is in the accusative as an adverbial noun and is left indefinite for exaltation, while maḥmūdan is its adjective. Any distinction that elicits praise may be called a “praised station,” but what is intended here is the Greatest Intercession during the adjudication, at which moment all mankind, first and last, will praise him.

– ḥallat lahu (it becomes incumbent for him): from ḥalla yaḥillu, with the imperfect having a kasrah on the ḥāʾ. It means that intercession is due to him and deserved—an inevitable reality by virtue of the truthful promise. The phrase serves as the apodosis of the conditional particle man (“whoever”).

– shafāʿatī yawma l-qiyāmah (my intercession on the Day of Resurrection): The stronger view is that this refers to the Greatest Intercession by which all creatures are relieved of the terrors of the standing. It could also include other intercessions granted to the Prophet ﷺ, such as admitting people into Paradise without reckoning or raising ranks so that each person receives what befits him. Allah knows best.

– yawma l-qiyāmah (the Day of Resurrection): linguistically, qiyāmah is a noun derived from “to stand”; the feminine ending is for intensification, because on that day momentous events will “stand,” including the rising of all creatures from their graves and their standing