“Subḥān Allāh, al-ḥamdu lillāh, lā ilāha illā Allāh, Allāhu Akbar, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh al-ʿAliyy al-ʿAẓīm,” as related in the ḥadith of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Awfā.

4 – These noble phrases declare that Allah is exalted above every deficiency and flaw, while affirming the opposite—praise and absolute perfection. They negate the existence of any partner alongside Him in His essence, attributes, actions, divinity, or lordship, and they affirm for Him majesty, grandeur, honor, and greatness. At the same time they express humble submission before Him by denying that the servant possesses any independent power or might, restricting all such power solely to Him—Exalted is He—for He alone is the possessor of power, bounty, might, greatness, majesty, and unrestricted perfection.

5 – The excellence of this magnificent remembrance is shown by the fact that it substitutes for Sūrat al-Fātiḥah, the greatest chapter of the Quran; for that reason it has been given precedence over all other invocations in this important circumstance.

6 – This demonstrates the ease and graciousness of the Sharīʿah: a Muslim is never charged with more than he can bear. Whenever he is unable to enter through one door of goodness, Allah opens for him another, so that his reward is completed and he reaches the station Allah has decreed for him.