, the Mother of the Believers, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, left her early in the morning after praying the dawn prayer, while she was at her place of prayer. He returned later in the morning, while she was still sitting, and asked, “Have you remained as you were when I left you?”

She replied, “Yes.”

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “After leaving you, I said four phrases three times. If they were weighed against everything you have said since this morning, they would outweigh it: ‘Glory and praise be to Allah, in a measure equal to the number of His creation, His own good pleasure, the weight of His Throne, and the ink of His words.’”

In another narration: “Glory be to Allah, as numerous as His creation; glory be to Allah, to the extent of His pleasure; glory be to Allah, equal to the weight of His Throne; glory be to Allah, equal to the ink of His words.”

The point of the hadith is the greatest conceivable weight, as he mentioned, the greatest conceivable number, and the utmost conceivable speech and object of love—namely, the Lord’s speech and His pleasure. He also mentioned