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Surah al-A‘la is Makkan (1).

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

“Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.”

“Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” means (2): say, “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.” A group of the Companions and the Successors held this view.

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Shurayhi informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha‘labi informed us; Abdullah ibn Hamid informed us; Ahmad ibn Abdullah informed us; Muhammad ibn Abdullah related to us; Abdullah ibn Umar ibn Aban related to us; Waki‘ related to us, from Isra’il, from Abu Ishaq, from Muslim ibn al-Batin, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, that when the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, recited, “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High,” he would say: “Glory be to my Lord, the Most High.” (3)

Others said: Its meaning is: declare your Lord, the Most High, free of what the heretics ascribe to Him; they regarded the word “name” as supplementary. This is cited as evidence by those who hold that the name and the thing named are one and the same, since no one says, “Glory be to the name of Allah,” or, “Glory be to the name of our Lord.” Rather, one says, “Glory be to Allah,” and, “Glory be to our Lord.” Thus, the meaning of “Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High” is: glorify your Lord.

(1) Ibn al-Durays, al-Nahhas, Ibn Mardawayh, and al-Bayhaqi narrated from Ibn Abbas that Surah Sabbih was revealed in Mecca. Ibn Mardawayh also narrated this from Aishah and Ibn al-Zubayr. See al-Durr al-Manthur, 8:479. (2) Added from manuscript “B.” (3) Narrated by Abu Dawud in Kitab al-Salah, chapter on supplication during prayer, 1:422. Al-Bayhaqi also narrated it in al-Sunan, 2:311, through the route of Waki. Al-Hakim authenticated it, 1:263-264, according to the conditions of the two Shaykhs, and al-Dhahabi concurred. It was also narrated by Imam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 1:232. Abu Dawud said: “Waki was contradicted regarding this hadith; Abu Waki—namely al-Jarrah ibn Malih—and Shubah narrated it from Abu Ishaq, from Said ibn Jubayr.” See also al-Kafi al-Shafi, p. 184; and al-Durr al-Manthur, 8:482.

سُورَةُ الْأَعْلَى مَكِّيَّةٌ (١) بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى (١) ﴾ ﴿سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى﴾ [يَعْنِي] (٢) قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى. وَإِلَى هَذَا ذَهَبَ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الشُّرَيْحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَامِدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ الْبَطِينِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَرَأَ "سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى" فَقَالَ: "سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى" (٣) . وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: مَعْنَاهُ نَزِّهْ رَبَّكَ الْأَعْلَى عَمَّا يَصِفُهُ بِهِ الْمُلْحِدُونَ، وَجَعَلُوا الِاسْمَ صِلَةً. وَيَحْتَجُّ بِهَذَا مَنْ يَجْعَلُ الِاسْمَ وَالْمُسَمَّى وَاحِدًا، لِأَنَّ أَحَدًا لَا يَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَ اسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اسْمِ رَبِّنَا، إِنَّمَا يَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَسُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا، فَكَانَ مَعْنَى سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى: سَبِّحْ رَبَّكَ.

(١) أخرج ابن الضريس والنحاس وابن مردويه والبيهقي عن ابن عباس قال: نزلت (سبح) بمكة. وأخرجه ابن مردويه عن عائشة وابن الزبير. انظر: الدر المنثور: ٨ / ٤٧٩. (٢) زيادة من "ب". (٣) أخرجه أبو داود في الصلاة، باب الدعاء في الصلاة: ١ / ٤٢٢، ومن طريق وكيع رواه البيهقي في السنن: ٢ / ٣١١ وصححه الحاكم: ١ / ٢٦٣-٢٦٤ على شرط الشيخين ووافقه الذهبي، وأخرجه الإمام أحمد في المسند: ١ / ٢٣٢. قال أبو داود: خولف وكيع في هذا الحديث، رواه أبو وكيع - وهو الجراح بن مليح - وشعبة عن أبي إسحاق عن سعيد ابن جبير. وانظر: الكافي الشاف ص١٨٤، والدر المنثور: ٨ / ٤٨٢.