our Lord, and to You belongs all praise.’ He then stood once more for almost the same length of time as his bowing, after which he prostrated and said, ‘Subḥāna rabbī al-aʿlā (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High),’ and his prostration was nearly as long as his standing.” Reported by Muslim.

[Explanation]
The author—may Allah have mercy on him—relates, on the authority of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (may Allah be pleased with him), that he prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) one night—that is, on a particular night among the nights. The Prophet would occasionally allow some of his Companions to join him in the night prayer: on one occasion Hudhayfah prayed with him, on another ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him), and on yet another Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him). Ordinarily, however, the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed the night prayer alone, for congregational prayer in the night is legislated only in Ramadan. Still, there is no harm in holding it in congregation from time to time, as this hadith shows.

Hudhayfah says, “He began with Sūrat al-Baqarah, so I thought that he would bow at verse one hundred, but he recited the entire surah.” Hudhayfah therefore presumed that he would bow after finishing it—that is,