What you say in ruku and sujood

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Subhana comes from a root meaning to swim or pass swiftly — in worship it declares Allah utterly beyond every flaw or limit, "clearing away" whatever does not befit Him. So subhana rabbiyal-azim means: my Lord, the Magnificent, is beyond all imperfection. It is not a vague praise word; it is a precise theological act you perform bowing.

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