((سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ)).
(Subhanal-lathee yusabbihur-raAAdu bihamdih, walmala-ikatu min kheefatih.)
(How perfect He is, (The One) Whom the thunder declares His perfection with His praise, as do the angles out of fear of Him.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 62
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Allah is not addressed here but described, and the description is built out of what other things are doing. His perfection is declared, and then two witnesses to it are named: the thunder, which declares that perfection along with His praise, and the angels, who do the same out of fear of Him. The one saying the words is not part of the sentence, and no request appears in it.
The chapter places these words at the moment thunder is heard.
Thunder and angels are set side by side as though doing the same thing. Only the angels are given a motive, and the motive given for them is fear.
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Our record gives Hisn al-Muslim 62:168.
The English of it is: “How perfect He is, (The One) Whom the thunder declares His perfection with His praise, as do the angles out of fear of Him.” Allah is not addressed here but described, and the description is built out of what other things are doing.
Written in Latin letters it is: “Subhanal-lathee yusabbihur-raAAdu bihamdih, walmala-ikatu min kheefatih.”
The chapter places these words at the moment thunder is heard. Thunder and angels are set side by side as though doing the same thing.