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( 23 ) creatures. Thus, when in Nimaz a man prostrates himself before His Creator in utmost humility and fear and trembling, and makes use of all the forms of humility which the people of any country have fixed to express the sense of subordination, then God raises him up, and just as the praying one declares the holiness of God, even so does God speak to His angels saying: "This servant of Mine has declared My holiness, do you also make him holy, and as he has extolled My praise, do you also spread his fame in the world; and as he has shown in My presence the utmost humbleness and holiness of spirit, do you give him esteem and elevation of rank. " To this idea also points the tradition which occurs last in Bukhari's collection:حبيبتا کلمتان خفيفتان على اللسان ثقيلتان في الميزان الى الرحمن سبحان الله و بحمد : سبحان الله العظيم "There are two Kalemas (sentences) which feel light on the tongue, but are heavy in the balance and are very pleasing to الله العظيم the Rahman, via سبحان الله و بحمده سبحا. P 66 is God and deserving of all praise, holy is God, the Great. " And reflection will show that Nimaz is merely an elucidation of these two Kalemas and that the import of all the different operations و بحمده سبحان in the Nimaz amounts to the same سبحان الله b) To declare God's holiness, to extol His praise and to proclaim His greatness, these are the things on which stress has been laid in Nimaz. In short, the purport of these. Kalemas and that of Nimaz are identical,-Nimaz being a detailed exposition, and the Kalemas only an abbreviated expression of the subject detailed in Nimaz. Now, if one should carefully consider this tradition, one would find stated therein all the facts of which mention has been made above and that in the following manner. The Holy Prophet (peace ن في الميزان and blessings of God be on him) says ثقيلتا. That is, to declare God's holiness, to extol His praise and to proclaim His greatness, though apparently easy, are really productive of many fruits and are very heavy in the scales. . To understand this proposition it should be borne in mind. De borne in