Understanding Salat — Page 127
Qaumah 127 then it becomes praise of gratitude. It is after Ruk ū ‘ that the glad tidings of the acceptance of the first praise we offered in S ū ratul F ā ti h ah are given. ( Dhauqe ‘Ib ā dat , pp. 495) The Holy Prophet sas said, When the Imam, during the prayer, says, “Allah hears him who praises Him”, say: “O Allah! Our Lord! All the praises are for You,” for if the saying of anyone of you coincides with the saying of the angels, his past sins will be forgiven. ( S a hīh Bukh ā r ī , Book 59, Chapter 7) In commentary of this Hadith, Hadrat Zainul ‘Ābidīn Waliyullāh Shāh ra said, In his elementary stages of spirituality, a person’s claim that he praises Allah does not carry any true meaning. However, when the angels claim that, “we glorify You with Your praise” (2:31), then it is a true claim. When the Holy Prophet sas said, “if the saying of anyone of you coincides with the saying of the angels”, the meaning of this Hadith is that a person gradually progresses to the stage of spiritual understanding where his praise of Allah becomes like the praise of the angels for Allah. The purpose Spontaneous praise of Allah