The Command to pronounce Tasbih and its Response
Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Abbas that whenever the Messenger of Allah would recite
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاَْعْلَى
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.
he would say,
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الاَْعْلَى
Glory to my Lord, the Most High.
Ibn Jarir recorded from Ibn Ishaq Al-Hamdani that whenever Ibn `Abbas would recite
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى
(Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High.) he would say,
"Glory to my Lord, the Most High,"
and whenever he would recite
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِيَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ
(I swear by the Day of Resurrection.) and then reach the end of it
أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَـدِرٍ عَلَى أَن يُحْيِىَ الْمَوْتَى
(Is not He able to give life to the dead) (75;1,40) he would say,
"Glory to You, of course."
Qatadah said,
"It has been mentioned to us that whenever the Prophet of Allah used to recite
سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى
(Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High), he would say,
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الاَْعْلَى
Glory to my Lord, the Most High."
The Creation, the Decree, and the Bringing Forth of Vegetation
Allah says,
الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى