{{Short description|Certain suras of the Quran}} {{Quran|expanded=divisions}} '''Al-Musabbihat''' ({{langx|ar|الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ}}) are those Surahs of the Quran that begin with statements of Allah's glorification: 'Subhana', 'Sabbaha', and 'Yusabbihu'. According to Islamic scholar Muhammad Shafi (1897–1976) the collective name of the series Al-Musabbihat refers to the following five or seven Surahs:
* Al-Hadid (57th)<ref>Nouman Ali Khan - Bayyinah Institute - Tafsir sessions</ref> * Al-Hashr (59th)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcast.bayyinah.com/category/nouman-ali-khan/|title = Nouman Ali Khan}}</ref> * As-Saff (61st) * Al-Jumua (62nd) * At-Taghabun (64th)<ref>Ma'ariful Qur'an</ref>
Sometimes it also includes: * Al-Isra (17th) * Al-Ala (87th)
Among the first five Surahs, the first three, namely Al-Hadid, Al-Hashr and As-Saff, commence with the past perfect tense 'sabbaha' ''"purity has been proclaimed"'' whilst the last two, namely Al-Jumu'ah and At-Taghabun, commence with the imperfect tense yusabbihu [purity is proclaimed]. This implies that the purity of God should be declared at all times, the past, the present and the future.<ref>Tafsir al-Mazhari</ref>
According to Hadith Muhammad would recite the Al-Musabbihat before he went to sleep and said: "Indeed there is an Ayah in them that is better than one thousand Ayat."<ref>{{CiteHadith|Tirmidhi|2921|b=y|s=y}} quoting Sayyidna 'Irbad Ibn Sariyah</ref> Ibn Kathir commented that this verse referred to is "Huwal awwallu wal aakhiru wazzaahiru wal baatinu wahuwa bi-kulli shai-in aleem." (Al-Hadid 57:3).<ref>{{cite book|last=Ibn Kathir|author-link=Ibn Kathir|title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir|url=https://shamela.ws/book/23604/3549|volume=8|page=39}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Al-Fatiha (the first surah in the Quran) * Al-Mu'awwidhatayn (the last two surahs of the Quran) * Muqattaʿat (surahs in the Quran that begin with disconnected letters)
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.juancole.com/library/dictionary-of-islam-hughes/al-musabbihat Al-Musabbihat]
Category:Quranic exegesis *