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Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale

Monday, July 30, 1962

كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى الرَّحْمَنِ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Transliteration

Kalimatani khafifatani ala-l-lisan, thaqilatani fi-l-mizan, habibatani ila-r-rahman: SubhanAllahi wa bi-hamdih, SubhanAllahi-l-adheem.

Translation

Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: SubhanAllahi wa bi-hamdih, SubhanAllahi-l-adheem.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 6406, Sahih Muslim 2694
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