Prayer Posture

الرُّكُوع

Ruku'

Bowing

Phrases said while bowing in prayer with hands on knees.

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ

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1 سُبْحَانَ Subḥāna

Glory be to

Tasbīḥ — to declare Allah free from all imperfections and deficiencies. A purification of perception.

2 رَبِّيَ Rabbiya

my Lord

The personal possessive: "my" Lord. In bowing, we acknowledge personal ownership of this relationship.

3 الْعَظِيمِ al-ʿAẓīm

the Magnificent

Al-ʿAẓīm — immense, tremendous. Said while bowed: the contrast of our smallness against His greatness.

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