Prayer Posture

السُّجُود

Sujood

Prostration

Phrases said while in prostration with forehead on the ground.

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَىٰ

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1 سُبْحَانَ Subḥāna

Glory be to

Tasbīḥ repeated in sujood — the lowest physical position, declaring the highest spiritual reality.

2 رَبِّيَ Rabbiya

my Lord

In prostration, forehead on ground: this is the closest a servant comes to Allah in prayer.

3 الْأَعْلَىٰ al-Aʿlā

the Most High

Al-Aʿlā — the Exalted. You are at the lowest; Allah is at the Highest. The greatest contrast in prayer.

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