al-Musabbihat

{{Short description|Certain suras of the Quran}}

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Al-Musabbihat ({{langx|ar|الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ}}) are those suras 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)Nouman Ali Khan - Bayyinah Institute - Tafsir sessions
• Al-Hashr (59th){{cite web|url=http://podcast.bayyinah.com/category/nouman-ali-khan/|title = Nouman Ali Khan}}
• As-Saff (61st)
• Al-Jumua (62nd)
• At-Taghabun (64th)Ma'ariful Qur'an

Sometime 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.Tafsir al-Mazhari

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."{{CiteHadith|abudawud|5057|b=y|s=y}}, {{CiteHadith|Tirmidhi|2921|b=y|s=y}} quoting Sayyidna 'Irbad Ibn Sariyah Ibn Kathir commented that this verse referred to is "Huwal awwallu wal aakhiru wazzaahiru wal baatinu wahuwa bi-kulli shai-in aleem." (Al-Hashr 59:24).{{cite book|last=Ibn Kathir|author-link=Ibn Kathir|title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir|url=https://shamela.ws/book/23604/3549|volume=8|page=39}}