Tasbih / Tasbeeh /(تسبيح) is a form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences glorifying God, in Islam.
The word ‘tasbih’ means the act of saying "SubhanAllah (Glorious is God) "
Tasbih is comprised of two words: Subhan(
سبحان ) and Allah (
الله
)
Subhan means to glorify, praise, magnify, extol Allah, by tongue or by heart. It includes:
1. To say He has no flaw in His Perfection, that He is Far above any imperfection.
2. He is far above and beyond any similarity to His Creation.
3. He is free from and above all kinds of association (shirk) and any un-divine attributes.
When one does tasbih, they negate any flaw and affirm all perfection in Allah azza wa jal.
Translations such as “glory be to Allah” do not contain the full meaning of tasbih, rather it is an impartial translation.
A more appropriate translation is,
SubhanAllah = How Perfect is Allah and Far Above any flaw and association.
So when we say “SubhanAllah” the complete meaning is (but not limited too):
I declare (or celebrate, extol) the remoteness, or freedom, of Allah from any imperfection or impurity or from anything derogatory from His glory. From the attribution of there being an equal to Him, or any companion, or anything like unto Him, or anything contrary to Him, from everything that should not be attributed to Him.
Taken from : http://tayyibaat.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/what-is-tasbeeh/
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