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Hisn al-Muslim 33

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Hisn al-Muslim 33
Arabic hadith text

سُبْـحانَ رَبِّـيَ الْعَظـيم (ثلاث مرات)

Translation

Glory be to my Lord, the Magnificent. (Three times.)

Translation notes
  • سُبْـحانَ رَبِّـيَ الْعَظـيم

    The witness renders العظيم as ‘Exalted,’ while the adjective more directly means ‘Magnificent’ or ‘Great.’

    Should the conventional witness rendering be retained or a closer lexical rendering preferred?

  • (ثلاث مرات)

    The Arabic says ‘three times’ but does not specify ‘in Arabic.’

    Should the witness's language instruction be treated as editorial and omitted from the translation?