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The third kalimah is one of the best, and the most beautiful kalimahs to read. It starts like this:
Subhanallahi wal hamdulillahi, wa la ilaha illallaho wa allahu akbar, wa la hawla, wa la quwwata illa billahil ‘aleeul ‘azeem.
Before I break down each part of this kalimah, I want to explain why we should be reading this daily.
First, reading Kalimah Tamjeed helps with removing anxiety, depression and stress. Life can get in the way, and sometimes, things get so hard that we feel upset, and sad. Doing daily dhikr of this kalimah will aid with not only removing the feelings of sadness, depression, stress or anxiety, but it will also help with taking away any calamities that may come our way.
This is another reason to keep reading the Kalimah Tamjeed. Allah SWT, through His Mercy, protects you from castastrophes and mishaps that may occur.
Reading a tasbeeh of Kalimah Tamjeed every morning after Fajr salaah will bring so much abundance and prosperity in your life. One tasbeeh – 99 beads, and you get what??
Prosperity.
Abundance.
Forgiveness of sins.
This kalimah contains a special word – Subhanallah. Subhanallah means “perfection of Allah SWT.” When you simply read a tasbeeh of Subhanallah, you will reap rewards! It is glorifying Allah SWT through remembrance and dhikr of Subhanallah.
So when you read the kalimah in its entirety, you will feel relief, see prosperity, attain forgiveness, and enhance your own spiritual closeness with Allah SWT.
When you read the following: “la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah,” Allah SWT will plant trees on your behalf in Jannah. Wouldn’t you want trees growing in Jannah for you because you read this dhikr daily?
In fact, reading this entire kalimah will plant trees for you in Jannah.
There is a hadith I was reading in one of my Islamic books, where the Prophet (SAW) went for Miraj. During the Miraj, Prophet Ibrahim (AS) met with our Prophet (SAW) and first stated for our Prophet (SAW) to give his salaam to his ummah (all of us). Prophet Ibrahim (AS) then proceeded to tell our Prophet (SAW) to tell his ummah (us) that the dirt of Jannah (heaven) is pure and clean, that the rivers are clear and located in a place that is just like a desert. There is nothing in there except for the rivers and the pure, clean soil. However, as each of us read the third kalimah Tamjeed, trees will be planted. Then this place in Jannah will be so full of trees. Whoever reads this kalimah the most will see the reward of his trees planted in Jannah.
How beautiful is this? Our dhikr of this beautiful kalimah will plant trees in Jannah. Just as we physically plant trees here, the words of this kalimah we utter in just five or ten minutes per day will fill Jannah with trees on our behalf.
Now, let me break down each part of the kalimah…
Subhanallahi wal hamdulillahi…
Glory be to Allah SWT, and praise to Allah SWT
We glorify Allah SWT all the time and we remember him during both our good times and bad times. It is Allah SWT who is there for us. He takes the time to listen to our duas and to answer them.
wa la ilaha illallaho wa allahu akbar…
There is none worthy of worship except Allah SWT and Allah SWT is the Greatest.
Again, we see the shahadah in a way being repeated – that there is only one Allah SWT and no other god other than Him. He is the Only One we pray to, we supplicate to and who will relieve us from our hardships. Allah SWT is the Greatest because he is Lord of the Worlds and has created the entire universe. Therefore, it is only Allah SWT we should worship.
wa la hawla, wa la quwwata illa billahil ‘aleeul ‘azeem
There is no power other than Allah SWT, and He is the Exalted, the Great.
The last part of this kalimah reminds us that only Allah SWT has the power to do everything. Our taqdeer is in the Hands of Allah SWT. We are powerless without Him. This reminds us that we are human beings in need of our Lord to always be there for us. And somewhere in between this verse, we also see the yaqeen (certainty) and the tawakkul (trust) we need in our reliance upon our Lord to bring us out of problems, to remember Him daily, and to know everything is in His hands. Truly, it is.
This verse actually takes me to every moment in my life where only reliance upon Allah SWT was what had gotten my mom and I through some very rough times. Allah SWT is the one who brings us to it, and brings us out of it – meaning, we are tested. Sometimes, our tests are hard, and sometimes it is a little easy. However, it is always a reminder that Allah SWT is the one with the power to change our taqdeer (destiny). We do not. We have free will, choices, but it is Allah SWT who guides us and coaches us to where we are meant to be.
There is a special prayer related to this kalimah, called Salaat-e-Tasbeeh. I will write more about this in another post because it is quite long to talk about it. I want to explain the methodology of it, how to pray it, and that will be long in itself. If you’ve subscribed, you will get an email letting you know when I’ve written about it.
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The next kalimah I will talk about will be Kalimah Tauheed. Stay tuned!
-Dr. Aasiyah N. Ghazi