What he said bowing on a night that would not end
He stopped at every verse of mercy and every verse of punishment.
سُبْحَانَ ذِي الْجَبَرُوتِ وَالْمَلَكُوتِ وَالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَالْعَظَمَةِ
Subḥāna dhi-l-jabarūti wa-l-malakūti wa-l-kibriyāʾi wa-l-ʿaẓamah
“Glory to the Owner of might, of dominion, of majesty and of greatness.”
Where this comes from
ʿAwf ibn Mālik stood with him for the night. He read al-Baqarah, and every time he passed a verse about mercy he stopped and asked, and every time he passed a verse about punishment he stopped and sought refuge. Then he bowed for as long as he had stood, saying this.
The full narration
Narrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i: I stood up to pray along with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ); he got up and recited Surat al-Baqarah (Surah 2). When he came to a verse which spoke of mercy, he stopped and made supplication, and when he came to verse which spoke of punishment, he stopped and sought refuge in Allah, then he bowed and paused as long as he stood (reciting Surah al-Baqarah), and said while bowing, "Glory be to the Possessor of greatness, the Kingdom, grandeur and majesty." :Then he prostrated himself and paused as long as he stood up and recited Surat Aal Imran (Surah 3) and then recited many surahs one after another
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 873
- Al-Albani: Sahih
- Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
- Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih