856. Dua for Going Up and Down Stairs (Subhanallah)
And when descend, we said -
Dua for Going Up and Down Stairs in Arabic
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Dua for Going Up and Down Stairs English Transliteration
Sub’hanallah
Dua for Going Up and Down Stairs English Translation
How perfect Allah is.
Can be read while going up and down the stairs/elevator
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا صَعِدْنَا كَبَّرْنَا، وَإِذَا نَزَلْنَا سَبَّحْنَا.
Translation
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Whenever we went up a place we would say, "Allahu--Akbar (i.e. Allah is Greater)", and whenever we went down a place we would say, "Subhan Allah." [Bukhari: 2993]
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