Quran Universe
37:182

وَٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Waalhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameena

And praise to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Word by word
  1. وَٱلۡحَمۡدُAnd all praise
  2. لِلَّهِ(be) to Allah
  3. رَبِّ(the) Lord
  4. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ(of) the worlds
As-Saffat · 37:182Makkah

And all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

How the surah ends, and how a gathering can

The last three verses
glorifyHe is above every fault
peaceupon the messengers
praiseto the Lord of the worlds
Where praise belongs
only at the good moments
at the beginning and the endof all things

Ibn Kathir explains this as praise to Him at the beginning and end of all things. He notes that glorification and praise come together often in the Quran. He reports from Ali that whoever wants a greater reward should say these last three verses at the end of any gathering.

The family dinner ends. The Zoom call wraps up. Friends stand to leave the cafe. That moment is a door. Close it with these words. Whatever was said, the last word is praise of Allah.

A gathering ends when people leave.

I can close any gathering with glorification, peace, and praise of Allah.

Try this

At the end of your next gathering today, quietly recite these last three verses.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 37:180)

Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Al-'Izzah! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him (180)And Salam (peace!) be on the Messengers (181)And all the praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of all that exists (182)

Allah glorified Himself and states that He is far above what the lying wrongdoers say about Him; glorified and sanctified and exalted be He far above what they say. Allah says:

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ

(Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Al-'Izzah!) meaning, the Owner of might and power Whom none can resist.

عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

((He is free) from what they attribute unto Him!) means, from what these lying fabricators say.

وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ

(And Salam be on the Messengers!) means, may the peace of Allah be upon them in this world and in the Hereafter, because what they say about their Lord is sound, correct and true.

وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

(And all the praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of all that exists.) means, praise be to Him at the beginning and end of all things. Because Tasbih (glorification) implies a declaration of being free from all shortcomings, the two ideas appear together here and in many places in the Qur'an. Allah says:

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ - وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ - وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

(Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of Al-'Izzah! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him! And Salam (peace!) be on the Messengers! And all the praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of all that exists.) Sa'id bin Abi 'Arubah narrated that Qatadah said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

إِذَا سَلَّمْتُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَسَلِّمُوا عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ، فَأَنَا رَسُولٌ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

(When you send Salam on me, send Salam on all the Messengers, for I am one of the Messengers.)" This was recorded by Ibn Jarir and Ibn Abi Hatim.

Abu Muhammad Al-Baghawi recorded in his Tafsir that 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Whoever wants a greater measure of reward on the Day of Resurrection, let him say at the end of any gathering,

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ - وَسَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلِينَ - وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

(Glorified be your Lord, the Lord of honor, glory and power! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him! And Salam (peace!) be on the Messengers! And all the praises and thanks be to Allah, Lord of all that exists)."

Other Hadiths concerning the expiation for any wrongs that may have occurred during a gathering prescribe saying the words: "Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. There is no God except You; I seek your forgiveness and I repent to you. " I have written a chapter dealing exclusively with this topic.

This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat As-Saffat. And Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, knows best.