The Meaning of “Glory be to Allah” [Subhan Allah]

3. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil رضي الله عنه said: `Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Sa`dabadi said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abu `Abd Allah al-Barqi, on the authority of `Abd al-`Azim ibn `Abd Allah al-Hasani, on the authority of `Ali ibn Asbat, on the authority of Sulayman freed slave of Tirbal, on the authority of Hisham al-Jawaliqi that I asked Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq عليه السلام, “What was meant by the words of Allah, the Mighty, and High: `Glory be to Allah?” He عليه السلام explained, “His deanthropomorphism.”