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The Meaning of the Phrase: “Blessed is Your Name and Exalted is Your Majesty” in the Opening Supplication

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The questioner:
Shaykh, I have a question about the opening supplication of the prayer. The opening supplication of the prayer, yes, Youssef.
blessed is Your Name and exalted is Your majestyتبارك اسمك وتعالى جدك
Sunan Ibn Majah 806Hasan (Darussalam)
Or. Your Name and Exalted is Your Majesty, okay, thank you, Youssef.

The Shaykh:
What is his question?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, is this opening supplication reported:
blessed is Your Name and exalted is Your majesty, none has the right to be worshipped but Youتبارك اسمك وتعالى جدك ولا إله غيرك
Sunan Ibn Majah 806Hasan (Darussalam)
Your Majesty?

The Shaykh:
Yes, “Your majesty” — the word *jadd* in this context means greatness. “Exalted is Your majesty” means “Your greatness is exalted.” Yes.
Source قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء - الفوزان 27-04-1438هـ — youtube.com (25:15)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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