سبحان الله

See also: سبحان اللہ

Arabic

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰه • (subḥāna llāh)

glory be to God; Lord be praised
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 27:8:
  فَلَمَّا جَاءَهَا نُودِيَ أَن بُورِكَ مَن فِي النَّارِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا وَسُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
  fa-lammā jāʔahā nūdiya ʔan būrika man fī n-nāri wa-man ḥawlahā wa-subḥāna llāhi rabbi l-ʕālamīna
  But when he came to it, he was called, “Blessed is the one at the fire, and whoever is around it! Glory be to God, the Lord of all worlds.”
an expression of surprise, wow!

Wehr, Hans (1979), “سبحان الله”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN