Understanding the vocabulary of salah

STHANAA AND ITS MEANING TO FOLD

ASTHNAA ALAYA ABDEE (My slave has lauded me)

Comes from root word STHANAA (its root means TO FOLD SOMETHING)

There is a reason for this-when you fold something what do you basically do? You not only folded it up but you also DOUBLED the layer. It goes from a single layer and becomes double, when you fold again it becomes four layers, when you do it again, it becomes EIGHT! This is what THSANAA means

In Surah HUD “They used to fold their arms over their chests, they used to layer their chests “ when they past the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) reciting Quran, they tried to ARM PROOF VEST their hearts so Quran wouldn’t affect them.
STHANAA- means when you praise someone, not just once, you keep doing it AGAIN AND AGAIN you keep stacking on more. You keep folding the layer. Allah says “My slave keeps stacking praise upon praise upon praise on Me”
ALHUMDU

RAB

RAHAMAN

RAHEEM , (4 LAYERS!)

Then after a person says that, the NEXT ayah we recite is
THE WORD MAALIKIYAWMIDEEN
Maaliki Yowmideen