5-73 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Sayyari who linked it up through a chain of narrators to Abi Hamzih al-Somali,

“I told Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), ‘You say that we should praise God with five sentences. What are they?’ The Imam (MGB) said, ‘When you say Subhanallah va bihamdeh you have raised up the Blessed the Sublime God to a higher rank than what the atheists say. When you say La illaha illalah vahdahu la sharika la you have expressed the words of sincerity. Anyone who utters this and is not one of the haughty oppressors shall be saved from the Fire by God. When you say la hule va la quwata illa billah you have entrusted your affairs to God. When you say Istaqfurallah va Atubo ellayh it implies that you are not haughty and oppressive. One who is too haughty would insist on committing sins and his selfish desires overwhelm him. He favors the affairs of this world over those of the Hereafter. When you say alhamdulil-lah , you have thanked for the blessings which God has sent for you.’”