The word Subhana

[sa3khan]

as salaamualaikum,

I have been wondering about when we say SubhanAllah, it seems that the word Subhana is mabni on fatha.

What's the reasoning for this?
I asked the Imam at the masjid, and he said that there is probably something mahzoof at the front.

[Yusuf Mullan]

It's a masdar (maf'ul mutlaq) mudhaf towards its [or rather what should have been the omitted verb's] maf'ool bihi. The assumption is:

usabbi'hu Allaha subhaanan

subhaanahu is the same thing, except with a pronoun instead of the Glorious name. The grammar is the same.

[sa3khan]

Originally Posted by Yusuf Mullan

usabbi'hu Allaha subhaanan

Just thinking about this a bit more, the masdar for usabbihu should be tasbeeh, so is it that this would be usabbihu Allaha tasbeehan subhaanan? or something along those lines?

[Yusuf Mullan]

maf'ul mutlaq does not need to be the exact same masdar. The meanings being the same is sufficient, e.g. ambata nabaatan, and jalastu qu'oodan

[sa3khan]

thank you, jazakAllahu khairan for clearing that up