Alhamdulillah

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Arabic
الحمد لله
Transliteration
Al-Hamdulillah, Alhamdulillah
Translation
"Praise to God"

Alhamdulillah (الحمد لله) means "Praise to God" in Arabic, similar to the Hebrew Halelu Yah. In everyday speech it simply means "Thank God!"

The phrase is first found in the second verse of the first surah of the Qur'an. So frequently do Muslims and Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians invoke this phrase that the quadriliteral verb Hamdala حمدل, "to say al-Hamdu li-'llah" was coined, and the derived noun Hamdalah حمدلة is used as a name for this phrase.

In Islam, Alhamdulillah is used in the following situations:

After sneezing.

Alhamdu lillahi

All thanks and praise be to Allah.

Waking up.

Alhamdulillah-hillathee ah-yana ba'da ma ama tana wa ilayhi nushoor.

Many thanks to Allah who has given us life after having giving us death (sleep) and that our final return (on the Day of Qiyaamah End of the world) is to Him.

The triconsonantal root H-m-d (ح م د), meaning "praise," can also be found in the names Muhammad, Mahmud, and Ahmad. Allah, "God", is the Arabic cognate of the ancient Semitic name for God, El.

See also

• Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin
• Islam
• List of Arabic phrases
• Subhan'allah

External link

• [Health benefits of saying Alhamdulillah]

 

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