Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah (Arabic: ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ, al-Ḥamdu lillāh) is an Arabic phrase meaning “praise be to God”, sometimes translated as “thank God” or “thanks be to the Lord”. This phrase is called Tahmid (Arabic: تَحْمِيد, lit. ‘Praising’). A longer variant of the phrase is al-ḥamdu l-illāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ), meaning “all praise is due to God, Lord of all the worlds”, the first verse of Surah Al-Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Quran.
The phrase is frequently used by Muslims of every background due to its centrality in the texts of the Quran and Hadith, the words of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Its meaning and in-depth explanation have been the subject of much exegesis. It is also commonly used by non-Muslim speakers of the Arabic language.
A similar variation used in Christianity is the phrase “Hallelujah”.
Arabic Phrases
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ للهِ عَلَى نِعْمَةِ …
Transliteration: Alhamdulillāhi ʿalā niʿmati …
Translation: All praise is deserved by Allah for the blessing of …
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الإيمَان – al-īmān – iman
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والأمَان – wal-amān – and safety
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وأُمِّي وَأبِي – wa ummī wa abī – and my mother and my father
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وأحمد وعائشة – wa aḥmad wa ʿā’isha – and Ahmad and Aisha
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والبيت – wal-bayt – and a house
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والرِزْقِ الوَاسِع – wa al-rizq al-wāsiʿ – and plenteous sustenance
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والعِلْم – wal-ʿilm – and knowledge
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والعَمَل – wal-ʿamal – and good deeds (or actions)
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ لِلّٰهِ وَٱلشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ
Transliteration:
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi wa ash-shukru lillāh
Translation:
All praise is due to Allah, and all thanks are to Allah.
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ لِلّٰهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ
Transliteration: Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl
Translation: All praise is due to Allah in every circumstance.
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ لِلّٰهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ
Transliteration: Al-ḥamdu lillāhi ḥamdan kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh
Translation: All praise is due to Allah — abundant, pure, and blessed praise.
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ لِلّٰهِ وَٱلشُّكْرُ لِلّٰهِ دَائِمًا وَأَبَدًا
Transliteration: Al-ḥamdu lillāhi wa ash-shukru lillāhi dā’iman wa abadan
Translation: All praise and thanks are to Allah — always and forever.
ٱلْـحَـمْـدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
Transliteration: Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbil-ʿālamīn
Translation: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all worlds.
(This is the opening verse of Surah al-Fātiḥah.)
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ
Transliteration: Alhamdulillāhi alladhī bini‘matihi tatimmuṣ-ṣāliḥāt
Translation: All praise is for Allah, the One by whose blessing good deeds are completed.