Al-?amdu lill?h (Arabic: ???????? ????'?) or al?amdulill?h, also known as Tahmid is an Arabic phrase meaning "Praise be to God", sometimes translated as "Thank God!" It is frequently used by Muslims of every background, due to its centrality to the texts of the Quran and Hadith - the words of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. However, the phrase is also used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews.
The meaning and in-depth explanation of the phrase have been the subject of much exegesis.
Video Alhamdulillah
Meaning
The phrase has three basic parts:
- al - The definite article, "the".
- ?amdu - literally meaning "praise", "commendation".
- li-ll?h - preposition + noun All?h. Li- is a dative preposition.
The word "Allah" means "God." It is a contraction of the definite article al- and the word ?il?h (a god, deity). Like in English, the article is used here to single out the noun as being the only one of its kind, "the god" (the one and only) or "God". Therefore, "Allah" is the Arabic word for "God". "?il?h" is the Arabic cognate of the ancient Semitic name for God, El.
The phrase is first found in the first verse of the first sura of the Qur'an (Al-Fatiha). So frequently do Muslims and Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians invoke this phrase that the quadriliteral verb hamdala (????), "to say al-?amdu li-ll?h" was coined, and the derived noun ?amdala (?????) is used as a name for this phrase.
The triconsonantal root ?-M-D (? ? ?), meaning "praise," can also be found in the names Muhammad, Mahmud, Hamid and Ahmad.
Maps Alhamdulillah
Translation
English translations of "Alhamdulillah" include:
- "All praise is due to God alone" (Muhammad Asad)
- "All the praises and thanks be to Allah" (Muhammad Muhsin Khan)
- "Praise be to Allah" (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Marmaduke Pickthall)
- "All praise is due to Allah" (Saheeh International)
Use in other historical sources
Jabir ibn Abd-Allah wrote in a hadith that Muhammad, said: "The best remembrance of God is to repeat l? ?il?ha ?ill? ll?h and the best prayer (du'a) is al-?amdu lill?h." (Narrated by Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Hakim who declared its chain 'sound'.)
Abu Huraira wrote that Muhammad said: "Any matter of importance which is not begun with al-?amdu lill?h remains defective." From Abu Dawood
Anas bin Malik wrote that Muhammad said: "God is pleased with his slave who says, al-?amdu lill?h when he takes a morsel of food and drinks a draught of water."
Popular culture
ASAP Ferg used the phrase in his 2017 single "Plain Jane".
See also
- Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin
- Dhikr
- Ash Shakur
- Glossary of Islam
- Hadha min fadli Rabbi
- Hosanna
- Subhan Allah
References
External links
- AlHamdulillah - Detailed Explanation from Tafseer Ibn Katheer - Surah Fatiha
- Health benefits of saying Alhamdulillah
- Everyday duas in Arabic with transliteration and translation
- Alhamdulillah-Commentary
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