Hisn al-Muslim 3
( اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ).
allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtanihi. as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri ma suni'a lah, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lah
O Allah, to You is all praise. You have clothed me with this. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness for which it was made, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil for which it was made.
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 3
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Praise comes first, then a statement of fact: You have clothed me with this. The requests that follow are built as an exact mirror. Goodness is asked for twice — the goodness of the garment itself, and the goodness of what it was made for — and refuge is then sought from evil in those same two forms. Nothing is added on either side, so request and refuge cover identical ground in opposite directions.
The chapter places these words when new clothes are first put on.
The garment is treated as having a purpose separate from itself. Both halves distinguish what the thing is from what it was made for, and ask about each in turn.
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In English it reads: “O Allah, to You is all praise. You have clothed me with this. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness for which it was made, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil for which it was made.” Praise comes first, then a statement of fact: You have clothed me with this.
Transliterated: “allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtanihi. as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri ma suni'a lah, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lah”
Our source line reads Hisn al-Muslim 3:6.
The chapter places these words when new clothes are first put on. The garment is treated as having a purpose separate from itself.