((اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، سَجَدَ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ، وَصَوَّرَهُ، وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ، تَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسنُ الْخَالِقينَ)).
(Allahumma laka sajadt, wabika amant, walaka aslamt, sajada wajhee lillathee khalaqahu wasawwarahu washaqqa samAAahu wabasarahu, tabarakal-lahu ahsanul-khaliqeen.)
(O Allah, unto You I have prostrated and in You I have believed, and unto You I have submitted. My face has prostrated before He Who created it and fashioned it, and brought forth its faculties of hearing and seeing. Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.)
Hisn al-Muslim 19 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 19
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Context & meaning
Three statements open the supplication and all three are directed to the same place: to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, to You I have submitted. The wording then narrows from the whole person to a single part. My face has prostrated — and the face is described by what was done to it rather than by what it is: created, then fashioned, then brought forth with its faculties of hearing and seeing. The closing line turns from the speaker back to the One described, naming Him Blessed and the Best of creators.
When & how to recite
The chapter places these words in the prostration itself.
Reflection
The face is the part that touches the ground in prostration, and it is the part the supplication stops to describe. Everything said about it — created, fashioned, given hearing and sight — is credited to the One it is being lowered before.
About these notesThe notes above explain the wording of the supplication as it is translated on this page. They add no commentary, history or ruling beyond it.
Common questions
What is being said in English?
Translated, it says: “O Allah, unto You I have prostrated and in You I have believed, and unto You I have submitted. My face has prostrated before He Who created it and fashioned it, and brought forth its faculties of hearing and seeing. Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.” Three statements open the supplication and all three are directed to the same place: to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, to You I have submitted.
What is the transliteration?
Read without Arabic letters it is: “Allahumma laka sajadt, wabika amant, walaka aslamt, sajada wajhee lillathee khalaqahu wasawwarahu washaqqa samAAahu wabasarahu, tabarakal-lahu ahsanul-khaliqeen.”
Which collection records it?
Carried in our data as Sahih Muslim 1704.
When is this said?
The chapter places these words in the prostration itself. The face is the part that touches the ground in prostration, and it is the part the supplication stops to describe.