(.الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ )
alhamdulillahilladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
All praise is for Allah who gives us life after He has caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
Hisn al-Muslim 1 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 1
Translation: dua-dhikr (fitrahive), free redistribution
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Context & meaning
Waking is described here as being given life again, and the sleep before it as having been caused to die. The praise is stated first and the reason for it follows. The sentence then moves past the morning entirely and closes on the resurrection, so the small return that has just happened is set beside the larger one.
When & how to recite
The chapter this belongs to places these words on waking.
Reflection
The wording never once says woken. It uses the language of dying and being given life for what has just taken place, describing an ordinary morning in terms otherwise reserved for something final.
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Common questions
What is being said in English?
Translated, it says: “All praise is for Allah who gives us life after He has caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.” Waking is described here as being given life again, and the sleep before it as having been caused to die.
What is the transliteration?
Read without Arabic letters it is: “alhamdulillahilladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur”
When is this said?
The chapter this belongs to places these words on waking. The wording never once says woken.
Which collection records it?
Carried in our data as Hisn al-Muslim 1:1.
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