لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَريكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ للَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكبَرُ، وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ، رَبِّ اغْفرْ لِي
(La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahul-mulku walahul-hamd, wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in qadeer, subhanal-lah, walhamdu lillah, wala ilaha illal-lah wallahu akbar, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billahil-AAaliyyil AAatheem. Rabbigh-fir lee)
(None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone without associate, to Him belongs sovereignty and praise and He is over all things wholly capable. How perfect Allah is, and all praise is for Allah, and none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, Allah is the greatest and there is no power nor might except with Allah, The Most High, The Supreme.O my Lord forgive me)
Hisn al-Muslim 1 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 1
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Context & meaning
The supplication is assembled from several short formulas set one after another. It begins by denying any deity except Allah and assigning Him sovereignty, praise and capability over all things. It then moves through declaring His perfection, praising Him, denying again, declaring His greatness, and stating that no power nor might exists except with Him. Only at the very end does anything get asked for.
When & how to recite
The chapter this belongs to places these words on waking.
Reflection
That closing request is short and personal — forgive me — arriving after a long sequence in which nothing whatever was requested. The asking occupies the smallest part of the whole.
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 do these words mean?
The English of it is: “None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone without associate, to Him belongs sovereignty and praise and He is over all things wholly capable.
How is it pronounced if you cannot read Arabic?
The romanisation used on this page is: “La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahul-mulku walahul-hamd, wahuwa AAala kulli shay-in qadeer, subhanal-lah, walhamdu lillah, wala ilaha illal-lah wallahu akbar, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billahil-AAaliyyil AAatheem. Rabbigh-fir lee”
At what point is it recited?
The chapter this belongs to places these words on waking. That closing request is short and personal — forgive me — arriving after a long sequence in which nothing whatever was requested.
Where does this dua come from?
Our record gives Hisn al-Muslim 1:2.