((سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ، وَحُسْنِ بَلاَئِهِ عَلَيْنَا، رَبَّنَا صاحِبْنَا، وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا، عَائِذاً بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ)).
(SamiAAa samiAAun bihamdil-lahi wahusni bala-ihi AAalayna. Rabbana sahibna wa-afdil AAalayna AAa-ithan billahi minan-nar.)
(May a witness, be witness to our praise of Allah for His favours and bounties upon us. Our Lord, protect us, show favour on us and deliver us from every evil. I take refuge in Allah from the fire.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 103
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Three movements, and the voice changes in each. The first calls for a witness to the praise being offered, and speaks about Allah rather than to Him. The second turns to direct address — Our Lord — and makes three requests in a row: protect us, show favour on us, deliver us from every evil. The third drops back to the third person and narrows to one speaker taking refuge from the fire.
Muslim records this from Abu Huraira, said by a traveller at dawn.
It opens and closes speaking about Him and addresses Him only in the middle. The final clause is also the only one that says I rather than we.
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The corpus records it at Sahih Muslim 6732.
In translation: “May a witness, be witness to our praise of Allah for His favours and bounties upon us. Our Lord, protect us, show favour on us and deliver us from every evil. I take refuge in Allah from the fire.” Three movements, and the voice changes in each.
In Latin script: “SamiAAa samiAAun bihamdil-lahi wahusni bala-ihi AAalayna. Rabbana sahibna wa-afdil AAalayna AAa-ithan billahi minan-nar.”
Muslim records this from Abu Huraira, said by a traveller at dawn. It opens and closes speaking about Him and addresses Him only in the middle.