Hisn al-Muslim 28
((الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا، وَكَفَانَا، وَآوَانَا، فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لاَ كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلاَ مُؤْوِيَ)).
(Alhamdu lillahil-lathee atAAamana wasaqana, wakafana, wa-awana, fakam mimman la kafiya lahu wala mu'wee.)
(All praise is for Allah, Who fed us and gave us drink, and Who is sufficient for us and has sheltered us, for how many have none to suffice them or shelter them.)
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 28
Translation: Hisn al-Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), Sa'id al-Qahtani — see site-wide attribution
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Praise is given first and the grounds for it are listed afterwards: being fed, being given drink, being sufficed and being sheltered. All four are stated in the plural, as things done for us rather than for the speaker alone. The sentence then turns outward at its close, noting how many people have no one at all to suffice or shelter them.
The chapter this belongs to places these words before sleeping.
That final clause measures the blessing by its absence elsewhere rather than by its size. Nothing is asked for anywhere in the sentence, and the comparison itself is what completes the praise.
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.
The English of it is: “All praise is for Allah, Who fed us and gave us drink, and Who is sufficient for us and has sheltered us, for how many have none to suffice them or shelter them.” Praise is given first and the grounds for it are listed afterwards: being fed, being given drink, being sufficed and being sheltered.
The romanisation used on this page is: “Alhamdu lillahil-lathee atAAamana wasaqana, wakafana, wa-awana, fakam mimman la kafiya lahu wala mu'wee.”
Our record gives Hisn al-Muslim 28:108.
The chapter this belongs to places these words before sleeping. That final clause measures the blessing by its absence elsewhere rather than by its size.