SHAFAQNA – In a part of the invocation of al-Iftitah which is recommended to be recited every night of the blessed month of Ramadan, we are encouraged to thank Allah, in words which specially invoke the monotheism of belief and take us to passionate depths of servitude:
الحمد لله الذي لم يتخذ صاحبة ولا ولداً
ولم يكن له شريك في الملك
ولم يكن له وليّ من الذل وكبره تكبيراً
All Praise is for Allah who has not taken a wife nor a son
who has no partner in His Kingdom
who has no friend to protect Him from humiliation
so magnify Him with a great Magnificnace
الحمد لله بجميع محامده كُلها
على جميع نعمه كله
الحمد لله لا مُضاد في مُلكه
ولا منازع له في أمره
الحمد لله الذي لا شريك له في خلقه
ولا شبيه له في عظمته
الحمد لله الفاشي في الخلق امرُهُ
وحمده الظاهر بالكرم مجدُه
الباسط بالجُود يده
الذي لا تنقُص خزائنه
ولا تزيده كثرة العطاء إلا جُوداً وكرما
إنه هو العزيز الوهاب
All Praise is for Allah for all His praiseworthy acts
for all His favours and blessings
All Praise is for Allah who has no opposition in His Kingdom
nor any challenge to His command
All Praise is for Allah who has no partner in creation
nor anyone like Him in His Greatness
All Praise is for Allah, His commands operate over His creation
His Praise is evident through His Generosity
whose bestowal stretches out liberally
His treasures never decrease
(rather) the frequency of His Giving increases
His Generosity and Kindness,
Surely He is the Mighty, the Bestower.
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الحمد لله مالك المُلك مُجري الفلك
مُسخر الرياح فالق الأصباح
ديّان الدين رب العالمين
الحمد لله على حلمه بعد علمه
والحمد لله على عفوه بعد قدرته
والحمد لله على طول اناته في غضبه
وهو قادر على ما يُريد
الحمد لله خالق الخلق
باسط الرزق فالق الإصباح
ذي الجلال والإكرام والفضل والإنعام
الذي بعد فلا يُرى وقرب فشهد النجوى
تبارك وتعالى
الحمد لله الذي ليس له مُناز يُعادله
ولا شبيه يُشاكله ولا ظهير يُعاضده
قهر بعزته الأعزاء وتواضع لعظمته العُظماء
فبلغ بقدرته ما يشاء
All Praise is for Allah
The Owner of the Kingdom
who makes the ships sail,
controls the wind,
causes the dawn to break,
is the authority on the Day of Judgement,
the Lord of the worlds.
All Praise is for Allah
for His patience despite His knowledge.
All Praise is for Allah
for His forgiveness despite His power.
All Praise is for Allah
for the lengthy respite He gives despite His anger,
though He has the power to do as He wills.
All Praise is for Allah
the creator of all creation,
the provider of plentiful sustenance,
the cleaver of the dawn,
possessor of Glory and Honor,
and Excellence and Blessings,
who is far and thus cannot be seen,
but is close and thus witnesses secret conversations,
Blessed and Exalted be His name.
All Praise is for Allah
who has no equal who argues with Him
nor anyone similar to Him
nor any Helper to support Him
He overpowers the mighty by His strength
the great humble themselves before His tremendousness,
He accomplishes what He wishes through His power
الحمد لله الذي يُجيبني حين اناديه
ويستر عليّ كل عورة وأنا اعصيه
ويُعظم النعمة عليّ فلا اجازيه
فكم من موهبة هنيئة قد اعطاني
وعظيمة مخوفة قد كفاني وبهجة مونقة قد اراني
فاثني عليه حامداً واذكُره مُسبحا
الحمد لله الذي لا يُهتك حجابه ولا يُغلق بابه
ولا يُرد سائله ولا يُخيّب امله
الحمد لله الذي يُؤمن الخائفين
ويُنجي الصالحين ويرفع المُستضعفين
ويضع المُستكبرين ويُهلك ملوكا
ويستخلف أخرين
والحمد لله قاصم الجبارين
مبير الظالمين مُدرك الهاربين
نكال الظالمين صريخ المستصرخين
موضع حاجات الطالبين معتمد المؤمنين
All Praise is for Allah
who answers me when I call Him
covers all my faults yet I disobey Him
increases His bounties on me
but I do not acknowledge them.
How many pleasant gifts He has given me
how many great fears He has removed
how many delightful joys He has shown me
Thus I glorify Him, thanking Him
and I remember Him with praise.
All praise is for Allah
whose curtains cannot be opened
whose doors cannot be locked
who does reject the one who asks Him
and who does not disappoint the one who places hope in Him.
All Praise is for Allah
who provides safety for the frightened
rescues the virtuous
raises the oppressed
humiliates the proud
destroys kings
and replaces them with others.
All Praise is for Allah, who crushes the tyrants
annihilates the oppressors
watches over the runaways
punishes the oppressors
assists those who cry for help
grants the requests of the beseechers
and is the confidence of the believers.
الحمد لله الذي من خشيته ترعد السماء وسُكانها
وترجف الأرض وعُمارها
وتموج البحار ومن يسبح في غمراتها
الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا
وما كُنا لنهتدي لو لا أن هدانا الله
الحمد لله الذي يخلق ولم يُخلق
ويرزُق ولا يُرزق ويُطعِم ولا يُطعم
ويُميت الأحياء ويُحيي الموتى
وهو حيّ لا يمُوت بيده الخير
وهو على كل شيئ قدير
All praise is for Allah
in whose awe the skies and its inhabitants shake
the earth and its inhabitants tremble
the sea and all that swims in it, billows
All praise is for Allah who guided us to this
and we would not have been guided
had He not guided us to this.
All Praise is for Allah
who creates but is not created
gives sustenance but is not given sustenance
feeds but is not fed
causes the living to die and gives life to the dead
He is Ever-living and does not die
in His control is all good
and He has power over all things.