الحمد لله

Arabic

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ħam.du lil.laː.hi/

• Audio:

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Phrase

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ • (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi)

1. praise be to God, thank God; alhamdulillah

Related terms

• تَحْمِيد (taḥmīd, “to say 'praise be to God'”)
• حَمْدَلَ (ḥamdala, “to say alhamdulillah”)
• اللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ (allāhu ʔakbaru, “God is greater”)
• سُبْحَانَ ٱللّٰهِ (subḥāna llāhi, “glory be to God”)
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللّٰهِ (ʔastaḡfiru llāhi, “I seek forgiveness from God”)
• إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (ʔin šāʔa llāhu, “if God wills”)
• مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu, “what God wills”)
• بِإذْنِ ٱللّٰهِ (biʔiḏni llāhi, “by the permission of God”)
• آيَةُ ٱللّٰه (ʔāyatu llāh, “ayatollah, sign of God”)
• اللّٰهُمَّ (allāhumma, “God; O God”)
• بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ (bi-smi llāhi, “in the name of God”)
  • بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi)

Hijazi Arabic

Hijazi Arabic phrasebook

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Etymology

From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ħam.dil.laːh/

Interjection

الحمد لله • (al-ḥamdillāh)

1. thank God, praise be to God
2. (by extension) well, doing fine

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔal.ham.du lil.ˈlɑːh]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.häm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ːʱ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.häm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ːʱ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔä.läm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔä.läm.d̪u lil.lɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæl.hæm.d̪o lel.lɒ́ːʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.häm.d̪u lil.lɔ́ʱ]

Readings
Classical reading?	alhamdu lillāh
Dari reading?	alhamdu lillāh
Iranian reading?	alhamdo lellâh
Tajik reading?	alhamdu lilloh

Interjection

الحمد لله • (alhamdo lellâh)

1. praise be to God, thank God, alhamdulillah; a common expression of gratitude, relief, or joy.
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 417”, in دیوان حافظ‎^[1]:

     عیشم مدام است از لعل دلخواه
     کارم به کام است الحمد لله

     ayšam mudām ast az la'l-i dilxwāh
     kāram ba kām ast alhamdu lillāh

     My pleasure from the ruby [wine, or the beloved's lips] of my heart's desire is everlasting;
     My affairs are as I would wish them. Praise be to God!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “الحمد لله”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic phrasebook

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Etymology

From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lħam.dil.laːh/, [ˌlħam.dɪlˈlæːh]
• IPA^(key): /lħam.dul.laːh/, [ˌlħam.dʊlˈlæːh]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Interjection

الحمد لله • (l-ḥamdi-lla, l-ḥamdu-lla)

1. thank God, praise be to God
2. (by extension) well, doing fine

   أنا الحمد لله.

   ʔana l-ḥamdi-lla.

   I'm fine, thank God.