Daily Islamic phrases

The person who sneezes

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh

All praise is for Allah ﷻ.

The person who hears it replies

يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ

Yarḥamuka-llāh

May Allah ﷻ have mercy on you.

The sneezer replies

يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

Yahdīkumu-llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum

May Allah ﷻ guide you and set your affairs right.

Say

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum

Peace be upon you.

Reply

وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Wa ʿalaykumu-s-salāmu wa raḥmatu-llāhi wa barakātuh

And upon you be peace, Allah ﷻ’s mercy and His blessings.

جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا

Jazāka-llāhu khayran

May Allah ﷻ reward you with goodness.

Common reply

وَإِيَّاكَ

Wa iyyāk

And you as well.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh

All praise is for Allah ﷻ.

مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ

Mā shāʾa-llāh, Allāhumma bārik

What Allah ﷻ has willed. O Allah ﷻ, bless it.

إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

In shāʾa-llāh

If Allah ﷻ wills.

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn

Indeed, we belong to Allah ﷻ and to Him we return.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh

In the name of Allah ﷻ.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ

Bismi-llāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih

In the name of Allah ﷻ at its beginning and its end.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aṭʿamanī hādhā wa razaqanīh

Praise is for Allah ﷻ who fed me this and provided it for me.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Bismi-llāh, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāh

In the name of Allah ﷻ; I rely upon Allah ﷻ. There is no power or strength except through Allah ﷻ.

Before entering

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khabāʾith

O Allah ﷻ, I seek refuge in You from evil and impure beings.

After leaving

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak

I seek Your forgiveness.

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika-llāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā

In Your name, O Allah ﷻ, I die and I live.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi-n-nushūr

Praise is for Allah ﷻ who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ

Astaghfiru-llāha wa atūbu ilayh

I seek Allah ﷻ’s forgiveness and repent to Him.

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Subḥāna-llāh

Glory and perfection belong to Allah ﷻ.

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

Aʿūdhu bi-llāhi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm

I seek refuge in Allah ﷻ from Satan, the rejected.

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbuna-llāhu wa niʿma-l-wakīl

Allah ﷻ is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.

They say

إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ فِي اللَّهِ

Innī uḥibbuka fi-llāh

I love you for Allah ﷻ’s sake.

Reply

أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ

Aḥabbaka-lladhī aḥbabtanī lah

May the One for whose sake you love me love you.

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Bāraka-llāhu lak, wa bāraka ʿalayk, wa jamaʿa baynakumā fī khayr

May Allah ﷻ bless you, shower blessings upon you, and unite you both in goodness.

لَا بَأْسَ، طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Lā baʾsa, ṭahūrun in shāʾa-llāh

No harm; may it be a purification, if Allah ﷻ wills.

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

Asʾalu-llāha-l-ʿaẓīm, rabba-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm, an yashfiyak

I ask Allah ﷻ the Magnificent, Lord of the magnificent Throne, to cure you.

ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ، وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ، وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

Dhahaba-ẓ-ẓamaʾu, wabtallati-l-ʿurūq, wa thabata-l-ajru in shāʾa-llāh

The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is assured, if Allah ﷻ wills.

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Allāhumma-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik

O Allah ﷻ, open for me the doors of Your mercy.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik

O Allah ﷻ, I ask You from Your bounty.

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ

Subḥāna-lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahū muqrinīn, wa innā ilā rabbinā la-munqalibūn

Glory is to Him who subjected this to us when we could not have controlled it, and surely to our Lord we will return.

اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا

Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfiʿā

O Allah ﷻ, make it beneficial rain.

مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ

Muṭirnā bi-faḍli-llāhi wa raḥmatih

We have been given rain by Allah ﷻ’s grace and mercy.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi-lladhī kasānī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah

Praise is for Allah ﷻ who clothed me with this and provided it for me without any power or strength from me.

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Subḥānaka-llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdik, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk

Glory and praise are Yours, O Allah ﷻ. I bear witness there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.