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Alhamdulillah (الحمد لله) (Turkish: Elhamdülillah) means "Praise to God" in Arabic, similar to the Hebrew Halelu Yah. In everyday speech it simply means "Thank God!" It is used by Muslims as well as Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians, but primarily by Muslims due to centrality of this specific phrase within the texts of the Quran and the speech/sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Look up Hallelujah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

However, its meaning and in-depth explanation has been the subject of much exegesis and explanation.

The phrase has three basic parts: Al - The

Hamd-u - Praise/Glorification/Thanks - untranslatable in it all shades of meaning

li - preposition - for/to/belonging to

Allah - (lit. The God, God)

When one says the phrase, one is saying that:

All Praise, Glorification, Thanks, Gratitude, that Praise ITSELF, Glorification ITSELF, the very concept, idea, and attibution of it - belongs to God and to God alone, and to no one else.

It also means that anything in existence which is ascribed praise, thanks, glorification, or gratitude, is in fact only is able to achieve anything due to God's infinite Mercy and Grace.

Alhamdulillah - is to be said with a profound sense of love, adoration, and awe of the power, glory, and mercy of God.

Furthermore, it is a type of praise which not only praises God in general for the above-mentioned qualities, but also seeks to praise God specifically for those attributes of His in Islam, which He did not have to have as being Omnipotent (such as all-seeing, all-hearing), but rather CHOSE to have out of his Mercy (the Loving (Al-Wadud), the Merciful (Ar-Rahman)) and showers His Grace upon His servants.

Some of the 99 Names of God in Islam, being referred to by this idea are:

Al-Wadud (the Loving) Ar-Rahman (The Merciful) Ar-Raheem (The Beneficient) Al-Kareem (The Generous) Al-Ghafoor (The Forgiving) As-Salaam (The Peace)

The phrase is first found in the first verse of the first surah of the Qur'an. So frequently do Muslims and Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians invoke this phrase that the quadriliteral verb Hamdala حمدل, "to say al-Hamdu li-'llah" was coined, and the derived noun Hamdalah حمدلة is used as a name for this phrase. See also: Sura (disambiguation). ... The Qurān [1] (Arabic: ‎, literally the recitation; also called ‎ The Noble Qurān; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Christian Arabs are found mainly in Lebanon, with significant other populations in Iraq (e. ... In the terminology used to discuss the grammar of the Semitic languages, a quadriliteral is a consonantal root containing a sequence of four consonants (instead of three consonants, as is more often the case). ...

In Islam, Alhamdulillah is used in the following situations:

After sneezing.

Alhamdu lillahi

All thanks and praise be to Allah.

Waking up.

Alhamdulillah-hillathee ah-yana ba'da ma ama tana wa ilayhi nushoor.

Many thanks to Allah who has given us life after having giving us death (sleep) and that our final return (on the Day of Qiyaamah End of the world) is to Him.

Response to "How are you?"

Keifik? or Keifilhal?

Alhamdu lillahi

Thanks to Allah, I am fine.

In general, every time a Muslim desires to praise Allah Almighty, he says

Alhamdulillah (الحمد لله).

The triconsonantal root H-m-d (ح م د), meaning "praise," can also be found in the names Muhammad, Mahmud, and Ahmad. Allah, "God", is the Arabic cognate of the ancient Semitic name for God, El. Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ... Yawm al-QÄ«yāmah (Arabic: ‎ literally: Day of the Resurrection) is the Last Judgement in Islam. ... Many religious faiths teach that the end of the world will occur at some point in the future. ... Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). ... Allah is the Arabic language word for God. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical Shem, Hebrew: שם, translated as name, Arabic: سام) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. ... Ä’l (אל) is a Northwest Semitic word and name translated into English as either god or God or left untranslated as El, depending on the context. ...

See also

• Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin
• Islam
• List of Arabic phrases
• Subhan'allah
• Hallelujah
• Hosanna

NB: As there is a probability of making an error when reading the transliteration; the Arabic text of the above mentioned prayer (prayer said when one wakes up in the morning) can be found here. [1] Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil alamin (Arabic script الحمد لله ربّ العالمين) is the first verse of the first Surah of the Quran (assuming that the introductory Basmala is not counted as the first verse). ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... The following list consists of concepts that are derived from both Islam and Arab tradition, which are expressed as words in the Arabic language. ... Subhanallah is an Arabic phrase literally meaning praise be to God. It is commonly used by Arab Muslims as an exclamation of joy or relief after tenuous times. ... Look up Hallelujah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

External link

• AlHamdulillah - Detailed Explanation from Tafseer Ibn Katheer - Surah Fatiha
• Health benefits of saying Alhamdulillah