الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
All praise is due to Allah, who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
This is the first thing the Prophet ﷺ would say upon waking up. Sleep is considered a minor death — the soul is taken and returned each night. Waking up is thus a daily resurrection and a reminder of the greater resurrection to come.
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ
All praise is due to Allah in every condition.
Sahihسُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ
Glory and praise be to You, O Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity except You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.
Sahihرَبِّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ
My Lord, praise is Yours — filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever else You wish beyond that.
Sahihالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَكَفَانَا وَآوَانَا فَكَمْ مِمَّنْ لَا كَافِيَ لَهُ وَلَا مُؤْوِيَ
All praise is due to Allah, who fed us, gave us drink, sufficed us, and sheltered us. For how many have no one to suffice them or shelter them!
Sahih