# الحمد لله
## Arabic

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.ħam.du lil.laː.hi/
* Audio:(file)

### Phrase

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ • (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi)
* 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

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### Etymology

From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.ħam.dil.laːh/

### Interjection

الحمد لله • (al-ḥamdillāh)
* thank God, praise be to God
* (by extension) well, doing fine

## Malay
### Interjection

الحمد لله
* Jawi spelling of alhamdulillah‎.

## Persian

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ʔal.ham.du lil.ˈlɑːh]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäl.häm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ːʱ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ʔäl.häm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ːʱ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔä.läm.d̪ʊ lɪl.lɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔä.läm.d̪u lil.lɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [ʔæl.hæm.d̪o lel.lɒ́ːʰ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʔäl.häm.d̪u lil.lɔ́ʱ]

### Interjection

الحمد لله • (alhamdo lellâh)
* 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 [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:عیشم مدام است از لعل دلخواه کارم به کام است الحمد للهayšam mudām ast az la'l-i dilxwāh kāram ba kām ast alhamdu lillāhMy 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

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Etymology

From Arabic الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lħam.dil.laːh/, [ˌlħam.dɪlˈlæːh]
* IPA: /lħam.dul.laːh/, [ˌlħam.dʊlˈlæːh]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Interjection

الحمد لله • (l-ḥamdi-lla, l-ḥamdu-lla)
* thank God, praise be to God
* (by extension) well, doing fine
    أنا الحمد لله. ― ʔana l-ḥamdi-lla. ― I'm fine, thank God.