Praise & Thank Allah

Four Phrases That Outweigh Hours of Dhikr

Repetition guidance: 3x

سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ، عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

Transliteration

Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi ḥamdih, ʿadada khalqih, wa riḍā nafsih, wa zinata ʿarshih, wa midāda kalimātih.

Translation

Allah is free from imperfection and all praise is for Him, (in ways) as numerous as all He has created, (as vast) as His pleasure, (as limitless) as the weight of His Throne, and (as endless) as the ink of His words. (Muslim)

Virtue and context

Juwairiyah bint al-Harith (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanha) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left her early in the morning while she remained at her place of worship after the dawn prayer. He returned in the forenoon and found her still seated there. When he asked whether she had remained in the same place since he left, she confirmed that she had. The Prophet ﷺ told her that after leaving he had recited four expressions three times. He explained that if those words were weighed against everything she had said throughout the morning, they would outweigh it: glorifying and praising Allah by the number of His creation, in accordance with His pleasure, by the weight of His Throne, and by the ink of His words.