حَمْدُpraise

Example sentences

• وأخرج منهاجًا وأبًا جعله أقواتا،

  And He brought forth from it pasture and fodder, making them provisions.

  الحمد — Praise. First noun of an 'X of Y' pair, 'the praise', the opening of a set formula. It heads 'the praise of/to...', the standard way Arabic begins a thanksgiving; the 'the' makes it the whole of praise.

  From: God's Sovereignty in Creation →

• فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي، فإذا قال ﴿الرحمن الرحيم﴾ قال أثنى علي عبدي،

  He said: When the servant says, "Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds," God says, "My servant has praised Me." And when he says, "The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful," God says, "My servant has praised Me."

  الْحَمْدُ — praise. A definite noun with 'the' opening the quoted recitation, and it heads a possessive 'praise belongs to...' relationship that the following li-phrase completes. Arabic builds 'praise be to God' as a verbless equation, with this noun as its subject and the next words as where the praise is owed.

  From: Praise and Supplication in Prayer →