حَمِدَ thank in Arabic
حَمِدَ is how you say “thank” in Arabic.
Root ح م د ḥ-m-d. verb (form I). ḥamida.
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Meaning of thank in Arabic
- to praise, speak well of, commend someone
- to approve of, be pleased with something figurative use, as in ḥamida lahu amran, 'he approved a thing for him'
- to give someone their due; to recompense
- to be angry with someone a distinct construction, with the preposition ʿalā
Example sentence
يهللون الله ويسبحونه ويقدسونه ويحمدون الله
They declare Allah's oneness, glorify Him, sanctify Him, and praise Allah.
وَيَحْمَدُونَ and praise
wa- = 'and'; present-tense verb 'praise', 'they' form (the '-una' = they).
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How it is used
ḥamida is broader than simple thanks (shukr): shukr is only for a favour received, while ḥamd can be offered for other reasons too, and even in hardship, as in the set phrase al-ḥamdu lillāh, 'praise be to God.' Classical sources also treat it as close to but less common than madaḥa, 'to praise.'
Words from the same root
- حَمْدٌ praise
- حَمِيدٌ praiseworthy, laudable
- مَحْمُودٌ praised, commended
- مُحَمَّدٌ the repeatedly-praised one, a name
- أَحْمَدُ most praiseworthy, a name
More example sentences
وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله
And the one praying says: (Allah is the Greatest, glory be to my Lord the Great, glory be to my Lord the Most High, Allah hears the one who praises Him, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, all greetings are for Allah).
حَمِدَهُ praises Him
Past 'praised Him', with 'Him' attached as object — closing the relative 'whoever praised Him'. The 'Him' points to God.
وَقَول الْمُصَلِّي الله أكبر سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْعَظِيم سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي الْأَعْلَى سمع الله لمن حَمده رَبنَا وَلَك الْحَمد التَّحِيَّات لله
And the statement of the one praying: (Allah is the Greatest. Glory be to my Lord, the Most Great. Glory be to my Lord, the Most High. Allah listens to the one who praises Him. Our Lord, and to You belongs all praise. All greetings are for Allah.)
حَمِدَهُ praises Him
Past 'praised Him', with 'Him' attached as object — closing the relative 'whoever praised Him'.
وأمر أيضاً بالحمد بقوله فإذا قال سمع الله لمن حمده فقولوا ربنا ولك الحمد
And he also commanded praise saying: 'When he says: Allah hears the one who praises Him. You say: Our Lord, to You is the praise.'
حَمِدَهُ praises Him
Past 'praised Him', with 'Him' attached — closing 'whoever praised Him'.
فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،
He said: 'When the servant says: "Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds," Allah says: "My servant has praised Me,"
حَمِدَنِي has praised Me
Past 'has praised Me', with 'Me' attached as object; subject 'My servant' next.
فقال إذا قال العبد ﴿الحمد لله رب العالمين﴾ قال الله حمدني عبدي،
He said: "When the servant says: 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds,' Allah says: 'My servant has praised Me.'
حَمِدَنِي has praised Me
Past 'has praised Me', with 'Me' attached as object; subject 'My servant' next.
قال يقولون يسبحونك، ويكبرونك، ويحمدونك، ويمجدونك،
He says: They say: They glorify You, declare Your greatness, praise You, and exalt You.
وَيَحْمَدُونَكَ praise You
'And' plus a present verb 'praise' with '-ka' = 'You' — 'and they praise You'. The third praise in the list, coordinated with the rest.
فقام أحدهم فقال بعد أن حمد الله وأثنى عليه
One of them stood up and said, after praising Allah and thanking Him:
حَمِدَ he praised
Past-tense 'he praised', the 'he' subject built in. Standing inside the clause opened by 'that', it reports the act that 'after' is counting from. The verb sets up its object, the name of God, which follows it.
أحمد إذا ظفرني بالمعاني قبل طلبي
I thank You if You grant me understanding before my request.
أَحْمَدُ I thank
A present-tense verb with the doer 'I' built into its prefix, so no separate word for 'I' is needed. The present form here reads as a general, ongoing act of giving thanks rather than a single past moment.
فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَسَمَّى،
Then he praised God and named it.
فَحَمِدَ then praised
The opening fa- here is a consequence-and-sequence link: 'and then, as a result'. It joins this action to what came before and marks it as the next step. The rest is a finished-action verb for a single male doer, the subject understood from context, and it reaches forward to a following object that names what was praised.
وأمر أيضاً بالحمد بقوله فإذا قال سمع الله لمن حمده فقولوا ربنا ولك الحمد
And he also commanded the praise by saying: 'When he says: Allah hears the one who praises Him, say: Our Lord, to You is the praise.'
حَمِدَهُ praises Him
A past-tense verb 'praised' with an attached '-Him' object on its end, sitting inside the relative clause opened by 'the one who'. Its subject is the unstated 'whoever', carried in the verb form, and the suffix supplies the object, so the one word holds verb, subject and object together.
Common questions
- How do you say "thank" in Arabic?
- حَمِدَ (ḥamida) is the closest classical verb, though it means 'to praise' or 'commend' more broadly than a plain thank-you.
- What is the difference between ḥamida and shakara (شكر)?
- Shakara is thanks specifically for a favour received; ḥamida is wider praise, offered for favours or for other qualities, and even used in adversity, as in al-ḥamdu lillāh.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).