Aishah (Radi Allahu anha) said: “Allah’s Messenger (Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam) did not sit in a gathering, and did not recite the Qur’an, and did not perform any prayer without concluding by saying…
(then she quoted the dua given below).”
“Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise is to You. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.”
سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك، أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك
Subhaanaka Allaahumma wa bihamdika, ‘ash-hadu ‘an laa ‘ilaaha ‘illaa ‘Anta, ‘astaghfiruka wa ‘atoobu ‘ilayk
Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/ 153.This was reported by An-Nasa’i in ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah (no.308), and Dr. Farooq Hamadah graded it authentic in his checking of the same book.
| Transliteration | Arabic | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Subhaanaka | سُبْحـانَكَ | Glory is to You, |
| Allaahumma | اللّهُـمَّ | O Allah, |
| wa bihamdika | وَبِحَمدِك، | and praise is to You. |
| ‘ash-hadu ‘an | أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ | I bear witness that |
| laa ‘ilaaha | لا إِلهَ | there is none (worthy of worship) |
| ‘illaa ‘Anta, | إِلاّ أَنْتَ | but You |
| ‘astaghfiruka | أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ | I seek Your forgiveness |
| wa ‘atoobu | وَأَتوبُ | and repent |
| ‘ilayk | إِلَـيْك | to You |