Glorification, praise and takbir at bedtime

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Repeat count: 33

Arabic

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Transliteration

Subḥān allāh

Meaning

Exalted is Allah.

Repeat count: 33

Arabic

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Transliteration

Al-ḥamdu li-l-lāh

Meaning

All praise is to Allāh.

Repeat count: 34

Arabic

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Transliteration

Al-lāhu akbar

Meaning

Allah is the Greatest.

Virtue of This Dhikr & Related Hadith

Editorial summary (not a verbatim hadith translation): When Fatimah requested a servant, the Prophet taught her bedtime remembrance: glorification and praise thirty-three times each, and declaring Allah’s greatness thirty-four times.

Note

The counts belong to the individual phrases: 33, 33 and 34. Display order does not impose an obligatory sequence.

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