alhamdulillah

English

Alternative forms

• alhamdullilah (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alˌhamduːlɪˈlɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

alhamdulillah

1. Praise be to God; thank God.
2. thank God (Said by someone who has just sneezed.)

Translations

(Islam) praise be to God

• Albanian: elhamdulilah
• Arabic: الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi)
• Azerbaijani: əlhəmdülillah
• Bashkir: әлхәмдулиллаһ (əlxəmdulillah)
• Bengali: আলহামদুলিল্লাহ (bn) (alohamdulillah)
• Chechen: хьамдалат (ḥʳamdalat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感讚安拉 / 感赞安拉 (gǎnzàn Ānlā), 感謝真主 / 感谢真主 (gǎnxiè Zhēnzhǔ)

• Dargwa: алхӏамдулиллагь (alḥamdulillah)
• Dutch: alhamdoelillah
• Estonian: kiitus Allahile (et)
• Finnish: alhamdulillah, kiitos ja ylistys Allahille
• French: hamdoullah (fr), al hamdoulilah
• Gujarati: અલ્હમ્દુલિલાહ (alhamdulilāh)
• Hebrew: חַמְדוּלִילָה (he) (khamdulila)
• Hindi: अल्हम्दुलिल्लाह (alhamdulillāh)
• Indonesian: alhamdulillah (id)
• Japanese: アルハムドゥリッラー (aruhamudurirrā)
• Kazakh: алхамдулилла (alxamdulilla), алхамдулиллаһ (alxamdulillah), әлхамдулилла (älxamdulilla), әлхамдулиллаһ (älxamdulillah), әлхамдуллиллә (älxamdullillä)
• Korean: 알람두릴라 (allamdurilla), 알함두릴라 (alhamdurilla)
• Kyrgyz: алаамдулилла (alaamdulilla)
• Malay: alhamdulillah
• Pashto: الحمد لله (alhamdo lelāh)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَلْحَمْدُلِلّٰه (alhamdulillāh), اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه (alhamdu lillāh)

  Iranian Persian: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه (alhamdo lellâh)

• Russian: альхамдулилла́х (alʹxamdulilláx), альхамдулилля́х (alʹxamdulilljáx), альхамдулилля́ (alʹxamdulilljá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: elhamdulillah

• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Tagalog: alhamdulillah
• Tajik: алҳамдулиллоҳ (alhamdulilloh)
• Turkish: elhamdülillah (tr)
• Ukrainian: альхамдулілля́ (alʹxamdulilljá), альхамдулілля́г (alʹxamdulilljáh), альхамдулілла́ (alʹxamdulillá)
• Urdu: اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہ (alhamdu lillāh), اَللّٰہ کا شُکَر ہَے (allāh kā śukar hai)
• Uyghur: ئەلھەمدۇلىللا (elhemdulilla)
• Uzbek: alhamdulilloh (uz)
• Wolof: alxamdulilaa

Anagrams

• alhamdullilah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alhamdulillah, ultimately borrowed from Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

Interjection

alhamdulillah

1. (Islam) An expression used to express gratitude for receiving blessings from God; thank God.

   Synonym: puji Tuhan

   Alhamdulillah, kita telah terhindar dari bahaya.

   Thank God, we have been saved from danger.

2. (Islam) An expression of praise to Allah (God), recited as part of a series of dhikr.

Usage notes

• While typically used by Indonesian Muslims, the term could also be used colloquially by people of other religions because of its widespread usage.

Further reading

• “alhamdulillah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu li-llāhi, literally “praise [be] to God”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [al.ħam.du.lil.lah], [al.ham.du.lil.lah]
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah
• Hyphenation: al‧ham‧du‧lil‧lah

Interjection

alhamdulillah (Jawi spelling الحمدلله)

1. (Islam) Praise be to God; thank God.

   Synonym: nasib baik

   Alhamdulillah, majlis perkahwinan berjalan dengan lancar.

   Thank God, the wedding ceremony went smoothly.

2. (Islam) Thank God (Said by someone who has just sneezed).

Usage notes

• This interjection is used more religiously than the synonymous nasib baik, which has no religious connotations whatsoever.

Further reading

• "alhamdulillah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017