Ḥiṣn al-Muslim
Seeing good or evil
Appropriate responses to events.
- 1
مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
Mā shā'a-llāh, lā quwwata illā bi-llāh.
What Allāh willed (has occurred), there is no power except with Allāh. (upon seeing something pleasing)
Arabic recitation
Source : Al-Ḥākim
- 2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِي مِمَّا ابْتَلَاكَ بِهِ، وَفَضَّلَنِي عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضِيلًا
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī ʿāfānī mimmā-btalāka bih, wa faḍḍalanī ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.
Praise be to Allāh who has spared me from what He has afflicted you with, and who has favored me over much of His creation. (to be said inwardly upon seeing someone afflicted)
Arabic recitation
Source : At-Tirmidhī
- 3
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi-lladhī bi-niʿmatihi tatimmu-ṣ-ṣāliḥāt.
Praise be to Allāh, by whose blessings good deeds are accomplished. (for everything pleasant)
Arabic recitation
Source : Ibn Mājah
- 4
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi ʿalā kulli ḥāl.
Praise be to Allāh in all circumstances.
Arabic recitation
Source : Ibn Mājah

