Al-Hamdu Lillah alladhi At’amana

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الحمد لله الذي أطعمنا وسقانا وجعلنا مسلمين

al-Ḥamdu li-llāhi alladhī aṭʿamanā wa saqānā wa jaʿalanā muslimīn

“Praise be to Allah who gave us to eat and drink and made us Muslims”: said at the conclusion of every meal.

What it means

The words close a meal with praise of God for food, drink and Islam itself. They place the gift of faith beside the gifts of nourishment, so that the Muslim remembers that both come from God. The phrase is reported in a hadith in Abu Dawud. The Quran commands, “Eat of the good things We have provided for you, and give thanks to God” (2:172). Saying these words at the end of a meal answers that command and completes the blessing with which a Muslim begins, the basmala.

Term and Arabic as listed in Ismail al Faruqi, Toward Islamic English (International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1995), p. 62, listed as AL ḤAMDU LILLAH ALLADHĪ AṬ‘AMANĀ WA SAQĀNĀ WA JA‘ALANĀ MUSLIMĪN.. The definition is restated here.