Rabbana Wa Lakal Hamd is an Arabic phrase that is considered a Dua that Muslims recite when in an upright position after the Imam says: ‘Sami Allahu liman hamidah and it is a Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
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Pronunciation
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Rabbana Wa Lakal Hamd in Arabic
The full phrase consists of 3 words which are written in Arabic with the Diacritical as:
رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ
and Without the Diacritical:
ربنا ولك الحمد
And can be broken down as the following Table
| Rabbana | رَبَّنَا | Our Lord |
| Wa Lak | وَلَكَ | and to You be |
| al-Hamd | الْحَمْدُ | the praise |
Rabbana Wa Lakal Hamd Meaning
The General meaning of the phrase is “Our Lord, and to You be the praise“
Rabbana wa lakal or hamd Rabbana lakal hamd Variation
All of them are correct and reported from authentic Hadith. There are more than three versions of this Dua and the prophet SAW used to recite them all at different times. The variations are:
- رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ
- Transliteration: Rabbana lakal hamd
- Meaning: Our Lord, all the praises are for You.
- اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ
- Transliteration: Allahumma Rabbana wa lakal hamd
- Meaning: O Allah, our Lord, and all the praises are for You.
- اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ
- Transliteration: Allahumma Rabbana lakal hamd
- Meaning: O Allah, our Lord, all the praises are for You.
- رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الحَمْـدُ حَمْـداً كَثـيراً طَيِّـباً مُـبارَكاً فيه
- Transliteration: Rabbanā wa lakal-ḥamd, ḥamdan kathīran ṭayyiban mubārakan fīh.
- Meaning: Our Lord, praise is Yours, abundant, good, and blessed praise.
Longest version of Rabbana Lakal Hamd
in Arabic
رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدُ أَهْلَ الثَّنَاءِ وَالْمَجْدِ خَيْرُ مَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ وَكُلُّنَا لَكَ عَبْدٌ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ
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Transliteration
Rabbana wa lakal-hamd, mil’as-samawati wa mil’al-ardi wa mil’ama shi’ta min shai’in ba’d. Athlath-thana’i wal-majdi khairu ma qalal-‘abdu wa kulluna laka ‘abdun la mani’a lima a’taita wa la yanfa’u dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd
Meaning
Our Lord, to You be the Praise, filling the heavens, filling the Earth, and filling whatever else You will, Lord of Glory and Majesty, the truest thing a slave had said, and we are all slaves to You. None can withhold what You grant, nor can the possession of an owner benefit him before You. [Sunan an-Nasa’i 1068]
When to say it
The one following the Imam in the prayer should be said while coming up from bowing (Ruku) to an upright position after the Imam says: ‘Sami Allahu liman hamidah, then you should say ‘Rabbana Wa Lakal‘ before going into Sujud position.
Phrase Source
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When the Imam says: ‘Sami Allahu liman hamidah (Allah hears the one who praises Him),’ then say: ‘Rabbana wa lakal-hamd,‘ ‘Whoever says that and it coincides with the angels saying it, his previous sins will be forgiven.”
Sunan an-Nasa’i 1063
