Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik Dua also referred to as Talbiyah is repeatedly recited when Muslims go for Hajj, Eid prayer, a pilgrimage, or putting on the Ihram.
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Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik in Arabic
The Talbiyah is written in Arabic with the Diacritical as:
لَبَّيْكَ ٱللَّٰهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ ٱلْحَمْدَ وَٱلنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَٱلْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ
and Without the Diacritical:
لبيك ٱللهم لبيك، لبيك لا شريك لك لبيك، إن ٱلحمد وٱلنعمة لك وٱلملك لا شريك لك
Transliteration
Labbaik Allahuma Labbaik labbayka la sharika laka labbayka, innal hamda wa-n-niʿmata laka wa-l-mulka la sharika lak.
Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik Meaning
The meaning of the Labbaik Allahuma Labaik in English is
“I am here at Your service, O Allah, I am here at Your service. I am here at Your service, You have no partner, I am here at Your service. Surely the praise, and blessings are Yours, and the dominion. You have no partner.“
Dua Benefits
The benefits of reciting this dua are the things that this supplication is asking for which are:
- It is a form of remembrance of Allah and that He alone is the source of all blessings without any partner.
- Reciting it covers the concept of Tawhid by stating “Allah has no partners”
- By reciting it you offer complete Submission to Allah (S.W.T).
- While it humbles you as an individual but it gives you power as one Umah who speaks with one voice that they are willing to do anything for Allah’s sake.
- It is a Sunnah that we learned from our prophet Muhammed(ﷺ) and you are good deeds for following it.
Dua Source
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: “The Talbiyah of the Messenger of Allah was: “Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaika la sharika laka labbaik. Innal-hamda wan-ni’mata laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak (Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty, You have no partner.”
Sunan an-Nasa’i 2749
