Before eating

Before eating: 2 supplications in Arabic with English translation and sources, from the Fortress of the Muslim (Hisn al-Muslim).

الدعاء قبل الطعام

1. إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَاماً فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بسمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ.

   When one of you eats, let him say: “In the name of Allah.” If he forgets to say it at the beginning, let him say: “In the name of Allah, at its beginning and at its end.”

2. مَنْ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ الطَّعَامَ فَلْيَقُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ، وَمَنْ سَقَاهُ اللَّهُ لَبَناً فَلْيَقُلْ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ.

   Whoever Allah feeds, let him say: “O Allah, bless it for us and feed us better than it.” Whoever Allah gives milk to drink, let him say: “O Allah, bless it for us and give us more of it.”

Fortress of the Muslim (Hisn al-Muslim), Sa‘id ibn ‘Ali al-Qahtani. MushafPlus translation made from the Arabic, not reviewed by a specialist.

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