On waking up

Give thanks on waking and remember the return to Allah.

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On waking

الحمد لله الذي أحيانا بعد ما أماتنا وإليه النشور

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa-ilayhi n-nushūr.

Praise belongs to Allah, who gave us life after causing us to die; to Him is the resurrection.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6314 (cross-reference numbering) · Waking invocation within narrations 5953 and 5955 · Compare narration

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The waking words appear in the same report as the bedtime invocation. They are a separate reading for a separate moment.

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