Food & Drink

Supplication Before Eating

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

bismillah

In the name of Allah.

Supplication If Forgetting Bismillah at the Beginning of a Meal

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ

bismillahi awwalahu wa akhirahu

In the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end.

Supplication After Eating

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَطْعَمَنِى هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّى وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

alhamdulillahilladhi at'amani hadha wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah

All praise is to Allah who has fed me this and provided for me without any power or strength from me.

Invocations before eating

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

When you are about to eat, you should say:“Bismil-lah.”and if you forget to say it before starting, then you should say (when you remember):In the name of Allah in it’s beginning and end.

Invocations before eating

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

Whomever Allah feeds, should say:“Allahumma barik lana feehi wa-at‘imna khayran minh.” and whomever Allah gives milk to drink should say:“Allahumma barik lana feehi wazidna minh.”

Whomever Allah feeds, should say:“O Allah, bless it for us and feed us better than it.” and whomever Allah gives milk to drink should say:“O Allah, bless it for usand give us more of it.”

Invocations after eating

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْداً كَثِيراً طَيِّباً مُبَارَكاً فِيهِ، غَيْرَ مَكْفِيٍّ وَلاَ مُوَدَّعٍ، وَلاَ مُسْتَغْنَىً عَنْهُ رَبَّنَا

Alhamdu lillahi hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubarakan feeh, ghayra makfiyyin wala muwadda‘in, wala mustaghnan ‘anhu rabbuna.

Allah be praised with an abundant beautiful blessed praise, a never-ending praise, a praise which we will never bid farewell to and an indispensable praise, He is our Lord. There are other views as regards to the understanding of this supplication, from them: Allah be praised with an abundant beautiful blessed praise. He is The One Who is sufficient, feeds and is not fed. The One Who is longed for, along with that which is with Him and The One Who is needed, He is our Lord.

A dinner guest's invocation for his host

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُم، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ

Allahumma barik lahum feema razaqtahum, waghfir lahum warhamhum.

O Allah, bless for them, that which You have provided them, forgive them and have mercy upon them.

Invocation for someone who gives you drink or offers it to you

اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي، وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِي

Allahumma at‘im man at‘amanee wasqi man saqanee.

O Allah, feed him who fed me, and provide with drink him who provided me with drink.

Invocation for when you see the first dates of the season

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي ثَمَرِنَا، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا

Allahumma barik lana fee thamarina, wabarik lana fee madeenatina, wabarik lana fee sa‘ina wabarik lana fee muddina.

O Allah, bless our fruit for us, bless our town for us, bless our sa‘ for us and bless our mudd for us. A sa‘ is equivalent to four mudds and a mudd is equivalent to a dry measure of an average man’s two palms.

الدعاء قبل الطعام

إذا أكل أحدكم الطعام فليقل: بِسم الله، فإن نسي في أوله فليقل: بِسمِ الله في أوله وآخره

الدعاء عند الفراغ من الطعام

الحمد لله الذي أطعمني هذا، وزرقنيه، من غير حول مني ولا قوة