Supplication before eating

Dua at the start of the meal

Dua 178
Dua 179

Dua n°178

The dua in Arabic:

بِسْمِ اللهِ (في أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ)

The invocation in english:

« In the name of Allah (in its beginning and end).^[The words in the brackand are to be said if one forgets to recite the du'a before eating and remembers while eating.] »

The dhikr in phonetics:

Bismillâhi. (Bismillâhi fî awwalihi wa âkhirihi).

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Source : Abu Dawud (#3767, 3/347) and at-Tirmidhi (#1858, 4/288). Also see Sahih at-Tirmidhi (2/167).

Dua n°179

The dua in Arabic:

(١) اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ، وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ
(٢) اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ، وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ

The invocation in english:

(1) « O Allah, bless it for us and feed us better than it. »
If one is given milk, recite the following instead:
(2) « O Allah, bless it fo it for usand give us more of it. »

The dhikr in phonetics:

Allâhoumma bârik lanâ fîhi, wa at'imnâ khayran minhou.
Allâhoumma bârik lanâ fîhi wa zidnâ minhou.