Supplication before eating

Arabic text

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

Pronunciation

Idha akala ahadukumu-t-ta'ama fa-l-yaqul: bismillah, fa-in nasia fi awwalihi fa-l-yaqul: bismillahi fi awwalihi wa akhirih.

Translation

When one of you eats, let him say: "In the name of Allah". If he forgets at the beginning, let him say: "In the name of Allah at the beginning and at the end".

Narrated by Abu Dawud 3/347 and at-Tirmidhi 4/288 and see Sahih at-Tirmidhi2/ 167

Arabic text

من أطعمه الله الطعام فليقل: اللهم بارك لنا فيه وأطعمنا خيراً منه. ومن سقاه الله لبناً فليقل: اللهم بارك لنا فيه وزدنا منه

Pronunciation

Man at'amahu-llahu-t-ta'ama fa-l-yaqul: Allahumma barik lana fih, wa at'imna khayran minh. Wa man saqahu-llahu labanan fa-l-yaqul: Allahumma barik lana fih, wa zidna minh.

Translation

To whom Allah gave food, let him say: "O Allah, bless us in it and feed us with better than it." And to whom Allah gave milk to drink, let him say: "O Allah, bless us in it and increase us from it."

at-Tirmidhi 5/506 and see Sahih at-Tirmidhi3/ 158