Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 44
Arabic hadith text
اللّهُـمَّ لَكَ سَـجَدْتُ وَبِـكَ آمَنْـت ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَـمْت ، سَجَـدَ وَجْهـي للَّـذي خَلَقَـهُ وَصَـوَّرَهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَه ، تَبـارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسـنُ الخـالِقيـن
Translation
O Allah, to You I have prostrated, in You I have believed, and to You I have submitted. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and fashioned it, and opened its hearing and sight. Blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.
Translation notes
وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَه
The English witness renders this as “gave it hearing and sight,” while the Arabic verb شقّ means split or open.
Should the wording remain close to the Arabic image of opening, or follow the witness’s interpretive rendering?