Forty Hadith Qudsi

Hadith 1, 40 Hadith Qudsi

Arabic hadith text

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ، كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَهُ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي" رواه مسلم (وكذلك البخاري والنسائي وابن ماجه)

Translation

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Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said:

When Allah had decreed creation, He wrote in His Book, which is with Him: ‘My mercy prevails over My wrath.’

It was related by Muslim (and likewise by al-Bukhari, al-Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah).