Attahiyat Meaning in English & Roman Urdu (Word by Word)

Attahiyat means: "All greetings (of respect) are for Allah, and all prayers and all good things. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger."

You say this every time you sit in namaz, often without a pause to think. It is short, but it holds four different things: praise of Allah, a greeting to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, a dua for every good believer, and the testimony of faith. Let us open each one.

The full Attahiyat: Arabic, English and Roman Urdu

Transliteration: At-taḥiyyātu lillāhi wa ṣ-ṣalawātu wa ṭ-ṭayyibāt. As-salāmu ʿalayka ayyuha n-nabiyyu wa raḥmatu llāhi wa barakātuh. As-salāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādi llāhi ṣ-ṣāliḥīn. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa llāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhū wa rasūluh.

This is the tashahhud of Ibn Mas'ud, the one used in most of India and Pakistan. Other Companions reported slightly different authentic wordings, and some schools use those. If you learned a different one, it is not "wrong"; keep to what your teachers taught you.

Attahiyat word by word

Below, "In the book" is the word's number in 600 Words of the Quran and how many times it appears in the Quran. Words marked "not in the list" are still easy. You will learn them here.

Part 1: Praise that belongs only to Allah

Kings of old were greeted with special words of honour. This line says: every such greeting really belongs to Allah. The Roman Urdu you learned as a child, "tamaam qauli, badani aur maali ibadatein", explains the three words as worship by the tongue (greetings, praise), the body (prayers) and wealth (good things given for His sake).

Taḥiyya (greeting) also appears in the Quran. About the people of Paradise, Allah says "their greeting therein will be: Peace" (10:10).

Part 2: A greeting to the Prophet ﷺ

The words raḥmatu llāhi wa barakātuhū ("the mercy of Allah and His blessings") are the same words the angels said to the household of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) in the Quran:

You will meet ḥamīdun majīd again at the end of Durood Ibrahim, which comes right after the Attahiyat.

Part 3: A dua for yourself and every good servant

This is easy to rush past, but it is a gift. With one sentence you send peace to yourself and to every righteous servant of Allah, the living, the dead, people you have never met. Say it slowly and mean it.

Part 4: The testimony (Shahadah)

Notice the order: servant first, then Messenger. Every time you sit in namaz, you affirm both: the Prophet ﷺ is the most honoured of people, and he is a servant of Allah.

Both halves of the Shahadah are found in the Quran's own words. The first, لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ (lā ilāha illa llāh), appears in 47:19. The second:

For a deeper look at the first half, see La ilaha illallah meaning.

Attahiyat meaning in Hindi (simple words)

The Roman Urdu above is everyday Hindustani, so Hindi speakers can use it directly. The few words that may be new:

• ibaadat: worship · qauli / badani / maali: of the tongue / of the body / of wealth
• salaam: peace · rehmat: mercy · barkat: blessing
• nek bande: good, righteous servants
• gawahi: testimony, witness · maabood: the one who is worshipped · Rasool: messenger

When you say it, and what comes after

You recite the Attahiyat in the sitting after every two rak'ahs and in the final sitting. What is added in the middle sitting of a 3- or 4-rak'ah prayer differs slightly between schools; in the Hanafi way common in India and Pakistan, you stand up right after the Attahiyat. In the final sitting, it is followed by the Durood and then a dua before the salam. See the dua after Durood for the two most common ones. Details such as how you sit or move your finger differ between schools; follow the way you were taught.

A simple way to make it stick

Try this for one week:

1. Day 1–2: Only Part 1. As you say at-taḥiyyātu lillāh, think "every word of honour is His".
2. Day 3–4: Add Part 2. Picture sending salaam to the Prophet ﷺ, with Allah's mercy and blessings.
3. Day 5: Add Part 3. At ʿalaynā, think of yourself; at ʿibādi llāhi ṣ-ṣāliḥīn, think of your parents and teachers.
4. Day 6–7: The Shahadah. Say ashhadu like someone really giving testimony.

If you want a day-by-day plan for the whole prayer, understand your namaz in 7 days takes you through each part the same way.

Many words here (salām, raḥma, ʿabd, ṣāliḥ, ilāh, rasūl) are among the most common words in the Quran. Learn them once in your namaz and you will recognise them across the whole Quran. That is how 600 Words of the Quran is built: 30 short lessons, each word with a real verse and its meaning in English and Roman Urdu.