Allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtanih, as’aluka min khayrihi wa khayri ma suni‘a lah, wa a‘udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni‘a lah.
O Allah, praise belongs to You; You clothed me in it. I ask You for its good and the good of its purpose, and seek Your protection from its harm and the harm of its purpose.
The source’s specific occasion
Sunan Abi Dawud 4020 describes a new garment and mentions identifying the garment concerned. The source card preserves that context rather than labelling it a mirror prayer or a rule for every change of clothing.
Its attributed assessment is recorded in the card. Another everyday-clothing formula would need its own checked reference; similarity of subject does not make two quotations identical.
Understanding gratitude and benefit
Clothing can provide cover, comfort and practical protection. The supplication makes receiving a garment a moment of gratitude and a request for good use, rather than a promise about appearance or social status.
Consider care, suitability and responsible use as ordinary practical matters. The words do not make a costly garment more spiritually valuable or excuse waste, boasting or neglect of another person’s needs.
Learning the wording
Read the meaning first, then practise the Arabic in short parts. Keep the card’s source title visible when sharing it, especially if a graphic combines clothing, mirror and beauty claims.
Questions about dress requirements, particular materials or school-specific rulings require a separate lesson. This supplication is not a complete clothing-law checklist.
Common questions
Is this specifically for new clothes? That is the cited report’s setting. Is it a mirror dua? No; the mirror page explains a different general character request. Does it guarantee protection from every accident? This site makes no such promise. Can a child learn it? Explain gratitude and useful clothing as well as teaching the words.