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Are the phrases, "O Allah, to You be praise, praise that equals Your blessings and recompenses them," "O Allah, to You be praise, praise that befits the majesty of Your power," and "O Allah, to You be praise, praise for which You are worthy, O Lord of the Worlds," Islamically permissible when praising Allah?

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The statement: "اللهم لك الحمد حمداً أنت أهلاً له يا رب العالمين" (O Allah, all praise is due to You, praise that You are worthy of, O Lord of the worlds) contains a grammatical error in the accusative case of "أهلاً" (worthy); the correct form should be in the nominative case. There is no prohibition against praising Allah and lauding Him with this phrase. However, it is preferable to use the expressions found in the revealed texts, such as: "سبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته" (Glorified is Allah and praised be He, to the number of His creation, and by His pleasure, and by the weight of His Throne, and by the extent of His words), and "يا رب لك الحمد كما ينبغي لجلال وجهك ولعظيم سلطانك" (O Lord, all praise is due to You as befits the glory of Your Countenance and the greatness of Your dominion), and "لا أحصي ثناءً عليك، أنت كما أثنيت على نفسك" (I cannot enumerate Your praise, You are as You have praised Yourself).

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