Praise Be to Allah Who Gave Us Life
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur.
All praise is for Allah who gave us life after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection.
What it means
The first sentence of the day names a gift most people never notice: you were returned. It pairs with the dua said at bedtime, so the same idea closes the night and opens the morning, and it slips in a reminder of the greater waking still to come.
When and how
Say it as soon as you wake, before reaching for anything else.
Its virtue
This is what the Prophet ﷺ said when he woke from sleep, reported in Sahih al-Bukhari 6324.
Source
Al-Bukhari 6324sahih