Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اصْطَفَى مِنْ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعًا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ وَمَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ بِهَا عِشْرُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ عِشْرُونَ سَيِّئَةً وَمَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَمَنْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ بِهَا ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا ثَلَاثُونَ سَيِّئَةً.
English Translation
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'Allah the Almighty chose four phrases from all speech: SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah), and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). Whoever says SubhanAllah, twenty good deeds are recorded for him and twenty sins are erased from him. Whoever says Allahu Akbar, it is likewise. Whoever says La ilaha illallah, it is likewise. And whoever says Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alamin (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds) from his own initiative, thirty good deeds are recorded for him and thirty sins are erased from him.'