Beautiful Ahadith Qudsiyah
A Hadith Qudsi (plural Ahadith Qudsiyah) is a statement where Prophet Muhammad (SAW) reports a statement and he refers it directly to Allah (SWT). The regular Hadith or what is generally known as a Hadith Nabawi is a Hadith where one of the Companions (Sahabah) reports the Prophet (SAW)'s statements, his deeds, or things that happened in his presence and he approved of them. There are more than one hundred Ahadith Qudsiyah. They are very beautiful and deal mostly with spiritual and ethical subjects.

Sometimes, people ask questions about the difference between the Qur'an and the Hadith Qudsi. They say that the Qur'an is the world of Allah and Hadith Qudsi also refers to Allah's words, then how do they differ? The scholars of Hadith have mentioned five main differences between the Qur'an and the Hadith Qudsi:

1. The Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet (SAW) verbatim, i.e. its words and meanings are both from Allah. The Hadith Qudsi was not a verbatim revelation, its words are from the Prophet (SAW).

2. The Qur'an was revealed via Angel Jibreel while Hadith Qudsi may have been inspired by other ways, such as in the form of a dream.

3. The words of the Qur'an are miraculous (mu'jizah) while the words of the Hadith Qudsi are not of this nature.

4. The Qur'an is recited in formal prayers (salah) but the Hadith Qudsi cannot be recited in prayers.

5. One is not allowed to touch the Qur'an in the state of Janabah, while there is no such prohibition for touching the books of Hadith Qudsi.

Forty Beautiful Hadith Qudsi are available on this page. It includes English translation, and Arabic recitation of each Hadith in RealAudio Format. If you don't have RealAudio player, you can download it for free from the RealAudio Homepage.

May Allah (SWT) benefit us all from these beautiful Ahadith Qudsiyah. Ameen.

Forty Hadith Qudsi

Hadith 1 (When Allah decreed the Creation...)
Hadith 2 (The son of Adam denied Me...)
Hadith 3 (This morning one of My servants became...)
Hadith 4 (Sons of Adam inveigh against...)
Hadith 5 (I am so self-sufficient...)
Hadith 6 (The first of people against whom...)
Hadith 7 (Your Lord delights at a sheperd...)
Hadith 8 (A prayer performed by someone...)
Hadith 9 (The first of his actions...)
Hadith 10 (Fasting is Mine...)
Hadith 11 (Spend, O son of Adam...)
Hadith 12 (A man from...those who were before you...)
Hadith 13 (...and there came to him two men...)
Hadith 14 (Allah...has angels...)
Hadith 15 (I am as My servant thinks I am...)
Hadith 16 (Allah has written down the good deeds...)
Hadith 17 (O My servants, I have forbidden oppression...)
Hadith 18 (O son of Adam...)
Hadith 19 (Pride is My cloak...)
Hadith 20 (The gates of Paradise will be opened...)
Hadith 21 (There are three whose adversary I shall be...)
Hadith 22 (Let not anyone of you belittle himself...)
Hadith 23 (Where are those who love one another...)
Hadith 24 (If Allah has loved a servant...)
Hadith 25 (Whosoever shows enmity...)
Hadith 26 (Truly of those devoted to Me...)
Hadith 27 (Their souls are in the insides of green birds...)
Hadith 28 (There was...a man who had a wound...)
Hadith 29 (My faithful servant's reward...)
Hadith 30 (If My servant likes to meet Me...)
Hadith 31 (Who is he who swears by Me...)
Hadith 32 (A man sinned greatly against himself...)
Hadith 33 (A servant of Allah committed a sin...)
Hadith 34 (O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me...)
Hadith 35 (Our Lord...descends each night...)
Hadith 36 (Should we not ask someone to intercede for us...)
Hadith 37 (I have prepared for My righteous servants...)
Hadith 38 (When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire...)
Hadith 39 (Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together...)
Hadith 40 (Allah will say to the inhabitants of Paradise...)