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Surah 1

Al-Fatihah

The Opener

7 verses · Makkan · revealed 5th

الفاتحة

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

With the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful.

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Alhamdu lillahi rabbi alAAalameen

[All] praise is [due] to Allāh, Lord of the worlds -

Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Arrahmani arraheem

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

the All-Merciful, the Very Merciful.

مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Maliki yawmi addeen

Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

the Master of the Day of Requital.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Iyyaka naAAbudu wa-iyyaka nastaAAeen

It is You we worship and You we ask for help.

You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek help.

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Ihdina assirata almustaqeem

Guide us to the straight path -

Take us on the straight path.

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Sirata allatheena anAAamta AAalayhim ghayri almaghdoobi AAalayhim wala addalleen

The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned [Your] anger or of those who are astray.

the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not of those who have incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray.