الفاتحة

Surah Al-Fatihah

The Opener, Meccan, 7 verses, para 1

  1. بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ١

    1:1

    bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

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

  2. ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ٢

    1:2

    al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

  3. ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ٣

    1:3

    al-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

    The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

  4. مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ٤

    1:4

    māliki yawmi l-dīni

    Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

  5. إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ٥

    1:5

    iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīnu

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

  6. ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ٦

    1:6

    ih'dinā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma

    Guide us to the straight path -

  7. صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ٧

    1:7

    ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walā l-ḍālīna

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

Surah Al-Fatihah is also known as Fatiha, Fatihah, Alhamdu and Umm al-Kitab.

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