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Surah Al-Fatiha

سُورَةُ الْفَاتِحَةِ

The Opening · Meccan · 7 ayat · from page 1 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

Also written Al-Fātiḥah, Al-Faatiha.

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  1. بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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

    1:1
  2. ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

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

    1:2
  3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

    1:3
  4. مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

    1:4
  5. إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

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

    1:5
  6. ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    Guide us to the straight path -

    1:6
  7. صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

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

    1:7

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