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الفاتحة

Surah Al-Fatihah (الفاتحة) - Transliteration, Translation and Audio

Chapter 1 of the Quran, 7 verses, "The Opening"

Surah Al-Fatihah Transliteration and English Translation

  1. 1

    بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem

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

  2. 2

    ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Alhamdu lillaahi Rabbil 'aalameen

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

  3. 3

    ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    Ar-Rahmaanir-Raheem

    The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

  4. 4

    مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    Maaliki Yawmid-Deen

    Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

  5. 5

    إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

    Iyyaaka na'budu wa lyyaaka nasta'een

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

  6. 6

    ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    Ihdinas-Siraatal-Mustaqeem

    Guide us to the straight path -

  7. 7

    صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

    Siraatal-lazeena an'amta 'alaihim ghayril-maghdoobi 'alaihim wa lad-daaalleen

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

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