Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opener)
Meccan · 7 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
1:1ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds
1:2ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
The Beneficent, the Merciful
1:3مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Master of the Day of Judgment
1:4إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help
1:5ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
Show us the straight path
1:6صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray
1:7
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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