✦ SURAH 1 OF 114
الفاتحة
Al-Fatihah
✦ At a glance
1 min readThe Opening — it opens the mushaf, and it opens every unit of every prayer.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
2[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
3The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
4Sovereign of the Day of Recompense
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ
5It is You we worship and You we ask for help
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
6Guide us to the straight path
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
7The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray