1Al-Fatihahالفاتحة
The Opening7 Verses • Meccan Surah
1

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

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

2

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

3

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

4

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Māliki yawmi d-dīn

Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

5

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn

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

6

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm

Guide us to the straight path -

7

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

Ṣirāṭa llaḏīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ġayri l-maġḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā ḍ-ḍāllīn

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