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الفَاتِحَة

Sher Ali

Surah 1. The Opening (al-Fatihah)

7 verses Meccan
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1 The Opening
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝١
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In the name of ALLAH, the Gracious, the Merciful
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm
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ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٢
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All praise is due to ALLAH alone, Lord of all the worlds
al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn
1:3 ›
ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ۝٣
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The Gracious, the Merciful
al-raḥmāni l-raḥīm
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مَـٰلِكِ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ۝٤
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Master of the Day of Judgment
māliki yawmi l-dīn
1:5 ›
إِیَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِیَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِینُ ۝٥
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THEE alone do we worship and THEE alone do we implore for help
iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn
1:6 ›
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَ ٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمَ ۝٦
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Guide us in the straight path
ih'dinā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīm
1:7 ›
صِرَ ٰطَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غَیۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ۝٧
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The path of those on whom THOU hast bestowed THY favors, those who have not incurred THY displeasure and those who have not gone astray
ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walā l-ḍālīn
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Surah Info

Surah
The Opening
Verses
7
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
1
Translations
69

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Prayer Guidance Mercy Worship

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  1. 1 The Opening Ayat 1 – 7

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