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سورة الفاتحة

Surah Al-Fatihah · The Opener

The full surah in the Uthmani script, with the transliteration and the English meaning (Saheeh International) of each ayah, and recitation by Sheikh al-Husary and Sheikh al-Minshawi.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝١

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

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

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ۝٢

al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

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

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝٣

al-raḥmāni l-raḥīm

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝٤

māliki yawmi l-dīn

Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ۝٥

iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn

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

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝٦

ih'dinā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīm

Guide us to the straight path -

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ۝٧

ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walā l-ḍālīn

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

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Quran text in the Uthmani script, Hafs from 'Asim. English meaning: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Quran.com.