Al-Fātihah

{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ}

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1. In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

{الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ}

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2. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord[1] of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).[2]

{الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ}

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3. The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

{مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ}

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4. The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

{إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ}

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5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).

{اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ}

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6. Guide us to the Straight Way.[3]

{صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ}

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7. The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace[4] , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger [5] (i.e. those who knew the Truth, but did not follow it) nor of those who went astray (i.e. those who did not follow the Truth out of ignorance and error). [6], [7]