In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
Surah 1 · 7 verses
The Opening · Meccan
الفاتحة
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
Praise belongs to God, Lord of the Worlds,
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna
the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy,
الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
al-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
Master of the Day of Judgement.
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
māliki yawmi l-dīni
It is You we worship; it is You we ask for help.
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīnu
Guide us to the straight path:
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
ih'dinā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma
the path of those You have blessed, those who incur no anger and who have not gone astray.
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walā l-ḍālīna