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سُورَةُ الفاتحة

Al-Fatihah — The Opening

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Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening, الفاتحة) is the 1st surah of the Noble Quran — a Meccan surah of 7 verses. Read it below in Arabic with the English translation of Marmaduke Pickthall, and listen verse by verse to famous Egyptian reciters.

1:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ١
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1:2
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٢
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
1:3
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٣
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
1:4
مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٤
Master of the Day of Judgment,
1:5
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ٥
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
1:6
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ٦
Show us the straight path,
1:7
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٧
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · English translation: M. M. Pickthall · Recitations: mp3quran.net
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