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Surah Al-Fatihah (الفاتحة) — “The Opener” — is a Meccan chapter with 7 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Al-Fatihah

الفاتحة

The Opener · 7 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

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

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

al-ḥamdu lillahi rabbi l-ʿālamīna

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

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

al-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

māliki yawmi l-dīni

Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīnu

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

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

ih'dinā l-ṣirāṭa l-mus'taqīma

Guide us to the straight path -

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

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

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