سُورَةُ الفَاتِحَةِ

The Opening

1:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ١
In the name of Allāh,1the Most-Gracious, the Most-Merciful.2
1:2
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٢
All praise be to Allāh, The Lord1-of-the-Worlds,
1:3
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ٣
The Most-Gracious, the Most-Merciful,
1:4
مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٤
The Master-of-the-Day-of-Judgement.
1:5
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ ٥
You alone do we worship, and Your help alone do we seek.
1:6
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ ٦
Lead us to the straight path,
1:7
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ٧
the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Favour, those whose [portion] was not wrath, nor those who went astray.

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First published in August 2023, this translation is available in two Hard bound editions. One comes with Parallel Arabic-English Texts and the other is the English only version. In December 2025 we had published the third edition of both versions, alhamdulillah.

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