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Al-Faatiha

سورة الفاتحة

The Opening7 ayet Mekki

Translated by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

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الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

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مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ

Master of the Day of Judgment,

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إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.

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اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Show us the straight path,

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صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.