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الفَاتِحَةThe Opening
The Opening — 7 verses · Recited 17 times in every daily prayer · Word-by-word analysis
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Verses
29
Words
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Letters
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Daily recitations
15
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1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn
All praise is for Allah, Lord of all the worlds
3
الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
4
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Māliki yawmi d-dīn
Master of the Day of Judgement
5
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn
You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help
6
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm
Guide us to the straight path
7
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
Ṣirāṭa lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim — ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā ḍ-ḍāllīn
The path of those You have blessed — not of those who have earned anger, nor of those who have gone astray
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