Surah 1 of 114 · Makki
Surah Al-Faatiha (The Opening)
سُورَةُ ٱلْفَاتِحَةِ
About this surah and its virtues
About Surah Al-Fatiha
Revelation. Revealed in Makkah. It opens the Qur'an and is recited in every unit (rak'ah) of every prayer.
Theme. Al-Fatiha praises Allah as Lord of all the worlds, the Most Merciful and the Master of the Day of Judgement. It then turns to worship and asks Allah for guidance to the straight path.
Authentic virtues
- The Prophet ﷺ called it the greatest surah in the Qur'an and “the seven oft-repeated verses”. (Sahih al-Bukhari 4474)
- “There is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 756; Sahih Muslim 394)
- A Companion recited it as ruqyah over a man who had been stung, and the Prophet ﷺ approved of it. (Sahih al-Bukhari 5736)
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) nameٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allahٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Graciousٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
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ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
ٱلْحَمْدُal-ḥamduAll praises and thanksلِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allahرَبِّrabbithe Lordٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnaof the universe
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds
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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِal-raḥmāniThe Most Graciousٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful
The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
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مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
مَـٰلِكِmāliki(The) Masterيَوْمِyawmi(of the) Dayٱلدِّينِl-dīni(of the) Judgment
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense
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إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
إِيَّاكَiyyākaYou Aloneنَعْبُدُnaʿbuduwe worshipوَإِيَّاكَwa-iyyākaand You Aloneنَسْتَعِينُnastaʿīnuwe ask for help
It is You we worship and You we ask for help
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ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
ٱهْدِنَاih'dināGuide usٱلصِّرَٰطَl-ṣirāṭa(to) the pathٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَl-mus'taqīmathe straight
Guide us to the straight path
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صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
صِرَٰطَṣirāṭa(The) pathٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) thoseأَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaYou have bestowed (Your) Favorsعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themغَيْرِghayrinot (of)ٱلْمَغْضُوبِl-maghḍūbithose who earned (Your) wrathعَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon themselvesوَلَاwalāand notٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīna(of) those who go astray
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray