1 minute madrasa

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَۙ(۱) الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِۙ(۲) مٰلِكِ یَوْمِ الدِّیْنِؕ(۳) اِیَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ اِیَّاكَ نَسْتَعِیْنُؕ(۴) اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِیْمَۙ(۵) صِرَاطَ الَّذِیْنَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَیْهِمْ ﴰ غَیْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ لَا الضَّآلِّیْنَ۠(۷)

THE OPENINGAL-FĀTIḤAH ( الفاتحة )

7 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that is The Opening to the Quran and the straight way of God. Another common name of the surah is The [Lord’s] Praise (al-Ḥamd). It is seen to be a precise table of contents of the Quranic message and is important in Islamic worship, being an obligatory part of the daily prayer, repeated several times during the day.«

The surah is also known as: The Exordium, The Opening Chapter, The Opening of the Book, The Prologue.

 1 

bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmⁱ

In the Name of Allah,the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

2

^al-ḥamdu li-llāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn^a

All praise belongs to Allah,¹Lord of all the worlds,

3

^ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīmⁱ

the All-beneficent, the All-merciful,

4

māliki yawmi d-dīnⁱ

Master¹ of the Day of Retribution.

5

ʾiyyāka naʿbudu wa-ʾiyyāka nastaʿīn^u

You [alone] do we worship,and to You [alone] do we turn for help.

6

ⁱhdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm^a

Guide us on the straight path,

7

ṣirāṭa lladhīna ʾanʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā ḍ-ḍāllīn^a

the path of those whom You have blessed¹—such as² have not incurred Your wrath,³nor are astray.⁴