الفاتحة

1. Al-Faatiha

The Opening · Meccan · 7 verses

1:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿١﴾

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

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

1:2

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿٢﴾

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi al-ʿālamīn

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

1:3

ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٣﴾

Ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

1:4

مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿٤﴾

Māliki yawmi ad-dīn

Master of the Day of Judgment,

1:5

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ﴿٥﴾

Iyyāka naʿbudu waʾiyyāka nastaʿīn

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

1:6

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿٦﴾

Ihdinā aṣ-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm

Show us the straight path,

1:7

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿٧﴾

Ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri al-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim walā aḍ-ḍāllīn

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

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.