AL-FAATIHAH

(The Opening)

                        Qur’aan 1:1-7

1. BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

2. AL HAMDU LILLAAHI RABBIL ’AALAMEEN

Praise be to Allah The Cherisher and Sustainer of all the Boundless Universes.

3. AR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

4. MAALIKI YAWMID DEEN

Master of the Day of Judgment.

5. EYYAAKA NA‘BUDU,WA EYYAAKA NASTA‘EEN

It’s You whom we worship alone, and it’s You alone we ask for help.

6. EHDENAS SIRAATAL MUSTAQEEM

Guide us in the straight path;

7. SIRAATAL LAZINA AN‘AMTA ‘ALAYHIM

The path of those whom You blessed;

GHAYRIL MAGHDOOBI ‘ALAYHIM WALADDALLEEN

not of those who have deserved wrath, nor the ones gone astray.

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