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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