Surah 1. Al-Fatiha — The Opening
This translation is a work in progress and has the status of a draft; the text is still being checked and may change.
The English text of surah 1 (Al-Fatiha, “The Opening”), 7 verses, from the public-domain translation The Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1934), shown next to the Arabic original. Read this surah interactively.
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ
Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Master of the Day of Judgment.
مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Show us the straight way,
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ