Al-Fatihah — English Translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿1﴾

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿2﴾

All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿3﴾

The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ﴿4﴾

The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ﴿5﴾

You (Alone) we worship, and you (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ﴿6﴾

Guide us to the Straight Way

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ﴿7﴾

The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger, nor of those who went astray.