Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening)

Topics in Surah Al-Fatihah

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Responsibility (Mas'uliyyah) (7 verses)
• Divine Revelation (Wahy) (5 verses)
• Supplication (Dua) (4 verses)
• People of the Scripture (Ahl al-Kitab) (2 verses)
• Mercy (Rahmah) (2 verses)
• Contemplation (Tadabbur) (2 verses)
• Monotheism (Tawhid) (2 verses)
• Remembrance (Dhikr) (2 verses)
• Anger (Ghadab) (2 verses)
• Role Model (Qudwah) (2 verses)
• Guidance (Hidayah) (2 verses)
• Base Desire (Hawa) (2 verses)
• Unity (Wahdah) (2 verses)
• Moderation (Wasatiyyah) (2 verses)
• The Path (Sirat) (2 verses)

Read Surah Al-Fatihah with English translation

1. 1:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy!

2. 1:2

   ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

   Praise belongs to God, Lord of the Worlds,

3. 1:3

   ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

   the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy,

4. 1:4

   مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

   Master of the Day of Judgement.

5. 1:5

   إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

   It is You we worship; it is You we ask for help.

6. 1:6

   ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

   Guide us to the straight path:

7. 1:7

   صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

   the path of those You have blessed, those who incur no anger and who have not gone astray.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.