Surah Al-Fatihah (The Opening)

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ﴿١﴾
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.(1)
Tafseer:
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ﴿٢﴾
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -(2)
Tafseer:
ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ ﴿٣﴾
The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,(3)
Tafseer:
مَـٰلِكِ یَوۡمِ ٱلدِّینِ ﴿٤﴾
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.(4)
Tafseer:
إِیَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِیَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِینُ ﴿٥﴾
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.(5)
Tafseer:
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَ ٰ⁠طَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِیمَ ﴿٦﴾
Guide us to the straight path -(6)
Tafseer:
صِرَ ٰ⁠طَ ٱلَّذِینَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیۡهِمۡ غَیۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّاۤلِّینَ ﴿٧﴾
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.(7)
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