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1. Al-Faatiha · The Opening

The opening prayer praises God as merciful ruler of the day of judgment and asks for guidance. Its movement from praise to shared petition introduces worship, dependence, and the search for a straight path.

Updated 20 October 2026Editorial review edition

Meccan (traditional classification) · 7 verses

Editorial themes: Praise · Mercy · Guidance · Worship

English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public-domain translation. Arabic: Tanzil Project, Uthmani 1.1, used verbatim under its text licence. Text provenance & limitations →

A note on Arabic, English and verse numbering

Tanzil’s Arabic source includes the opening basmala with the first verse of surahs other than 9. Pickthall’s numbered translation includes it at 1:1; at other surah openings it is not repeated within the numbered English verse. This display preserves both source conventions. The Arabic is not a collection of all variant readings.

1:1Compare translations ↗

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1:2Compare translations ↗

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

1:3Compare translations ↗

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

The Beneficent, the Merciful.

1:4Compare translations ↗

مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Master of the Day of Judgment,

1:5Compare translations ↗

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.

1:6Compare translations ↗

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Show us the straight path,

1:7Compare translations ↗

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.

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