Meccan
Number of verses 7

سُورَةُ الفاتحة

Surah Al-Fatihah

Revelation order 5
Surah number 1
Pronunciation guide

aa, ee and oo mark long vowels. aw sounds like ow in “now”, and ay like the vowel in “eye”. dh is the voiced th in “this”; gh is an Arabic throat sound. q is pronounced farther back than k. ʿ marks the throat consonant ʿayn; ḥ, ṣ, ṭ and ḍ mark Arabic sounds without exact English equivalents. Words within each verse are connected; the verse ending is read with a stop. This written guide does not fully represent articulation, nasalization or recitation length.

1:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismil-laahir-raḥmaanir-raḥeem
In the name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Merciful.
1:2
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Al-ḥamdu lil-laahi rabbil-ʿaalameen
Praise belongs to God, Lord of the worlds;
1:3
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Ar-raḥmaanir-raḥeem
the Most Compassionate, the Merciful;
1:4
مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
Maaliki yawmid-deen
Master of the Day of Recompense.
1:5
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyyaaka naʿbudu wa-iyyaaka nastaʿeen
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
1:6
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ihdinaṣ-ṣiraaṭal-mustaqeem
Guide us to the straight path;
1:7
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
Ṣiraaṭal-ladheena anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril-maghḍoobi ʿalayhim wa-laḍ-ḍaalleen
the path of those on whom You have bestowed blessings; not of those against whom anger is directed, nor of those who have gone astray.

Quran text: Tanzil Project — Uthmani, Version 1.1. Text reproduced verbatim.