<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> Sūrat al - Fātiḥah (Arabic: سُّورَةُ الْفَاتِحَة ‎ ‎) is the first chapter (surah) of the Quran . Its seven verses (ayat) are a prayer for the guidance, lordship and mercy of God . This chapter has an essential role in Islamic prayer (salāt). The primary literal meaning of the expression "al - Fātiḥah" is "The Opener," which could refer to this Surah being "the opener of the Book" (Fātiḥat al - kitāb), to its being the first Surah recited in full in every prayer cycle (rakʿah), or to the manner in which it serves as an opening for many functions in everyday Islamic life . Some Muslims interpret it as a reference to an implied ability of the Surah to open a person to faith in God . </P> <Table> Al - Fatihah (Arabic: الفَاتِحَة ‎ ‎) <Tr> <Th> Verse </Th> <Th> Text </Th> <Th> Transliteration </Th> <Th> Translation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.1 . </Th> <Td> بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ </Td> <Td> Bismillāhi r - raḥmāni r - raḥīm </Td> <Td> In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.2 . </Th> <Td> ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ </Td> <Td> Al ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l -' ālamīn </Td> <Td> (All) praise is (due) to God, Lord of the worlds - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.3 . </Th> <Td> ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ </Td> <Td> Ar raḥmāni r - raḥīm </Td> <Td> The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.4 . </Th> <Td> مَالِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ </Td> <Td> Māliki yawmi d - dīn </Td> <Td> Sovereign of the Day of Recompense . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.5 . </Th> <Td> إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ </Td> <Td> Iyyāka na'budu wa iyyāka nasta'īn </Td> <Td> It is You we worship and You we ask for help . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.6 . </Th> <Td> ٱهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ </Td> <Td> Ihdinā ṣ - ṣirāṭ al - mustaqīm </Td> <Td> Guide us to the straight path - </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 1.7 . </Th> <Td> صِرَاطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّين </Td> <Td> Ṣirāṭ al - laḏīna an'amta' alayhim ġayril maġḍūbi' alayhim walāḍ ḍāllīn </Td> <Td> The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked (Your) anger or of those who are astray . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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