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The Ocean of the Quran

Chapter 1 of 114

Al-Fātiḥah · The Opening

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Read from the beginning

سُورَةُ الفاتحة

About this chapter

Fātiḥat al-Kitāb (lit. opening of the book) is a special surah that was apparently revealed twice: once in Mecca and once in Medina. This could show the significance and centrality of this chapter in the Quran. All Muslims are required to recite this chapter in their five obligatory daily prayers. It is also an integral part of other recommended and optional prayers.

The introduction sets out when the chapter came and what it addresses; the merits gather what the narrations say of reading it. Both are written as units of the tafsir, with their own footnotes.

IntroductionWhat the chapter is about, and when it cameMeritsWhat the narrations say of reading it

The verses

Each with the first line of its translation

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  1. 1 In the name of Allah, the all-beneficent, the all-merciful.
  2. 2 All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all nations.
  3. 3 The all-beneficent, the all-merciful.
  4. 4 Master of the Day of Judgement.
  5. 5 You [alone] do we serve, and to You [alone] do we turn for help.
  6. 6 Guide us on the straight path.
  7. 7 The path of those whom You have blessed – such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray.

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