سُورَةُ ٱلۡفَاتِحَةِ
Surah Al-Fatihah (1)
Six ayahs with transliteration, IPA, and meaning. Word by word and tajweed notes are optional. IPA shows each ayah as read when stopping at its end.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- بِسۡمِ/bismi/in the name of
- ٱللَّهِ/llaːhi/Allah
- ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ/rraħmaːni/the Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِ/rraħiːm/the Most Merciful
Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
/bismi llaːhi rraħmaːni rraħiːm/
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
- Light lam in Allah (after kasra)
- Lam shamsi, twice
- Natural madd on ā and ī
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
- ٱلۡحَمۡدُ/ʔalħamdu/all praise
- لِلَّهِ/lillaːhi/is for Allah
- رَبِّ/rabbi/Lord of
- ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ/lʕaːlamiːn/all the worlds
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn
/ʔalħamdu lillaːhi rabbi lʕaːlamiːn/
All praise is for Allah, Lord of all the worlds
- Lam qamari, twice
- Light lam in lillāhi
- Doubled ba (rabbi)
- Natural madd on ā and ī
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ/ʔarraħmaːni/the Most Gracious
- ٱلرَّحِيمِ/rraħiːm/the Most Merciful
Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
/ʔarraħmaːni rraħiːm/
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
- Lam shamsi, twice
- Natural madd on ā and ī
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
مَٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ
- مَٰلِكِ/maːliki/Master of
- يَوۡمِ/jawmi/the Day of
- ٱلدِّينِ/ddiːn/Judgment
Māliki yawmi d-dīn
/maːliki jawmi ddiːn/
Master of the Day of Judgment
- Natural madd on ā (dagger alif)
- Lam shamsi (ad-dīn)
- Doubled dal
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ
- إِيَّاكَ/ʔijjaːka/You alone
- نَعۡبُدُ/naʕbudu/we worship
- وَإِيَّاكَ/waʔijjaːka/and You alone
- نَسۡتَعِينُ/nastaʕiːn/we ask for help
Iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn
/ʔijjaːka naʕbudu waʔijjaːka nastaʕiːn/
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help
- Doubled ya, twice (iyyāka)
- Natural madd on ā and ī
- ʿayn from mid-throat
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ
- ٱهۡدِنَا/ʔihdinaː/guide us
- ٱلصِّرَٰطَ/sˤsˤiraːtˤa/the path
- ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ/lmustaqiːm/the straight
Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm
/ʔihdinaː sˤsˤiraːtˤa lmustaqiːm/
Guide us to the straight path
- Heavy ṣād, ṭā and qāf
- Lam shamsi (aṣ-ṣirāṭ)
- Lam qamari (al-mustaqīm)
- Madd at stop (2, 4 or 6)
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
- صِرَٰطَ/sˤiraːtˤa/the path of
- ٱلَّذِينَ/llaðiːna/those who
- أَنۡعَمۡتَ/ʔanʕamta/You have favored
- عَلَيۡهِمۡ/ʕalajhim/upon them
- غَيۡرِ/ɣajri/not
- ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ/lmaɣdˤuːbi/those who earned wrath
- عَلَيۡهِمۡ/ʕalajhim/upon them
- وَلَا/walaː/and not
- ٱلضَّآلِّينَ/dˤdˤaːlliːn/those who went astray
Ṣirāṭa lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa lā ḍ-ḍāllīn
/sˤiraːtˤa llaðiːna ʔanʕamta ʕalajhim ɣajri lmaɣdˤuːbi ʕalajhim walaː dˤdˤaːlliːn/
The path of those You have favored, not of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray
- Lam shamsi (alladhīna, aḍ-ḍāllīn)
- Lam qamari (al-maghḍūb)
- Madd lāzim, 6 counts (ḍāllīn)
- Heavy ṣād, ṭā, ghayn and ḍād
IPA key for this surah
- ʕعTight sound, mid-throat
- ħحBreathy h, mid-throat
- qقDeep k, back of the tongue
- ɣغGargle-like, voiced خ
- sˤصHeavy s, mouth full
- tˤطHeavy t, mouth full
- dˤضHeavy d, mouth full
- ðذth in this
- ʔءGlottal stop, as in uh-oh
- ːمدLong vowel, 2 counts
- rr ddـّDoubled, held a beat