THE MEANING OF SURAH AL-FATIHAH IN ENGLISH

MARMADUKE PICKTHALL
AL FATIHAH (OPENING)
1. IN THE NAME OF ALLOH THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL.
2. PRAISE BE TO ALLOH, THE LORD OF THE WORLDS.
3. THE BENEFICENT, THE MERCIFUL
4. MASTER OF THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
5. THEE (ALONE) WE WORSHIP, THEE (ALONE) WE ASK FOR HELP.
6. SHOW US THE STRAIGHT PATH.
7. THE PATH OF THOSE WHOM THOU HAST FAVOURED; NOT THE (PATH) OF THOSE WHO EARN THINE ANGER NOR OF THOSE WHO GO ASTRAY