The Opening

Kaligrafi_Bismillah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (١

1. In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (٢

2. All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, the Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and All that exists).

الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (٣

3. the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (٤

4. the Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ (٥

5. You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (٦

6. Guide us to the Straight Way

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَ (٧

7. the Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not the way of those who earned Your Anger , nor of those who went astray .