# Sura   1 - The Opening

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> THE MEANING OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN
> by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall
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> 1. al-Fatihah: The Opening
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> 1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. 
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> 2 Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, 
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> 3 The Beneficent, the Merciful. 
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> 4 Master of the Day of Judgment, 
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> 5 Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. 
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> 6 Show us the straight path, 
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> 7 The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.
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> — *Sura   1 - The Opening*