# Sura   1 - The Opening

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> DIRECTORY FOR "THE KORAN" TRANSLATED BY J. M. RODWELL
> Everyman's Library 1909 - 1971 edition
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> THE KORAN
>             Translated from the Arabic by J. M. Rodwell, M.A., 1861
>              (Everyman's Library, Dutton: New York, 1971 edition)
>  
> Note:  The Suras are here arranged as commonly numbered and not as arranged by
>        the translator (Rodwell).  The Introduction and translator's footnotes
>        are not included herein.  At the top of each Sura is listed the Sura
>        name in Roman and Arabic numerals), the name of the Sura, where it was
>        revealed (according to Rodwell), the number of verses, the number of the
>        verse according to Rodwell and the page number of the 1971 edition)
> 
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> SURA I  (1)                 (Mecca - 7 Verses)              (VIII - 28)    
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>        In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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>        Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds!
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>        King on the day of reckoning!
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>        Thee only do we worship, and to Thee do we cry for help.
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>        Guide Thou us on the straight path,
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>        The path of those to whom Thou hast been gracious; - with whom thou art
> not angry, and who go not astray.
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> — *Sura   1 - The Opening*