The Opening Prayer26
El-Fátiḥah
I.
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds,27
The Compassionate, the Merciful,
The King of the day of judgment.
Thee do we worship, and of Thee seek we help.28
Guide us in the right way,
The way of those to whom Thou hast been gracious,
Not of those with whom Thou art wroth, nor of the erring.
(i.)