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Module 5
Short Surahs for Salah
The short surahs you can recite after Al-Fatiha in prayer — with a memorization mode.
Surah
الفاتحة — Al-Fatiha
The Opening
Ayah 1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismillāhi-r-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm
In the name of Allah — the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
Ayah 2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi-l-ʿālamīn
All praise is for Allah — Lord of all worlds.
Ayah 3
الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ar-raḥmāni-r-raḥīm
The Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
Ayah 4
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
Māliki yawmi-d-dīn
Master of the Day of Judgement.
Ayah 5
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
Ayah 6
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
Ihdinā-ṣ-ṣirāṭa-l-mustaqīm
Guide us upon the Straight Path.
Ayah 7
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ
Ṣirāṭa-lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri-l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa la-ḍ-ḍāllīn
The path of those You have blessed — not of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray.
Translations are meanings of the Qur'an, not the Qur'an itself.
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