Chapter 1, 7 verses
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of the Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
The Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Sovereign of the Day of Recompense.
The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)
Master of the Day of Judgment,
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
Guide us to the straight path -
Guide us to the Straight Way.
Show us the straight path,
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.
The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (i.e. those who knew the Truth, but did not follow it) nor of those who went astray (i.e. those who did not follow the Truth out of ignorance and error). ,
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.