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1.  *     In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
 
2.  *     All the praises and thanks be to Allah, the Lord  of the Alameen (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
 
3.  *     The Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
 
4.  *     The Only Owner (and the Only Ruling Judge) of the Day of Recompense (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)
 
5.  *     You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).
 
6.  *     Guide us to the Straight Way
 
7.  *     The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace , not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (such as the Jews), nor of those who went astray (such as the Christians).