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Lesson 27: Reading Surah Al-Fatihah with Tajweed

Surah Al-Fatihah — The Opening

Read this surah applying all the rules you've learned:

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Rules: Shadda on ل in ٱللَّهِ, Madd on رحمن, Idgham in الرحمن

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn

Rules: Sun letter ح, Idafa رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ, long Madd on عالمين

ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Ar-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

Rules: Idgham (sun letter ر), Madd on both رحمن and رحيم

مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

Māliki yawmi d-dīn

Rules: Madd on مالك, Idafa, Idgham in الدين

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Iyyāka naʿbudu wa-iyyāka nastaʿīn

Rules: Madd on إياك and نستعين

ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Ihdinā ṣ-ṣirāṭa l-mustaqīm

Rules: Idgham in الصراط, Madd on صراط and مستقيم

صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Ṣirāṭa lladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayri l-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-lā ḍ-ḍāllīn

Rules: Idafa, Madd on صراط, أنعمت, مغضوب, ضالين

Lesson Quiz

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1.In بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ, what rule applies to ل in ٱللَّهِ?

2.ٱلصِّرَٰطَ has which type of letter after ال?

3.How many verses are in Surah Al-Fatihah?

4.مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ means: