RECITATION (QIRĀʾAH)
In the first and second rakʿahs of the daily obligatory prayers, one must recite Sūrat al-Ḥamd followed by another surah
Sūrat al-Ḥamd

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
bismil lāhir raḥmānir raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the Ever-Merciful.

الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ

alḥamdu lillāhi rabbil ʿālamīn

All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds,

الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

arraḥmānir raḥīm

the All-Beneficent, the Ever-Merciful,


مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ

māliki yawmid dīn

Master of the Day of Retribution.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُ

iyyāka naʿbudu wa iyyāka nastaʿīn

You [alone] do we worship, and to You [alone] do we turn for help.

اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَ

ihdinaṣ ṣirāṭal mustaqīm

Guide us on the straight path,

صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّيْنَ

ṣirāṭal ladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa laḍ ḍāllīn

the path of those whom You have blessed – such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray.


After reciting sura al–hamd, we recite a complete sura of the Qur’an like sura al–tawhid or other sura fo the Qur’an.

Sura al–tawhid

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

bismil lāhir raḥmānir raḥīm

In the Name of Allah, the All-Beneficent, the Ever-Merciful.

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

qul huwal lāhu aḥad

Say, ‘He is Allah, One.’

اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ

allāhuṣ ṣamad

‘Allah, the Referent for All Needs.’

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُوْلَدْ

lam yalid wa lam yūlad

‘He neither begets nor is He begotten,’

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

wa lam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥad

‘and there is no one comparable to Him.’


After reciting Sura al–tawhid, we should say ‘allāhu akbar’


اللّهُ أَکْبَرُ
‘allāhu akbar’
Allah is greater [ than what He is described as]



and then perform rukūʿ.

TAKBĪRAT AL IḤRĀM                                                                                                                                                                         Rukūʿ