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Qur'an 1:5 Al-Fatiha

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

It is You we worship and You we ask for help.

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What it says

The hinge of the surah. Everything before it was said about Allah; from here on it is said to Him. And it is said in the plural, we, by a person who may be entirely alone on a prayer mat at three in the morning.

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إِيَّاكَ iyyāka You alone · نَعْبُدُ naʿbudu we worship · وَإِيَّاكَ wa-iyyāka and You alone · نَسْتَعِينُ nastaʿīn we ask for help

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