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Guide Us to the Straight Path

Guide Us to the Straight Path

Quran
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ

Transliteration

Ihdinaṣ-ṣirāṭal-mustaqīm. Ṣirāṭal-ladhīna anʿamta ʿalayhim ghayril-maghḍūbi ʿalayhim wa-laḍ-ḍāllīn.

Translation

Guide us to the straight path: the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned anger, nor of those who are astray.

Understand the dua

Background & benefit

Background

A central supplication repeated in every prayer, asking Allah for guidance to the straight path.

Benefit

For guidance, firmness, and remaining on the path pleasing to Allah.

When to recite

salah, daily worship

Source & authenticity

Source: Quran

Reference: Quran 1:6-7

Authenticity: Quranic

Quranic supplication. The wording is from the Quran, so the Arabic should be recited as it appears in the mushaf.

Categories

Benefit
Life situation

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