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Al-Fatihah · 1:5

One verse. Two attributed English renderings.

Original Arabic · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ

Published translation

Rowwad Translation Center

You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.

Version 1.0.20 · Qur’an 1:5

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Source record

Text SHA-256: 46674598bea7fa4ff431d9422f7d948485fdcef7c4231a057929b2fc7337e3b4

Pinned QuranML source edition, preserved unchanged.

Published translation

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).

Version 1.1.3 · Qur’an 1:5

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Source record

Text SHA-256: fb128cd5458240df00f68f1f641429d037a7162ede1b7288f7ad67a2653bf628

Translated by Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan.

Both versions express exclusive worship and seeking help. Notice capitalization, parentheses and the explanatory phrase in the Hilali–Khan wording. These are observations about the displayed English wording, not a ranking of translations or a new religious ruling. Neither source supplies a footnote for this verse in the records shown.

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This available comparison covers one verse. The full multilingual parallel reader remains planned. The Rowwad excerpt uses QuranML’s preserved version 1.0.20; the Hilali–Khan excerpt was retrieved from QuranEnc version 1.1.3 on 10 November 2026. Download the source records. Publisher and reuse conditions are recorded there.

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