إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ ٥
It is You we worship and You we ask for help.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِيَّاكَYou Aloneiyyāka
- نَعۡبُدُwe worshipnaʿbudu
- وَإِيَّاكَand You Alonewa-iyyāka
- نَسۡتَعِينُwe ask for helpnastaʿīnu
Tafsir
We worship and obey none except You; we associate no one with You, and from You alone do we ask for help in all our affairs. All goodness is in Your hand, and there is no helper except You.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran