1st cycle (rakat) * * STANDING...

1st cycle (rakat) * * STANDING: Recite Surah Fateha: Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Rahim (In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful) Alhumdoolellaahi Rabbil Aalameen (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds).

arrahmaan irraheem (the Compassionate, the Merciful) maaliki yowm ideen (Owner/master of the day of Judgment) iyaaka na’ boodoo wa iyyaaka nas taeen (Thee alone we worship and Thee alone we ask for help.) ihdinas siraatal moostaqeem (Show us the straight path) siraatal ladheena anamta alayhim (The path of those whom Thou hast favored) ghayril maghdoobi alayhim waladhaalleen (Not the path of those who have earned Thine anger nor of those who have gone astray.) Then recite any other surah of Qur’an.

Probably the shortest and easiest, and one that is also highly recommended to recite, is Surah…