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Surah 1. Al-Fatiha, Ayah 5

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إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
Iyy a ka naAAbudu waiyy a ka nastaAAeen u
Thee alone do we worship; and unto Thee alone do we turn for aid.
  - Mohammad Asad
O'Allah! You Alone we worship and You Alone we call on for help.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
You 'alone' we worship and You 'alone' we ask for help.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee alone we ask for help.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Thee do we worship and Thine aid we seek. 21
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

On realizing in our souls God's love and care, His grace and mercy, and His power and justice (as Ruler of the Day of Judgment), the immediate result is that we bend in the act of worship, and see both our shortcomings and His all-sufficient power. The emphatic form means that not only do we reach the position of worshipping God and asking for His help, but we worship Him alone and ask for His aid only. For there is none other than He worthy of our devotion and able to help us. The plural "we" indicates that we associate ourselves with all who seek God, thus strengthening ourselves and strengthening them in a fellowship of faith.

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