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quran:1:6 –

Guide us to the straight path -  

Guide us to the straight path: that is, ‘show us the way to it’. This is substituted by:
القرآن:١:٦ –

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ  

{اهدنا الصراط المستقيم} أي أرشدنا إليه، ويبدَل منه:

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quran:36:4 –

On a straight path.  

on a (‘alā is semantically connected to the preceding ˹statement˺) straight path, that is, ˹you follow˺ the way of the prophets before you, ˹enjoining˺ the affirmation of God’s Oneness and guidance (the emphasis expressed by the oath ˹in ‘by the definitive Qur’ān’˺ and the remainder ˹of the statement˺ is a response to the disbelievers’ saying to him, ‘You have not been sent ˹by God˺!’ ˹Q. 13:43˺.
القرآن:٣٦:٤ –

عَلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ  

(على) متعلق بما قبله (صراط مستقيم) أي طريق الأنبياء قبلك التوحيد والهدى، والتأكيد بالقسم وغيره رد لقول الكفار له "لست مرسلا".
quran:4:68 –

And We would have guided them to a straight path.  

And We would have guided them to a straight path. Some Companions said to the Prophet (s): ‘How will we be able to see you in Paradise, when you will be in the highest stations and we will be lower than you?’, and so the following was revealed:
القرآن:٤:٦٨ –

وَلَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ صِرَاطًا مُسْتَقِيمًا  

{ولهديناهم صراطا مستقيما} قال بعض الصحابة للنبي ﷺ كيف نراك في الجنة وأنت في الدرجات العلى ونحن أسفل منك فنزل.
hakim:2912 – Bakr

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the verse: "Guide us to the Straight Path" [Al-Fatiha 6], with the letter "S" (Saad).  

الحاكم:٢٩١٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ بِمَرْوَ ثنا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَلْخِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْكَاتِبُ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَرَأَ {اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ} [الفاتحة 6] بِالصَّادِ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» بل لم يصح