TRANSATION:
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Beneficent, the Merciful.
Owner of the Day of Judgement.
You (alone) do we worship, and You (alone) we ask for help.
Guide us on the Straight Path.
The Path of those whom You have favoured;
Not (the path) of those who earn Your anger, nor of those who go astray.
(Qur’an: 1:1-7)
1)MEANING OF AL FATIHA: IT means the opening or the enterence of the HOLY QURAN.
2)THE PERIOD OF REVELATION: THis Surah is cosidred to be one of the very early revelations and one of the first complete surah’s revealed on the Prophet (PBUH) at Makkah.It has 1 section and 7 verses.
3)THE SUBJECT : This surah is actually a PRAYER taught by GOD for every human being who wants to study HIS message.Meaning that it teaches the reader that if He sincerely wants to benefit from this BOOK he should pray to the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE for “THE GUIDANCE TOWARDS THE RIGHT PATH”.
It is important to know that the real realation between Al Fatiha and the QURANis not that of an introduction to a book ,but that of a prayer and its answer.Al Fatiha is the prayer from the devotee and the rest of AL QURAN is the answer from ALLAH.The devotee prays to Allah to show him the “Right Way” and Allah places the whole “QURAN ” before him in answer to his prayer.
4)PRAYER AND SURAH FATIHA:
1)This surah is known as SABA’a MATHANI (SEVEN OFT REPEATED VERSES)
2)It is also called UMMAL KITAB (MOTHER OF THE BOOK),foundation and essence of the QURAN.
3)It’s recitation is mendatory in each islamic prayer (SALAH) .It is recited at least seventeen times daily in the five obligatory prayers. ( To be continued InsaaALLAH:) )