Editing Screen: Surah 1: al-Fatihah (The Opening)

 

 

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Description <ol> <li>It is called Umm-ul-Kitab (Mother of the Book), foundation and essence of the Qur'an.</li> <li>The Surah mentions two actions of the Heart. Ikhlas (pure sincerity) in <strong>"You alone we worship" </strong>and Tawakul (reliance) in <strong>"You alone we seek help"</strong></li> <li>It is a mandatory part of each Islamic Prayer (Salah), recited at least seventeen times daily in the five obligatory prayers.</li> <li>This Prayer is taught by Allah Himself to mankind, as a favour, to let them know the format of a Prayer which is acceptable to Him.<br />  </li> <li>This Surah is known as "Seven Oft-Repeated Verses"  [Sab'a Mathani].<br />  </li> <li>Upon the completion of the recitation of this Surah the Angels also say Ameen and according to a narration from Bukhari [no. 772], if their saying of Ameen and your saying of Ameen are in sync your past sins will be forgiven.<br />  </li> <li>The importance of being constant in making dua for steadfastness upon the Deen [religion] – repeating the dua ‘Guide us to the Straight Path’. Indeed the hearts of the sons of Adam are between the two fingers of ar-Rahman and He turns them as He wishes.’  One of the most often repeated duas of the Prophet was ‘O Allah O turner of the Hearts, make my heart firm upon Your Deen [religion].’</li> <li>We learn in this Surah that before the supplication is made, we mention the Asma al-Husna [beautiful names] of Allah and these are used as a means to gain closeness to Him and way to gain the supplication to be answered.<br />  </li> <li>When  we supplicate in this Surah [despite us praying alone] we always pray and use the plural for seeking Guidance for ‘Us’ as opposed to ‘Me’.</li> </ol>

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