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

 

 

Editing: The Virtues of the Surah

Description <ol> <li>Surah al-Fatihah is the greatest surah in the Qur’an. <p>Abu Sa’ad ibn Al-Mu’alla narrated the Apostle ﷺ of Allah saying as:</p> <p><em>“…I will teach a Surah which is the greatest Surah in the Quran before you leave the Masjid.’ Then he took hold of my hand and when he intended to leave [the Masjid], I asked him, “Did you not say that you would teach me a Surah which is the greatest Surah in the Qur’an?” He replied, ‘Yes. It is [the Surah commencing with], “All praise and thanks are due to Allah.” It is the Seven Oft-Repeated verses and the Great Qur’an that has been given to me.’ “(Ahmad)</em><br /> <br /> In another narration <em>“Would you like me to teach you a Surah the likes of which nothing has been revealed in the Tawrah, the Injil, the Zabur (Psalms) or the Furqan (the Qur'an)) He said, `Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah said, (I hope that I will not leave through this door until you have learned it.) He (Ka`b) said, `The Messenger of Allah held my hand while speaking to me. Meanwhile, I was slowing down fearing that he might reach the door before he finished his conversation. When we came close to the door, I said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the Surah that you have promised to teach me' He said, (What do you read in the prayer.) Ubayy said, `So I recited Umm Al-Qur'an to him.”</em></p> </li> <li>It results in the answering of your prayer by Allah (SWT) directly<br /> <br /> <em>“Allah, the Glorious and Exalted said, “I have divided the prayer between Myself and my servant equally and My servant shall be granted what he asked for.”<br /> <br /> Therefore, when the servant says, ‘All praises and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds’, Allah says, ‘My servant has praised Me.’<br /> <br /> When he says, ’The All-Merciful, the Most Merciful, ‘Allah says, ‘My servant has extolled Me.’<br /> <br /> When he says, ‘Master of the Day of Judgment,’ Allah says, ‘My servant has glorified Me.’<br /> <br /> When he says, ‘You Alone we worship and Your aid Alone do we seek,’ Allah says, ‘this is between Me and My servant and My servant shall have what he requested.’<br /> <br /> When he says, ‘Guide us to the Straight Path, the Path of those whom You have favored, not [the path] of those who have earned [Your] anger, nor of those who have gone astray,’ Allah says, ‘this is for My servant and My servant shall have what he asked for.’ “(Muslim)</em><br />  </li> <li>Nothing similar to Surah al-Fatihah was ever revealed in any of the previous Scriptures.<br /> <br /> Anas (R.A) reported the Holy Prophet ﷺ saying as: <em>“Should I not inform you of the most noble and excellent part of the Quran?” He then recited “All praise and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds” (An Nisai)</em><br />  </li> <li>Surah al-Fatihah is Light.<br /> <br /> <em>“While the Messenger </em><em>ﷺ</em><em> of Allah was sitting with Jibril he heard a creaking sound above him. Jibril looked up and said, “This is [the sound of] a gate that has been opened in heaven today and has never been previously opened.” Then an Angel descended through it and came to the Prophet </em><em>ﷺ</em><em> and said, ‘Rejoice in the good news of two lights that have been given to you such as no Prophet before you has been given. [They are] Surah Al-Fatihah and the concluding [two] verses of Surah Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a word from them without being given the blessings they contain.’ “</em><br />  </li> <li>Surah al-Fatihah is a cure, treatment for illness – be they spiritual, physical or otherwise.<br /> <br /> Ad-Darimi reports on the authority of Abu Sa’id that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: <em>“The Opening of the Book is a cure </em><em>to</em><em> every poison.”</em><br />  </li> <li>No Salah (prayer) is valid with reciting Surah al-Fatihah.<br /> <br /> The Prophet is reported to have said, <em>"(There) is no Salah for the one that does not recite with the Fatihah of the Book"</em> (Bukhari and Muslim)<br />  </li> <li>The most noble part of the Qur'an<br /> <br /> Anas (R.A) reported the Holy Prophet ﷺ saying as: <em>“Should I not inform you of the most noble and excellent part of the Quran?” He then recited “All praise and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds” (An Nisai)</em></li> </ol>

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