Surah Al Fatihah (Virtues and Themes)

Allah Almighty responds: This is between Me and my slave [when someone worships Allah, He will help and aid him]. The worshipper then says:

اِہۡدِ نَا الصِّرَاطَ الۡمُسۡتَقِیۡمَ ۙ(۵) صِرَاطَ الَّذِیۡنَ اَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ۙ۬غَیۡرِ الۡمَغۡضُوۡبِ عَلَیۡہِمۡ وَ لَا الضَّآلِّیۡنَ (۷)

Translation from Kanz al-Īmān: Enable us to walk the Straight Path. The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favour. Not of those who were subjected to (Your) wrath nor of the astray ones.^{^[1]}

Allah Almighty states: This is for My slave, and My slave will receive what he asks for.’”^{^[2]}

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Dear Islamic brothers! Ponder over the excellences of this chapter. There are seven verses of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah, and as a person recites each verse, Allah Almighty listens and responds to each verse. ꜤAllāmah Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states, “This [i.e. Allah Almighty replying to each verse of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah when it is recited] is a special virtue of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah, which is not found for any other Sūrah.”^{^[3]}

The Themes of Sūrah al-Fātiḥah

Dear Islamic brothers! Sūrah al-Fātiḥah is a magnificent chapter, which summarises the entire Quran in seven verses. It is mentioned in a Hadith: "The one who recites Sūrah al-Fātiḥah is as if he has recited the Tawrah, Zabūr, Injīl and the Qur'ān.” [i.e. all four of the major divinely revealed books.]^{^[4]}

Imam Hasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه reports:

[1] Al-Quran, 1:5 - 7

[2] Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 395

[3] Tafsīr Ibn Rajab al-Ḥanbalī, al-Fātiḥah, vol. 1, p. 68

[4] Tafsīr al-Durr al-Manthūr, al-Fātiḥah, vol. 1, p. 16

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