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Size: 240 mm
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Total pages: 1256
Index: 112 pages
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PART
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SURAH
- 1
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THE
OPENING
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Revealed
at Makkah
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PRELUDE
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Surah
Fatihah, as the name indicates, is the Opening Chapter of the Holy
Qur-an. The "Opt repeated seven verses" (15:87) of this
chapter are recited many times everyday during the Salat or daily
Prayers. This chapter is also called Umm al-Kitab or the Gist of
the Book, that means, it contains the sum and substance of the Holy
Qur-an
The Author of the Holy Qur-an, while revealing His identification,
said that His name is "Allah". Then He mentioned what
or who He is. He mentioned that He is the "Rabb" or the
Creator (and Sustainer) of the whole universe. Thereafter He mentioned
that He is the "Rahman" i.e. the Provider of Sustenance
for His creation. Then He said, He is the "Rahim" i.e.
Most Rewarding for the activities of His creatures; and at the same
time He said that He is "Malik" i.e., Master of Judgment
for the good and bad deeds done by mankind.
Allah, by disclosing His identity to man, was so kind as to teach
him that man should worship Him alone, and should seek His help
for fulfillment of all his desires. Let his life be straight and
upright, and may he be protected from falling into pitfalls.
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[I
seek refuge with Allah, from the Shaitan, the
driven away.]
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| With
the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Rewarding |
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Hamd belong to Allah, the Rabb of all the worlds; |
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Rahman, the
Rahim; |
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Malik of the Day of Requital. |
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| 4 You
alone we do serve, and
to You alone we beseech for help. |
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| 5 Guide
us on the Right Path, |
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the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favors; |
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of those upon whom wrath is brought down, nor
of those gone-astray. |
| COMMENTARY |
| I seek refuge
with Allah, from the Shaitan (i.e., the Evil-one, meaning, every
insolent or rebellious one from among the jinn, the men and the beasts,
Raghib), the driven away (16:98).] |
| (We commence,
1:4) with (the assistance of) the name of Allah, (the
Rahman, i.e.) most Gracious (whose love and mercy are manifested
in making providence for all His creatures in the universe), (the
Rahim, i.e.) most Rewarding (whose love and mercy are manifested
in amply rewarding their righteous actions). |
| THE Hamd
(i.e., all the praises and gratitude) belong to Allah, the Rabb
(-the Creator, the Evolver, the Nourisher and the Maintainer) of
all the worlds (like the material, spiritual and celestial worlds;
to make them progress through evolution until they reach the goal
of perfection; and it is due to this attribute in Allah that He brought
everything into existence); |
| 2 the Rahman
(-the most Gracious, Who manifested His love and mercy to all His
creatures and met all their needs, includimg the spiritual needs of
mankind through Divine guidance, without their any effort to deserve
it, 17:110; 25:60), the Rahim (i.e., the most Rewarding, Who
manifests His love and mercy by amply rewarding the creatures for
every deeds they do, 3:194); |
| 3 Malik
(-Master) of the Day (or the period, 55:29; 70:4) of Requital
(which is constantly at work; His chastisement is to make people chaste
by rectification, and is not the result of His wrath on man's disobedience;
He, being the Master, is more than a king or a judge; and though Just,
is at the same time Merciful and Forgiving to the sinners, 39:53). |
| 4 (As we realize
your mercy) You alone we do serve (O our Rabb! not merely by
reciting Your glory, but by imbibing Your virtues through humble service
to You), and to You alone we beseech for help (in obtaining
our right place in Your kingdom). |
| 5 Guide us
on the (Middle, hence the) Right Path (90:10-18; Matt.
6:11, by protecting us from leaning to either extreme: the rejection
or the exaggeration of the Guidance),- |
| 6 the path
of those upon whom You have bestowed favors (4:69, and taken into
Your mercy); |
| 7 not
(the path) of those upon whom wrath is brought down (like the
Jews, 2:61,90; 3:111; 5:60, who not only rejected 'Isa Masih, but
also tried to kill him on the cross, 2:72; 3:53), nor of those
gone-astray (from the Right Path, like the Christians, who not
only exaggerated 'Isa Masih, 5:77, but also raised the human prophet
to godhead, 4:171; 5:73). |
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