سورة الفاتحة alfatiha
xplanation: Surat Al-Fatihah This surah was called Al-Fatihah. Because the great Qur'an opens with it, and it is called al-Mathani; Because it is read in every rak'ah, and it has other names.
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (1)
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful(The Compassionate), the One with general mercy, whose mercy extends to all of creation, and (The Merciful) to the believers, and they are two of His Names, the Exalted, that include affirming the attribute of mercy to God Almighty as befits Him
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (2)
Explanation: (Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds) Praise be to God with His attributes, all of which are descriptions of perfection, and His apparent and inward blessings, both religious and worldly, and within it is a command for His servants to praise Him, for He is worthy of Him alone, and He, Glory be to Him, is the Creator of creation, the One who takes care of their affairs, who nurtures all of His creation with His blessings by faith and The good deeds
الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ (3)
Explanation: (Al-Rahman) whose mercy extends to all of creation, (The Merciful) to the believers, and they are two of the names of God Almighty
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (4)
Explanation: And He alone is the owner of the Day of Resurrection, which is the day of recompense for deeds. In the Muslim’s reading of this verse in every rak’ah of his prayers, it reminds him of the Last Day, and urges him to prepare for good deeds, and to refrain from sins and evil deeds
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ (5)
Explanation: We worship you alone, and we seek help from you alone in all our affairs, for the whole matter is in your hands, and no one possesses an atom’s weight of it. And in this verse there is evidence that the servant is not allowed to spend any of the types of worship such as supplication, distress, slaughter and circumambulation, except for God alone, and in it is the healing of hearts from the disease of attachment to other than God, and from the diseases of hypocrisy, wonder, and pride
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (6)
Guide us to the straight path (6) Guide us, guide us, guide us to the straight path, and make us firm on it until we meet you, and it is Islam, which is the clear path that leads to God’s pleasure and to His Paradise, which the Seal of His Messengers and Prophets, Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, indicated
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا الضَّالِّينَ (7)
The path of those whom You have blessed from among the prophets, the truthful ones, the martyrs and the righteous, they are the people of guidance and righteousness, and do not make us among those who took the path of those with wrath upon them, those who knew the truth and did not act upon it, and they are the Jews, and those who are like them, and the misguided, and they are the ones who are not guided, have preferred the path, and they are the Christians , and follow their Sunnah.
And in this supplication there is a cure for the Muslim’s heart from the disease of ingratitude, ignorance and misguidance, and an indication that the greatest blessing of all is the blessing of Islam. Prophets, peace be upon them, the verse indicated their virtue, and their great status, may God be pleased with them.
It is desirable for the reader to say in prayer after reciting Al-Fatihah:
“Ameen” means O Allah, accept our prayer or supplication