Juz 1 Surah Fatiha

Surah Fatiha

 

Surah Al-Fatiha / The Opening

Revelation: Makkan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (1) In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ (2) Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;

الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ (3) Most Gracious, Most Merciful;

مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ (4) Master of the Day of Judgment.

إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ (5) You (alone) we worship, and You( alone) as ask for help

اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (6) Show us the straight way,

صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ (7) The way of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.

Surah al-Fatiha, “The Opening”, is the first chapter of the Holy Quran. Its seven verses are a prayer for God’s guidance, and stress Its lordship and mercy of God. This chapter has an essential role in daily prayers; being recited at least seventeen times a day, at the start of each unit of prayer (rakah).

The surah is described in various Hadith as “the mother of the Book” (Umm al-Kitab), and said to be the seven verses alluded to in Surah Al-Hijr (15:87); “We have given thee seven of the opt-repeated (verses) and the great Quran.”

http://www.allahsquran.com/learn/ (word to word translation)

http://beta.quran.com/en/1/1-7/#1/ (various running translations)

http://www.quranflash.com/en/quranflash.html (Quran online book form)

http://muslimmatters.org/2009/11/27/surah-al-fatiha-nouman-ali-khan/

Activities:

1–Write 10 blessings of Allah you have received?

2–Give meanings of following words:

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=quran-test-1-soorah-fateha

3–If you are lose your way on a road trip and your GPS has lost satellite siganl how does it make you feel:

OMG! why does this happen to me ( Waaaaaaaaaaaaah)

I wish my GPS gets the signal soon, so I reach destination, inshaAllah….

Oh, no problem I will follow that car in front of me , it’s gotta be going the right way too….